catfish and cheez friday 8/18/2006

[drumking]

Cheez and I went out this morning for 1/2 day of catfishing. We found the cats very active early between 7:00-8:30. They slowed up quite a bit after that, although we did still manage to catch a few stragglers late.

Rsimms, we did the controlled chicken test that you wanted to hear about. I fished exclusively with the doctored chicken breasts (garlic salt added) and Cheez fished with un-doctored boneless, skinless, chicken thighs. I must say that the fish today preferred legs to breasts.emoDoh We kept a few of the fish for a church fry later in September. Cheez put 8 in the boat to my 2. I did get several "bites" and as my daddy used to say, 'the fish were biting today, but they weren't swallowing'.emoBigsmile

TT, I'm gonna bring a bag of these fillets for you tomorrow to the picnic. I'll get Cheez to autograph it for you as he caught most of the keepers. See everyone tomorrow!emoGeezer

 

[DHaun]

Thanks for the report Drumking! I guess its fair....trading a bucket of chicken for a day of fun fishing and a fish fry. I'll have to try that chicken myself sometime. I have some shade packed in the back of my truck if you all need it tomorrow.

 

[drumking]

DHaun - 8/18/2006 8:08 PM

Thanks for the report Drumking! I guess its fair....trading a bucket of chicken for a day of fun fishing and a fish fry. I'll have to try that chicken myself sometime. I have some shade packed in the back of my truck if you all need it tomorrow.

Thanks, David. We may take you up on that. I plan on arriving around 11:00. I think that TT said that we would be eating around 2:00. Cheez and I will be cooking the fish and depending on how many show up, we should be able to cook the fish in 30-45 minutes. Cheez is making hush puppies and bringing some fries as well.emoAngel

 

[Guest]

Another thing that I really liked about the chicken thighs is that they were fairly tough. They stayed on the hook well even with the squeekers nibbling on them. They were also about 30% cheaper than the breasts. I'll be adding this bait to my arsenal from now on.
I'm ready for the picnic. Got a big batch of hushpuppies made and all I gotta do is load up and make like lettuce and head.

Cheez