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Originally Posted by Hunters Pa

Clip the pects & dorsal wit dikes to at least blunt the spikes

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.

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.

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