"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, jmcquown
> > wrote:
>
>> On 9/8/2018 11:52 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
>> > I had a really bad experience with catfish once, It was caught in the
>> > Sacramento River by Rio Vista CA and when cleaning it, the worst odor I
>> > have ever smelled came out of it, never ate it again, never purposely
>> > fished for them again.
>> >
>> > Cheri
>>
>> That sounds horrific, Cheri! But... I don't know how many people here
>> are actually talking about catching fresh catfish from a river.
>
> Aw, cmon. I've caught, skinned and eaten loads of eight to ten inch
> yellow cats and foot to fifteen inch long white cats from Nevada's
> muddy reservoirs. S&P, roll them in cornmeal, and fry them for just a
> few minutes.
> That being said, I quit fishing for them forty years ago. Catfishing
> all night while drinking beer is great exercise for a younger man. You
> sit in a chair with a cooler full of beer and a Coleman lantern,
> watching your pole propped with a forked stick and baited with a large
> hook and a gob of worms. When the pole starts to jiggle, wait. When the
> pole dips half way to the water,set the hook and reel in a catfish. You
> used to be able to catch twenty a night easily.
> Oh, and for Cheri, I've been to Rio Vista. I either rented a houseboat
> there or waved at them while piloting it. Delta tides suck!
> If anyone here wants to know how to skin and gut a catfish up to five
> pounds, I'm the man to tell you how. First, buy pliers.
>
> leo


I lived there for 15 years, we fished a lot from the banks off River Road at
night, your fishing experience with the beer and the Coleman lantern brings
back memories, sounds about right for most of us then, except we used clams
for bait mostly. LOL

Cheri