Catch and Cook Saltwater Catfish | Trash Fish Taste Test
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Today's adventure made me a little nervous. I set out in search of the biggest trash fish known to man, the saltwater cat. I am a believer that some fish get a bad reputation as far as table fair is concerned. Who's to know if the rumors are true if no one tries them. Watch me eat a saltwater catfish in ep:3 of fishing taste test.
I am 59 and grew up catching these and throwing them all back because everyone said you cant eat them, no one that we ask had actually tried them they just all said we have heard that they are not good to eat. I talked to a Cajun at a restaurant in port O'Connor TX and he served up a turkey platter of these to his buddy's without telling them what it was and they loved them. So the next time i caught some i fried them up and they are great. You do have to be careful with the spines but it is worth it.
Im from Houston Tx and I catch and eat saltwater catfish all the time . Good stuff!
Just got back from fishing right next to the board walk and we caught tons of em but nothing big enough to keep
Question? Is there any saltwater fishing spots in Houston I’m getting ready to move there and I love fishing down in Indianola thx
I’m from Houston,, an I love to fish what do they like to eat ?????? Let me know??? Frfr I fish on Uvalde exit near I -10 I haven’t caught one yet, I’ve tried liver, chicken and beef/crawfish, shrimp Call mom crabs haven’t caught anything
Hardhead catfish (Ariopsis felis) and gafftopsail catfish (Bagre marinus) have slightly different tastes. But I love them both. The key is to cut the gills right when you catch them ( Bleed out). Then they taste much better. I first had salt cats in 1976 and would never turn down a plate of them. So much better then the fresh water catfish.
Degill and cut the tail off for easy bleeding.
We did the same thing. We just bought a boat & really started fishing. We caught catfish like crazy. We ate all of them. The salt water cats we caught were very white meat. They were delicious! 😋
Wow, I've caught so many of those things over the years in this area just to throw them back. I'll have to give them a try myself.
in singapore and malaysia, saltwater catfish are favourites..we have this dish called "asam pedas ikan duri" which is a local malay dish gravy using saltwater catfish..tastes yummy..
your roommate must love living with you, loads of free fish.
Well, he did mention that they are both fishing guides...
eldsprutandedrake never heard that.
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eldsprutandedrake ok, thanks lol
I Knew as soon as I saw that waterway in the background i was like "huh, looks like pensacola" , then i saw it was exactly as i thought, nice to see another local on youtube with a dedicated fishing channel , tight lines bro!
Salt water cat fish is great when prepared correctly. Great videos and keep it coming.
I love saltwater catfish nuggets and they're actually healthier than fresh water. I can even have spaghetti with saltwater catfish and sauce. And of course, a nice chilly Foster beer and garlic bread.
Dawn, now I am hungry!🙂
I have always felt that hard heads get a bad rap, as well as gaftops. When I lived in Florida people would look at me funny if I kept a gaftop, but I would never keep a hard head... we eat the hell out of gaftops here in Texas. They're like any other bottom feeder fish like reds, black drum etc... They eat shrimp, crabs, and other similar fish. No reason they should taste bad at all.
Dp908 I fish Courpus Christi and we catch the shit out of them
The thing is, catfish are not really bottom feeders. Yes, they will eat things they find on the bottom, but so will most fish. Catfish, freshwater or saltwater, feed on the surface as often as they feed on the bottom. They feed at every depth. Wherever they find food, the eat it. People think they're bottom feeders, so they fish for them on the bottom, but I've caught more, and bigger ones, on the surface because that's where I often fish for them intentionally.
Dp908 are gaftops and hard heads both saltwater fish?
@Dp908 Yes
I've had a few people look at me with the most bewildered look when they see me catch and keep a sail cat. Such a clean taste.
I have eaten alot of hard head cats and gaftops. I love the look it get from ppl when I keep them.
20 years ago I worked at the Miami Seaport and fishermen were catching grunts. They cut em up and used them for bait. I had occasion to spend a weekend in the Keys and the cleaning woman at the residence from Cuba was catching them in the canal and preparing them for lunch. In Cuba she said we eat everything we catch. She breaded it and fried it and it tasted just like snapper
I've eaten saltwater catfish in Texas, and they tasted fine. You are right about avoiding getting stabbed with the spines. It's like being stuck with hot needles, much worse than being stabbed by spines from a freshwater catfish.
I like his style, you get somebody that knows how to cook freshwater catfish is outstanding, i’ll throw some creole seasoning on it lemon put it in the pan with some butter taste like gold.
down here in vero beach do, you cannot keep these dang things off the hook. no-one eats them down here. but hey man. Don't knock it till you try it right? 😵
Thanks for trying out catfish. We always heard it was nasty. We fish in Pass Christian and every other catch is catfish. We are going to start stocking up. So more catch and Cook Trash fish.
