Can You Eat Saltwater Catfish Trash Fish or Treasure
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2017
- Join us as we clean a cook the most common trash fish of all.
Are saltwater catfish good to eat? The question is answered!
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Backwoods Gourmet Channel it's like skinning a gar fish, A PAIN IN THE ASS.. You keep doing what you do brother- and don't trash those fish left over because you can make a nice fish stock with that
I feel 95% of "trash fish" is trash because the people making it can't cook.
Not Your Average Fish Keeper.
Shark is not one of em. They just plain suck.
@@primeribgaming2681 I've never eaten shark meat before. Do most sharks taste bad?
Koopa Troopa Poopa
They urinate through their skin, so it gets in the meat. I caught one, bled it and gutted it right when I caught it, soaked it in milk, and drowned it in blackened seasoning, but it still tastes like urine. Same for all sharks.
@@primeribgaming2681 Wow! That's interesting and disappointing at the same time. It's mostly a shame, because sharks have a lot of meat I bet.
Koopa Troopa Poopa
Yeah, but they are good dog treats. Lol.
I’ve grown up eating saltwater cats and sail cats. I never knew they were considered trash fish. They are delicious
Me too. I always cut the skin behind the dorsal fin and used the front side to hold it with my left hand and pliers in the right hand. Easy as pie. Never filet them just fried them whole.
It boils down to listening to people instead of trying it ourselves. Growing up poor in florida, hardheads, sailcats, bonito, jack cravalle all tasted good. The elite folks scoffed at them. Theyre the ones that started those lies...
@@bonepicker1 HELL YEAH!!!!
Many years back my wife and I were camping on the causeway of the Sunshine Skyway. I caught a Gafftop Sail, it was probably 6 or 8 pounds. Once I got him dehooked and ready for release the guy next to us came over hollering to not let it go. He was saying how good they were. Now being the fish snob I am I wanted nothing to do with this slime coated monstrosity. He said if I would give home the fish he would fillet it and cook it up for us. Week he was homeless living out of a 70’s circa Chevy C100 pick up. I have in and let him have the fish. The only oil we had to fry it in was about 3 days worth of bacon grease. That was one of the best meals I’ve had in my life. We let the homeless guy have the leftovers. He was very grateful and so were we.
This is so country, I love it. Camo shirt, camo visor, Merica shorts, fried catfish appetizer, fried catfish main dish. God bless
Thanks for watching.
Not just any camo shirt, a camo Chef Jacket, buttons and all! :D Just about the best dern thing I've seen this week.
Tmendler - wait! I thought this was normal and I'm female!! 😂😂👍🏻😘
The Natty light helps
Growing up in Florida, people always said the hardheads were trash but in my experience if they're prepared and cooked right they are just as good as any other catfish. Just goes to show just because a lot of people tell you it's trash doesn't make it so.
thats like half of the fish population the ppl of nowdays only eat what is thrown in front of them at the market ....
Lobsters at one point considered. Trash fish and thrown back. Now they are a delicacy. So goes to show you. Seen several of these videos and not one negative review on eating salt water cat fish.
Thank you for making these videos brother. I really enjoy seeing somebody take the time to share their knowledge and experience with people, especially in regards to something as positive as not being wasteful or snooty. I have no idea why, but I find your videos so soothing. Again, thank you, and keep up the great work.
EVERYTHING tastes good after enough beers! LOL
I love this trash or treasure series!! I've always been curious about trying fish that are typically thrown back!
They call it a trash fish cause they're too damn lazy to clean it. Pure and simple.
Yea they pain in d ass ta clean gotta take all d red out n all
Authentic and real. Love it!! Keep'm coming.
Takes bite then look at the camera "I'll have another bite of that"....this guy is 😎....I love it
Excellent! Learning from start to end. From catch to cooked on plate.
Thanks for the doing this video. I grew up on the Texas coast and have heard the same things about hardheads and gafftop. I've been wondering if everyone was right. I might try a sailcat next time I catch one.
I'm going to check out that jackfish video. That's another fish I've been curious about.
Sail cats are good but I've always believed hard heads are trash
Just caught and released two of these tonight. I did not even know what they were. Looked them up and found this video. Learn something every day. Thanks
I've always wondered this myself...thanks for the info!
Great video! I saw a similar video a few weeks back about bluefish. That one ended pretty much the same as this. Cooked and cleaned properly, it tasted far better than expected.
