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Originally Posted by Hunters Pa
Clip the pects & dorsal wit dikes to at least blunt the spikes
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Yeah but you have to watch that though because sometimes they kind of splinter and are still sharp. I used to commercially hook and line Catfish on the Red River and one of my buddies always did that, but I remember once when we were skinning our catch when a two pound fish twisted out of his hand and in the process the cut off dorsel sliced him good in his palm between the thumb and forefinger.
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Originally Posted by lterrero
Not here, but there is salt water catfish & they are pretty good to eat. The top fin is the one you got to watch.
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In the Gulf "Gafftop" (Gafftopsail) Catfish are excellent eating:
We used to just nail those in the channel near Port Aransas. In contrast hardhead cartfish that frequent the same waters are not worth eating and have the most venomous spines I have ever seen. Worse then getting spined from a batray or stingray in my opinion.
Jim