Buck Dingler No prob. Thanks for watching.
Go out to the pass inbetween fort mccrey and spoil island and throw out any bait you want. Sit back and enjoy a cold brew until a hardhead or a stingray takes your bait. They are everywhere around there.
Make more of these videos please. Maybe try jacks
Am new to fishing. Mostly on piers. A month ago got me 3 decent sized hardheads. Friend gave me his and another lady gave me hers. I fillet them all. Still have them in the freezer. Yesterday caught me another and fillet it today. Trying gather more to make a meal. Gonna fry them up soon. I used to eat catfish back in high school when parents would buy at a local store. Deep fried them in cornbread. Taste real good.
Well I finally fried them hardhead along with my first trout. Trout was amazing! Catfish was real good too. Just flour and Panko and had enough for 3 people and my outdoor cats. Can't wait to cook some more fish soon.
@@solowing2400 i know that its been 4 years but I appreciate that you came back and commented most people don't.
Do you still feel the same way about them years later?
I don't think frying it up with all that seasoning and coating gives a real indication on the flavor of anything. Try these tests with maybe the minimal of prep like perhaps a little oil on a pan (so it doesn't stick) and a little salt and pepper. That way you can actually taste the fish. I don't think there are that many fish that have a distinct odd/bad flavor especially when they are fresh caught and served right away. Glad the lessening of the stigma on "trash fish" that you are doing.
How about try the baits, Pilchards, Ballyihoo, Herring, Finger Mullet, etc. Not sure what you guys have up there.
Honestly I wanted to cook it similar to how they would prepare it in a restaurant. I have never had nor seen catfish prepared any other way but fried. I didn't even deep fry it. My fish was lightly battered and fried in a small amount of olive oil. Pan frying in light olive oil allows you to still taste plenty of the fish flavor.
Ah, got it. Keep up the good work.
i remember last time i dropped my line down and a second later i caught a saltwater catfish
naw cook how you want and like is how i see it
I have eaten hard heads and gaftops prepared many ways, they always taste great.
If you liked that channel cat, you should try a sail cat. They're even tastier.
Nothing wrong with them. I caught them until I knew I wouldn’t want to clean anymore, took them home and was skeptical, but I did the old foil pack on the grill with Cajun seasons and butter. Ate them along side pork chops and baked potato. Not a damn thing wrong with hardhead catfish. I did soak them in water and lime over night, but I feel like I wouldn’t have even needed to do that.
I caught a bunch of them last I went down to Rockport, Texas. One of them lightly scratched the side of my left thumb. It hurt like the dickens for a couple hours after that. I'd really hate to get poked by one of those fins.
Happened to me at 13 years and years back but u don’t forget pain like that, I was crying like a baby and let me tell you the pain last the entire day
When I was a kid I was told people called snook "Soap Fish" The story was that cooked with the skin on they taste of soap, and were thought of as inedible.
Cobia was considered trash fish too. When I was little this guy gave my dad a huge Cobia cuz he was going to throw it back.
I've heard that the gafftop or sailcats are good eating, interesting videos bud!👍keep em coming! tight lines!
Thanks for the tip, we never considered we could cut off the spikes.. our only objection was not to the flavor, but to the hazards of handling in Kayakes...
I dropped a 2 ft catfish on my foot this summer, the pectoral fin went completely through my foot, in the top and diagonally out the bottom. All it takes is a split second, and the PAIN! lol
I have caught 100s of these in dubai specially in one area it is almost impossible to avoid them. they bite your bait before any other fish can get to it. and they are cnsidered trash. I have thrown them all back and never even dared to try it. and I'm still not convinced to try it. on the contrary I have eaten plenty of freshwater cats back home in kashmir. they are good. not the best but good enough with not much bones.
Grew up in Texas and we ate Gaftop all the time. In my opinion, if they're cleaned correctly, they taste better than any other catfish I've had. Although, watching your video, it looks like you got what we call a hard-head catfish. Gaftops are also called sail cats.
I love to eat hardheads! Nobody believes me, but I eat them often.
caught 8kg saltwater cat in dubai while jigging from rocks. it picked my 30gram jig and fought like a crazy monster for about 10mins. these fish fight more than any other fish i have experienced. an 8kg jack or king mack will not even come close
I've eaten salt water catfish all my life. It's fine. And if you want something really good, try the white strip of meat in a sail fin catfish. Mild and sweet.
Every time I go down to St. George Island I always keep the sailcats to take home and have a big fish fry for all my friends. Just fry it like you would freshwater catfish. Tip cook stingray fins like you would scallops and its pretty good also. Lots of chinese restaurants use stingray for their scallops on buffets.
thanks for the vid. If i have to travel 3 hours to fish a beach in texas and catch hardheads ( descent size ) i will keep them and put'em in cornmeal. thx to you. keep up the good work!
Try stingray next, it's pretty good.