This is good to know! Growing up fishing off the Texas gulf coast, we ALWAYS tossed gaff tops and hard heads back into the water. Hundreds and hundred of them. Sounds like we missed out on some good eating! I do remember that the whole reason we would release them, was the difficulty cleaning them.
Thanks for watching.
That was great video lad. Really enjoyed it. Worth a sub
I live in SW florida and both of those cats are great to eat...Keep'em coming
Thanks for all your video's!
Love the trash fish or treasure series!!!! Good job these videos are great
Thanks for this knowledge
Awesome man, thanks for doing all these trash or treasures for us! Looks like Ima be eating almost anything I catch!
I really appreciate your videos. We throw HHs and sailcats back all the time. Never knew they were that good to eat. Thank you!
Had some random people pull up by our camp on the beach in their RV, they saw we were catching Gafftops and told us to keep them and they'd cook em up for us. They made a gumbo style fish stew with it, just gutted it, chopped it up and threw it in, head and all... I'm not a fish stew person, but it was excellent!!!
Nice fish fingers looking really beautiful never had cat fish great presentation !!
Keep on bringing more videos. Enjoying each episode!
Thanks for watching. More pennies from heaven.
Native Floridian and gulf coast lover. I've caught and enjoyed many saltwater catfish. In cleaning, I've always just filet them from the get go. Thanks for your vids! Dave
I have watched folks trying to do that. Old habits die hard. Thanks for watching.
great videos dude!
Man you are not old, you emanate a youthful spirit. Second this is third video I saw and it also was a treasure; picking random videos and them being all treasure leads me to believe I should start playing the lottery. Lastly thanks for this video. When I used to fish with my late aunt she and her husband always told me to throw away those fish they weren't worth cooking. I wish she was here and I could catch a fish and cook it for her.
Good to see Mrs Backwoods. Ya'll hunker down this week!
Got plenty of beer and some meat to throw on the smoker. Not even sweating it, I have lived here all of my life and have been through them all.
Love these trash or treasure vids keep em coming
Thanks for watching.
I just subscribed! This was my first video of yours that I watched. Love it!
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I have always through those back. I always catch gaftop when I'm salt water fishing but was always told that's crap fish throw that back lol. I'm gunna have to try it next time I catch them. Great Video!
Thanks for info!
Man u answered a question I've been wondering about for years. Thanks.
Thanks for watching.
Good job, great commentary
Thanks for watching.
Fried catfish rocks!!!! I’m going to try this when I’m Florida next month.
Glad you made this video. Here along the TX gulf coast hardheads are considered trash fish, but you'll see a few folks saying gafftop are good. I tried my first hardhead many years ago and I say they are better tasting than blue, channel, and gafftop. Gafftop are too slimy to keep : ) They'll muck up the cooler real good and just aren't worth the mess, imo.
I'll never throw one back again when camping. Thanks for sharing, loving your channel!
Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the nice video… We hammered the Gaff Tops in Grand Isle this weekend… basically all we caught… and a few sting rays!
We thru them all back which made me curious as to if, in fact, anyone eats the dreaded Sail Cat! In short, happy to find your video. Appreciate you!
Good to hear !;-) Thankyou
I like informative videos. From my experience (sixty years of fishing the gulf coast) I've cooked hard heads on occasion and I have to say being half head I wouldn't bother with any less than around three pounds to be worth the effort. As to the gaftop they often get 8 or more pounds and the larger ones need to be bled or the red meat along the lateral line should be removed for best taste. Besides frying they also smoke well on the grill.
Went fishing in port bolivar and caught a good soze gaff topsail cat fish. I would say 3 to 4 pounder, i 2wnted to keep it but was discouraged to throw it back, because of the trash fish rumor as well. Thanks for the vid
Great idea of a series and great vids...
Thanks for watching.
It is great to see that you have a open mind
I was taught to try everything once
If you like it have more if not you can say that at least you tried
Thanks as always
EDWARD
I wish you'd make more I absolutely love these
There are lots more on my channel. Check them out. ruclips.net/user/wesleyscottchandler
Good video. I can catch as many hardheads as I want off my dock on Pensacola Bay. Think I'll give them a try.
I loved this video! subscribed!
Welcome and thanks for watching.
I liked your video,makes me want catfish now.lol......going fishing this week,going to use your batter recipe...never had Seminole swamp seasoning...looking forward to it.! Thanks
Thank You!
