National Catfish Day - June 25th

Happy Catfish Day, I've got a great homemade catfish bait. You need a bowl of Turkey Livers, a bottle of garlic salt, and an empty coffee can.
Trim the liver into hook-size pieces, place a layer of Garlic salt in the bottom of the coffee can, add a layer of livers, another layer of salt then livers then salt, repeat layers. Put your lid on and set it aside somewhere to age at least a month. Makes a great bait.
 
I fished these and enjoyed eating them. For years, I kept asking at the seafood counter if they'd have any but always the reply, "don't know what you're asking about..." Argh!

Finally, I found out recently what is the proper name for this wonderful fish here:
BASA
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basa_(fish)

So, I'm enjoying some catfish afterall. The biggest one I caught with Papa's rod was in 1968 and the catfish weighted 20lbs. That was a meal to feed 13 relatives. Yummy!
 
Once...some time ago...Had breaded, fried strips...delicious.

Although, then..reading about them....no more, T Y
 
Like most Southerners I love catfish, it's a very 'healthy for you' food.
 


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