TheMasterCasters they smell and taste like shark imo ever tried spotted eel it has the whitest firm meat you can find
I agree, stingray taste great!!!!!
What size? Any?
In Trinidad & Tobago we eat saltwater catfish
Cool!
Yes! Excited to episode 4 🤙🏼
In Oz, we have a very, very similar species. For many years, we threw them back. An old guy 30 years ago said to keep them for him. He said 1- Immediately break off the 3 spines, 2- Cut it's throat, 3- Cut off its tail.
This works very well, and have blind taste tested it with others and none have picked what it was and all bar none loved it!. Give it try.
Oh, and just fillet them over the ribcage and you'll have zero bones. Then, of course skin fillets and cut out red backbone flesh.
I made cat fish nugget out of these guys and I though it was great
10 out of 10
Love both fresh and SW Cats, Grew up on FW cats in the creeks and ponds in Ga
Lmfao...good shit..🤮🤣🤟 Love your channel bro.
I know right next time u frie that fresh water salblue catfish. Try butter milk corn meal and lit the fish soke in . Beat some eggs up and por milk in to a boil and mix in tell it's a thin past . And also great with sheep head saltwater trout . And fried green tomatoes
I just gave away 5 catfish that I caught last night, each was around 15LB easy, I wish I saw your video before :D
OMG 😱 you missed it dear next time never do this ...
Samuel Gabriel where the heck are you catching catfish that big??
Gio mobile bay for sure. Inshore fishing they’re a nuisance but you can catch a couple 15 pounders if you’re willing to wait a few hours. Toss a good size cut croaker or shad and you’ll get a good size one within mins lol
Tips for Hardheads and Sailcats: THOROUGHLY BLEED the fish immediately (if done properly there will be no blood when filleting the fish), SOAK in milk overnight. Great for tacos or blackened. Note: for deep frying, pre-soak in buttermilk before breading for extra crispy fish. C’mon back and thank me later!
Interesting 🤔. I've tried many different fish and have always gone in with an open mind. My saltwater catfish taste test was the exact opposite of yours. The flesh was much pinker and the cooked meat was tough. Saltwater catfish, ladyfish, and barracuda are the only three I can say I thought truly tasted terrible. This makes me want to give the catfish one more chance.
Jericho Snaxxx maybe the way you cooked it
Sometimes, it’s the preparation, not the item prepared.
barracuda meat, my favorite way to enjoy harmful amounts of ciguatera toxin
I dont know about saltwater cat's, but i know freshwater catfish aren't poisonous. Regardless, i love your videos man. I like to see other fishermen who actually eat fish instead of being the whole mushy mushy "catch and release is the way to preserve fisheries." I know you shouldn't harvest the entire fishery, but a few fish in the fryer isn't going to destroy a fishery, unless there's only a few fish in the system haha.
Cooper Folmer all catfish are poisonous. Some species are more potent than others...
Cooper Folmer the fins...if you catch one in the hand it could kill you from anaphylactic shock....probably why no one bothers cleaning them.
Tony Clifton false
Buying SUMMONS the saltys
Coco the Rottweiler no they are not. Try educating yourself once.
i can see it tasting much cleaner than al old farm pond catfish...sou ds delicious
When I was growing up, around Tampa, only a few people kept sail cats, NOBODY kept hardheads.
you deserve a lot more subs
actually if you cook it with onions, bell pepper, tomatoes with a little bit of tomato sauce (don't filet it, cut slices, inch slices ) it is really good ..
Manoel Garbuio de Souza Sounds like a Chopino. Delicious
I've met some Bass fishermen that will treat like you have the plague if they see you catfishing, or fishing for anything other than Bass.
Ken Quesenberry bass, a fish that’s in every lake in America? The most boring useless fishing bass. Doesn’t even fight hard.
Kanduli one of favorite fish.... Sinigang sa miso so yummy
Gaftop sail catfish are even better than the hardhead you ate. People on the gulf always complain about catching catfish, maybe if they ate more there will be more trout and reds around.
try the banana river lots of saltwater cats
Catch them all the time in the gulf side of the keys when im after Mangrove snapper Ive eaten many years ago but since I'm used to yellowtail mangrove and dogg snapper etc.. It really isnt worth the risk if getting stabbed but its def not a bad fish Just be careful it will ruin your fishing trip.ive seen people have to go to the hospital from getting poked So beware
Next eat a polock or a boston blue and btw the best way to get the genuine flavour is bake them with some olive oil and chopped any vegetables
For an even better experience with eating these catfish-- cut their tail and bleed them before filleting.
I live in Michigan, I'm surrounded by freshwater and let me tell you what. Salt water fish are so much better, we go crazy for fresh caught saltwater fish here. We're not in denial salt water fish are just better. You're so lucky to live close to the sea
Gaftop is great fish. You don't need a lot of seasoning. It's very lite and flaky. Hate seeing it thrown away on the jetty, but people get thrown off by the slime I guess. They really need to learn how to prep them. It's better than fresh water blue catfish.