BG I am a subcriber from México living in the Yucatan close to Mérida. These HH catfish are plentiful here and I fry them up about the same as you. The Mexicans use them to make a catfish soup with vegetables. Plentiful natural resource. Very tasty. Nice to see you do a catch & cook. I agree with some of the comments below...most don't know how to clean and fry them up to where they taste a damn. Cheers man cool video.
Caldo
You have a new sub from Scotland...found you by accident and stayed for the great content
Greetings for the US. I am of Scotch/Irish descent. So welcome and thanks for watching. Hit that subscribe button for much more.
Cleaned nice 39 and cooked some Gaftopsail catfish last week. Love it.
Tried cleaning hardhead before but seemed to be a mess. I might try again with some large ones. I see a few videos where it might make them better.
Great Video! Never had a hard head but Sails are plentiful in the canal in my back yard and I'll verity there as good as fresh water cats, which I love! Catfish are the only fish my wife will let me cook in the house cause THEY DON'T SMELL like fish. BTW, I grind oatmeal in a coffee grinder for my flower and fry them in 100% olive oil (not extra virgin as it smokes at too low a temp). That way they're extra healthy.
Very cool video, awesome presentation, my dad is in Ft. Lauderdale fishing right now and he caught 3 and his friend on the our boat said, no sir, we’re keeping those lol, me personally, never ever knew of a saltwater catfish lol, now you have made me want to catch some lol
Awesome video. Two of my favorite fish - catfish and fried. The sail cat sounds great - I'd like to try it.
Nice tutorial, and the Cold Can of "Natty" gave me a good feeling about your style, keep up the good work.
Great technique!
great vid. one tidbit though. I live here in fl off the Indian river. eat sailcat weekly. when u clean them cut through skin around head except the top, snap his head back, spine sticks out,grab spine with pliers and pull head down along his back. comes off like a sock. oh make sure to cut fins off
We catch sailcats at the inlet in St. Auggie running 4-5 lbs on average. It's one of the best tasting fish in these waters.
I'll bring em to you then bro lol so sick of catching them in St. Augustine
Mr Backwoods I just subscribed. Us brown folk down here in México use these particular catfish called "Bagre" in soups "Caldo de pescado" from the Mexican state of Michoacán. Very delicous. Greetings from Cancun
Welcome and thanks for watching.
Great channel, I'm a new subscriber! Same thing happened to me, I lived in Oak Hill, Florida right on the river and had a canal on the right side of me, every other cast with live bait I was pulling up cats! I've probably caught hundreds right off the dock and every person I've talked to says throw them back. I finally tried one about two years ago and honestly couldn't taste a difference between those and freshwater cats! Love your videos, keep em coming!
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Man I know this is old video but I wanted to try this myself mainly because I couldn't see these fish being any worse than freshwater catfish. There are alot of different species of fish I have never eaten, like gar, or carp, but I always thought when my Dad told me these were trash that he was just repeating what everyone told him. I really appreciate the effort you put in this video, gives me confidence to try some time!
i love salt cats. more so than freshwater cats. i was just for an easier way to clean. i did it the same way minus the nail trick. that was exactly what i needed to see. thank you for this video
Awesome vid bro thx from satx
Looks amazing!
Good info.
I have maintained that most fish, properly cleaned and fried, will eat just fine. Mullet was once considered a trash fish, but now is one of the most popular on the gulf coast. When I was a teenager and didn't 'know better', I ate Ladyfish, Pinfish, Grunts... all were pretty good. The best part is many of these 'trash fish' are plentiful and fairly easy to catch.
I caught a second saltwater hardhead today. This one was big enough to be worth the trouble of cleaning. Your video was inspiring. That fish is going into my belly. Favorite breakfast: fried catfish and scrambled eggs.
I rented a House boat around Cabbage Keys for a week and caught many Hard Heads and Sails. I wasn't familiar with these cats but, cleaned and cooked them anyway. They tasted great to me. I didn't realize they were considered trash fish at the time.
Thanks for watching. Certain times and tides, it is all you can catch.
Wow, that looks delicious.
I've been living in Fort Myers FL. for over 20 years and love fishing. I was always told, throw them back. not edible. thanks to your video I will never throw another one of our Southern Comfort Delicacies back. another thing, "Fried is the only way to cook Fish" my opinion of course. thank you,and keep cooking.
