Catfish

I don't know anything about fishing! My fishing experience goes as far as
putting some velveeta cheese on a treble hook and casting it into a lake and
hoping a trout will bite it.

I've heard that catfish need to be handled a certain way to not get cut or
poked or something like that. Is this true?



Been catfishing since I was 5. Last year was the first time one of
them stung me. It will be the last. It hurt so bad I actually had the
urge to cut my hand off. Didn't do it, I ain't stupid, but I do not
doubt that it would not have caused more pain than that catfish did. I
still have a mark on my hand where it got me and that was back last
May that it happened. Wanna know pain? Stick a catfish spine in the
back of your hand. Then you will know pain.









Is there any reason not to just grab onto a catfish when you catch one?

An aversion to extreme pain would be a reason, wouldn't it?

In a small stocked urban lake setting what are the basics of fishing for
catfish?

I've got to get my son up to speed even though I'm completely ignorant on
this subject.

thanks

Toss a nightcrawler on a hook, toss your line out in the water, wait.
That is all it takes.

run the injury under hot water the hoter the better the heat switches of the
poison
tony
"Ookie Wonderslug" wrote in message
...

I don't know anything about fishing! My fishing experience goes as far
as
putting some velveeta cheese on a treble hook and casting it into a lake
and
hoping a trout will bite it.

I've heard that catfish need to be handled a certain way to not get cut
or
poked or something like that. Is this true?



Been catfishing since I was 5. Last year was the first time one of
them stung me. It will be the last. It hurt so bad I actually had the
urge to cut my hand off. Didn't do it, I ain't stupid, but I do not
doubt that it would not have caused more pain than that catfish did. I
still have a mark on my hand where it got me and that was back last
May that it happened. Wanna know pain? Stick a catfish spine in the
back of your hand. Then you will know pain.









Is there any reason not to just grab onto a catfish when you catch one?

An aversion to extreme pain would be a reason, wouldn't it?

In a small stocked urban lake setting what are the basics of fishing for
catfish?

I've got to get my son up to speed even though I'm completely ignorant on
this subject.

thanks

Toss a nightcrawler on a hook, toss your line out in the water, wait.
That is all it takes.

tony weall wrote:

run the injury under hot water the hoter the better the heat switches of the
poison
tony


Having stepped on a hard head catfish (salt water version, and the most
toxic) it nailing my tennis shoe to my foot, a quick trip to the
hospital (two blocks from where it happened) they used a claw hammer and
removed the fish, then my shoe, now talk about hurting,, this hurt, now
for treatment, they goto ne of those plastic pans filled it with hot
water then reached into the cabinet in the examine room where a CASE of
"A1" Meat tenderizer (un spiced) was. they dump two of the large bottles
into the pan, then had me soak my foot for two hours, the cost was 750
dollars, and that was back in 82.

750 dollars for 4 dollars worth of meat tenderizer

They told me this is what they used for catfish and stingray sticks, it
breaks down the protean in the poison
--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Stand Out Hooks ,
Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Mojo's Long
Shot rig
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Rodney wrote:

tony weall wrote:

run the injury under hot water the hoter the better the heat switches of the
poison
tony

Having stepped on a hard head catfish (salt water version, and the most
toxic) it nailing my tennis shoe to my foot, a quick trip to the
hospital (two blocks from where it happened) they used a claw hammer and
removed the fish, then my shoe, now talk about hurting,, this hurt, now
for treatment, they goto ne of those plastic pans filled it with hot
water then reached into the cabinet in the examine room where a CASE of
"A1" Meat tenderizer (un spiced) was. they dump two of the large bottles
into the pan, then had me soak my foot for two hours, the cost was 750
dollars, and that was back in 82.

750 dollars for 4 dollars worth of meat tenderizer

They told me this is what they used for catfish and stingray sticks, it
breaks down the protean in the poison
--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Stand Out Hooks ,
Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Mojo's Long
Shot rig
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.

Jon

Jon Splane wrote:



Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.

Jon

Jon , the people who actually know me think I'm a nice guy,, just a guy
that will not take crap off of others, especially if that crap is lies.

Many people on the internet think I should just roll over when their
friends flame me for telling the truth.

Being an independent product designer for the fishing industry is
exstreamly hard profession,, one that only 1 in a 1000 actually pull
off, who try it. The amount of work , time , and investment is huge.

Then to have someone who does not have a clue how those products work,
assume they are crap, then post it for thousands to read, demand a
rebuttal from me.

WHat someone thinks about my stuff is their business,, when the publish
it, and it is untrue, especially when they don't qualify their belief's
by stating it is just that, but instead say it is fact, it is the
world's business, and falls into the realm of slander.

What if someone started saying your wife or mother was a whore, and you
were their pimp, on a news group, that they paid her last week for her
services. You would get fighting mad, and you should, or if they started
saying you were selling drugs, stealing from your employer, or conning
your neighbors?

SO I am a SOB for defending myself, and my hard work,, so be it.

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Stand Out Hooks ,
Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Mojo's Long
Shot rig
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

Rodney wrote:
Jon Splane wrote:



Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.

Jon


Jon , the people who actually know me think I'm a nice guy,, just a guy
that will not take crap off of others, especially if that crap is lies.

Many people on the internet think I should just roll over when their
friends flame me for telling the truth.

Being an independent product designer for the fishing industry is
exstreamly hard profession,, one that only 1 in a 1000 actually pull
off, who try it. The amount of work , time , and investment is huge.

Then to have someone who does not have a clue how those products work,
assume they are crap, then post it for thousands to read, demand a
rebuttal from me.

WHat someone thinks about my stuff is their business,, when the publish
it, and it is untrue, especially when they don't qualify their belief's
by stating it is just that, but instead say it is fact, it is the
world's business, and falls into the realm of slander.

What if someone started saying your wife or mother was a whore, and you
were their pimp, on a news group, that they paid her last week for her
services. You would get fighting mad, and you should, or if they started
saying you were selling drugs, stealing from your employer, or conning
your neighbors?

SO I am a SOB for defending myself, and my hard work,, so be it.


I'll step in here for a moment to point something out.
A guy writes in with questions about catfish and spines. Your
less-than-useless answer was
Once you're stuck you'll understand why you have to handle them with care.
Getting stuck hurts.

I don't understand why you even bothered jumping in on this thread.
Maybe you just like seeing your name on the screen.

Some of us posted informative responses about the catfish spines, like
where they're located on the fish and how to avoid being stuck. You
know, giving information the guy was asking for. You weren't any help at
all.

Your subsequent post about the hot water and meat tenderizer was spot
on, though. Heat will destroy the toxin in sculpin, sting ray, jellyfish
stings by breaking down the protein. Hot coffee will do in a pinch.

Knowing how to avoid the sting in the first place is probably the best
way to deal with the whole issue. You can be annoying and
self-promoting. Some people don't react to that very well.

barbz