Author Topic: Noodling (Read 1068 times)

Nilsen · « **Reply #31 on:** May 23, 2005, 03:57:58 PM »

oh nice.. she will keep growing!

And we just bought a new bed.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #32 on:** May 23, 2005, 04:09:30 PM »

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Originally posted by VWE
Yes

Bullpucky.

They stop growing when they die.

VWE · « **Reply #33 on:** May 23, 2005, 04:13:26 PM »

.squelch ripsnort

Ripsnort · « **Reply #34 on:** May 23, 2005, 04:21:22 PM »

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Originally posted by VWE
.squelch ripsnort

Incidently, love your sig, VWE.

bustr · « **Reply #35 on:** May 23, 2005, 04:30:10 PM »

Went out and did some reading on Giant Wels catfish.

Lankishire England in 2002 had a problem in a bird sactuary with one attacking swans. Portugal has phenominal fresh water fishing. But the locals don't fish for the Wels. They consider them trash. An unfished population of these giants has lead to regular stories of busted tackle, towed boats and local fishermen's sightings of fish longer than the boat.

Russia has report's of 700 lb Wels being caught. In the 80's I met a german tourist in california who told me a story of being on a bridge one day in germany when a dachshund fell of the bridge. While it was swimming for shore a Wels came up under it and had a weiner for lunch........................ .....

VWE · « **Reply #36 on:** May 23, 2005, 04:32:26 PM »

Yeah, some poster named blue mako loved it so much he stole it and never gave me credit...

BlkKnit · « **Reply #37 on:** May 23, 2005, 05:04:51 PM »

my thumbs still sore from where a catfish bit me this weekend

actually it was only a coupla pounds....but PO'ed!

Ripsnort · « **Reply #38 on:** May 23, 2005, 05:14:29 PM »

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Originally posted by BlkKnit
my thumbs still sore from where a catfish bit me this weekend

actually it was only a coupla pounds....but PO'ed!

You're supposed to accept breakfast before leaving in the morning....ya PEUTZ!

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 23, 2005, 06:00:27 PM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
Is noodling a bit like dogging or cottaging?

Same thing. I've heard it called dogging and hogging. I call it stupid. Anybody that's ever had even a 9 or 10 lb. catfish bite em will know better than to stick anything they want to keep attatched to their body anywhere near one of those things. We used to catch mostly bullhead and channel cats, but blues are pretty good eatin too. The ones in the deeper parts of the Mississippi are big enough, but with the way it silts up during the dry season sometimes, the biggest ones tend to stay in certain areas where the water stays deep year round. The St. Louis Bass Pro Shop has some in a tank easily the size of a teenager. I know guys that go every year to Lake of the Ozarks that claim they have seen cats down there as big as their bass boats lurking in the feeder streams.

bustr · « **Reply #40 on:** May 23, 2005, 06:24:00 PM »

Seems in Europe Wels fishing has as large a following as catfishing in the U.S. It's just these things don't come small. Check this fishing clubs photos from France. Nothing small in any of the pictures.

http://xvella.free.fr/photos/photo-eng.php?sub=22&rank=1&cntp=30

sling322 · « **Reply #41 on:** May 24, 2005, 12:22:22 PM »

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Originally posted by SunTracker
Sling322, catfish can survive on land from 30 minutes to 3 days depending on the species. They have semi-rigid gills whereas other fish dont. Its when the gills collapse that the fish die.

They die pretty quickly when they run out of blood. Maybe you missed my comment about cutting off the tail and letting them bleed out while still alive. That is the trick to get rid of most of the mud taste that people complain about.

SunTracker · « **Reply #42 on:** May 24, 2005, 12:40:29 PM »

I was refering to you putting a garden hose in the fish's mouth.

sling322 · « **Reply #43 on:** May 24, 2005, 01:35:57 PM »

Yeah....its not neccessary unless the fish has been out of water for a while and you want to perk it up a bit to get the blood running faster.

-dead- · « **Reply #44 on:** May 24, 2005, 01:36:30 PM »

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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Same thing. I've heard it called dogging and hogging. I call it stupid. Anybody that's ever had even a 9 or 10 lb. catfish bite em will know better than to stick anything they want to keep attatched to their body anywhere near one of those things. We used to catch mostly bullhead and channel cats, but blues are pretty good eatin too. The ones in the deeper parts of the Mississippi are big enough, but with the way it silts up during the dry season sometimes, the biggest ones tend to stay in certain areas where the water stays deep year round. The St. Louis Bass Pro Shop has some in a tank easily the size of a teenager. I know guys that go every year to Lake of the Ozarks that claim they have seen cats down there as big as their bass boats lurking in the feeder streams.

Pay no attention to Dowding: he is a very bad man.

This is what the Brits mean by dogging.

And you might want to look up "cottage" in the weighty reference work that is Roger's Profanisaurus