brissie catties

[jimmybob]

now i know targeting catties is not the most glamourous...but last summer a mate and i went to the upper brissie river near wivenhoe and had a ball pullin in these slimy buggers......we lost several lures to bigger cats.....it was a good way to spend the morning.....

[jimmybob]

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[snakecatcher]

As you say not the most glamorous of fish but good fun to catch although after seeing the effects their spines can have I don't tend to get too close to the things unless they are dead.

[jimmybob]

yeah the spines......when i was younger i was swinging one around on the end of my line and had a pectoral spine snap off in my thigh...missed the family jewels buy millimetres.......tunnel vision , extreme pain and a trip to the hospital......lets say i treat them with a bit more respect now :-/

[Louis]

I don't think they taste bad either.

I quite enjoy a feed of catfish.

They go by the name of silver cobbler in the shops in some states of Australia.



Louis

[imranius]

:-/ :-/ :-/i dunno about the taste of catties coz they live in the mud and it shard to get that muddy taste out of them :-/ :-/ :-/ fun to catch though :D

[Finnatical]

Always fun to catch something. At least you didn't drive all the way to Awoonga to only catch catties - something that has happened to me unfortunately.

[ele-phrez]

better than catching nothing

[kingfisho]

I've heard they are good eating but they are ugly mothers. I'll have to give em a try one day they probably do taste good.
Cheers

[blue-mako]

Get some 'Bassa' from the fish shop. That's Catties!

Troy

[Bris_Vegas]

True that Troy.
I am under the impression that the eel tail catties are better eating than the forkies.
But i have only had forky and it was fine.
There seems to be a serious decline on eel tail numbers so i prefer to release.

Angus

[barrafever]

my pop got this one up at lake monduran last weekend. must be feedin them steriods or something he went like a train. good fun though when the weather is lousy and barra arent biting.

[barrafever]

anotha pic

[jimmybob]

;Dhuge!

[Canoedle]

I should have taken the camera to wivenhoe today, got a 63cm forky on a little bubble pop, big fat bugga like that one too.

[davez104]

Used to catch them on surface poppers in the Burnett river, they go like a freight train on light gear, and that surface strike, you gotta love that.

Dave.

[MikeC]

An old guy I knew used to sell Logan River catfish fillets at the local pub as 'river cod' :)
I enjoy catching them on lures. Caught some monsters in Brekkie Creek.
Mike

[Canoedle]

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