Thanks for watching.
I've never eaten Hard head...Gafftop, yes. This video has changed my thinking of trash fish that I call Hard Heads.
Great video.
I had never eaten either until you saw me eat it right here. Thanks for watching.
I've been throwing these back my whole life. I can catch 20-30 sail cats in a hour or 2 where im at if I wanted to. Will definitely try them out now!☺️
Me too. Maybe I'll keep some. Somebody said the post thru the skin...don't know if that's true....would like to know.
I've learned more about fish (from you) than any class I've taken in the past. Keep up the great work and keep on enjoying those nattys. Wanted to add that I tried your batter mix with a hotdog and that tasted amazing! I think you're batter is the reason all the trash fish taste great lol.
Thanks for watching. CCHHHHIIIISSSHH. That was the sound of a Natty popping.
I caught one of those like you have in your right hand there down off the State Park Pier in Gulf Shores, AL. Was looking forward to catching some cool salt water fish and I catch a friggin catfish. Oh well. :)
As a Louisiana kid, I used to camp on the beach in Pensacola and catch both kinds of these cats for dinner! Yummy!
Thanks for sharing. Now i just have to find a place to catch them. No boat and the nearest dock / bridge is about 45 mins away. Hello Tampa, FL. haha.
man i dont even go fishing but i like this channel
I have been eating hard heads all my life and i love them!
Great video, thanks for sharing. I may have to try some saltwater catfish myself!
Thanks for watching.
you are absolutely correct. The only way to eat catfish is fried. Looks great.
Nice I love the taste of good fish fry
Kool video. Great idea trying them out and seeing what they taste like. Breaded and fried is my choice of method for cats too. Just a happy American/ fisherman, thanking you for the video. By the way, I lived in tampa for a bit more than a year, back in 2009, and lived close to Ballast Point and fished off that pier all the time and caught fish. The lilttle restaurant there on shore, has some great fish for lunch.
Thanks for watching.
Man I grew up in south central Florida, and just as you said, always herd can't eat salt water cats. But when you grow up in a house with six other brother and sisters, you learn to eat what ever is put on the table. So yes I've not only eaten, but also enjoyed salt water cat fish. Thanks for putting the word out there.
Thanks for watching.
Damit. I been throwing them back. I just threw 2 big ones back. I ask other fisherman every time I go to the coast.
I'll never throw one away again. I was already contemplating on trying it for my dam self.
Thanks for the video.
Try them at least once and forget about the folklore. Thanks for watching and learning.
You nailed it with the PITA to clean. It's all about the prep. Sooooo what I think I got from this is you will be bringing more of them home.! Off subject I purchased another Spider today at an estate sale for $25. It will need an extended stay in the electrolysis spa but it's going to be a great pan....
When you get it restored, send us some pics over on the Facebook page. I would love to see it.
Will do. There is a waiting line at the spa at this time. I will get to it in a few weeks. I will do before and after pics.!
down in galveston all i can catch with shrimp are salt water catfish. got a flounder once. once! They just eat the live bait up so quick
Same thing here sometimes. Thanks for watching.
Every time I see one of these trash fish videos, they have always liked the saltwater cats. When ever I run across someone that says they taste like crap, I ask them, have you ever eaten one? They always say, no. LOL
This was honestly my first time eating them. Thanks for watching.
Now I’m bummed. I’m over 60 yrs old and never ate saltwater catfish but gotta try it after watching this video.
I ate my first one at 53 because I was always told the suck. Thanks for watching.
Great video
I'm a Hillbilly who makes it to Florida occasionally. Sail cat is excellent fare. Fried is best. I'll have to take your word on the hardheads. Thanks for the video.
first time i see that. one time we fried mullet. it's xcellent! love yr unique shows. thx...rr
AMAZING!!!! Just subscribed about to binge watch all your episodes so happy I found your channel. P.S. The only way to eat fish is FRIED!!!
Welcome and thanks for watching.
Very cool!!!!
just ate sand shark for the first time a couple weeks ago AKA trash fish. it's actually one of my favorite fish now.
big ugly AKA. Oprah's minge ditto
Great video! I LOVE FRIED FISH!!! Keep them coming.
Thanks for watching. My favorite is fried. See this one on my channel. It is the BEST! ruclips.net/video/p5Ixo5uPrT8/видео.html
Agree, batter and drop in oil = delicious.