Love fishing in Florida! Caught so many of those catfish and got stuck a few times before all the way down to the bone in my hand!!
I grew up on Freshwater Catfish, It can be really "muddy" tasting, especially the larger fish. The smaller, younger ones are less so....I would assume the Saltwater catfish would be a little "cleaner" due to not feeding on a muddy bottom so much as the stained muddy bottom lakes.
great video next time i go out i will try it thanks
Gaftop or Sailcat is very good eating but unlike hard head catfish get much larger 6 to 10 pound range. Try it you'kll lifwe it.
Thanks, that's about all I can catch right now.
Down in marathon we wouldn't see any catfish in the day time but as soon as the sun disappeared, all we would catch is catfish and 1 out of 10 were massive mangrove snapper. This was over by bonefish marina. Good point about the dorsal fin me and my brother were stung and it was dreadful....
Caught several today & threw them all back. Next time , I'm going to keep a couple & try it.
Hardheads are so easy to catch. I didn't even know you could eat them due to their poor reputation.
i used to catch saltwater cats in charleston sc all the time about 30 years ago but since then for some reason i cant pay them to bite my hook. its been a solid 25 years since ive caught one and i fish the harbor and offshore 2 to 3 times a week. have their numbers deminished? i always wonder about species that quit biting the way they used to.
Ain’t nothin wrong with River Chicken boy.. you ain’t been hungry enough to appreciate the fine art of garbage cuisine
you need more subs !!! love the content
Good in you for trying. I know people that eat these all the time.
Lot of meat, no tiny bones. We always enjoy our "catfish and chips " 😄
"i have so much respect for this fish" as hes cutting its fins while its alive lmao😂
i can personally vouch for the overall opinion of the video. in all ways, the saltwater catfish is almost the same as the freshwater counterparts; just as big of a pain to clean and similar taste too
I will try one sometime. I catch them off my dock all the time!
Saltwater catfish are delicious as long as the blood vein along their sides is scraped off. By filleting, he removed that blood vein.
Those Suzuki engines are the best in my opinion
Cool vid. I'm a beginner fisher. What kind of catfish was that and do you usually put them down (euthanize) them before you snip and cut?
In Malaysia, these Salt Water Catfishes (Ikan Duri & Ikan Belukang) are cooked in traditional recipe "Asam Pedas"...
Try google searched the "Asam Pedas Ikan Duri Recipe" and "Asam Pedas Ikan Belukang Recipe" and enjoy the Malaysian style of dishes.
-Just a suggestion.
Hi Brant wasn't sure if you could eat them thanks
This Guy "Brant" looks exactly like "Julian Jenner" the Dutch Footballer used to play for NAC>Breda, A.Z., Vitesse, Ferencvaros and Notts County!
Gaftops are so overfished here in SC, that it's illegal to keep one. It's been 10 years or better since I caught one
thumbs up. my favorite.
It seemed like your fish was not covered with the slime that we get down near St. Pete. Maybe that is why yours tasted better.
Down in the gulf coast in rock port it’s funny most of the crowd I know will eat a gaftop but won’t eat a hard head. What do you guys think? I’ve caught many and have released many....
A true fish taste test should be made without bread crumb, just the fillet and salt
New to your channel, found it watching emerald coast productions. Have you eaten mullet yet???? I'm going to check all of your vids out now
I’m from Mars. We love saltwater catfish 🐱 🐟
don't know anything more slimy than these catfish! Things will eat anything you throw into the water in Texas!
i will tell u whats slimier than a catfish.. a barracuda!
Not accurate, at all.
You should try a ladyfish next
That's definitely one I've been thinking about.
That's probably the only fish thats bad no matter how many ways you cook it...
Looks just like a channel cat up here in Maryland in the Potomac River.
Try spooted morray the white firm meat is amazing no joke I made some civiche last tear whith lobster eel and mutton for a small party.about a gallon of ceviche lasted an hour
Very surprised , great video!
Agreed the taste of salt water catfish is amazingly 👌 good
you should try jack crevalle next
That's exactly what I was going to say.
Cool
kenneth parker Yeah its a popular fish but I've never seen anyone eat it
Good idea
I was thinking the same most people trash talk them but I actually have eaten them before and I liked it. I breaded one with panko and deep fried it, came out great.
Are these all just saltwater cats in general or like hardheaded or something
You should try a jack
what you have there is a (hard head) and they suck to eat....but the other salt water cat known as a (sail cat) or (gaff top) is very good
The saltwater cat i caught had a long whisker like thing on top of its back spine fin
the ocean is cleaner than most fresh water ponds and lakes so I would only imagine it's better than fresh water cats