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Re: Hardheads [Re: psalty] #14264073 01/26/22 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by psalty
Maybe someday, an innovator can develop a use for that slime. hmmm


Somebody already did- called epoxy. At least it's the equivalent of epoxy when it dries on a boat deck.


You get out of it what you put into it!
Re: Hardheads [Re: Jerry713] #14264216 01/26/22 11:18 PM
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See there- natures provisional generic for polyurethane. Satisfies the new green deal issue.


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Re: Hardheads [Re: CC22] #14265998 01/28/22 04:17 PM
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My Pops used to call them “Yodelin’ Trout” grin


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Re: Hardheads [Re: CC22] #14266154 01/28/22 06:03 PM
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Tourist trout some folks around here call them.

Re: Hardheads [Re: CC22] #14277745 02/07/22 11:53 PM
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They are a pain when you are going for Reds! [Linked Image]

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Re: Hardheads [Re: horton5303] #14278942 02/09/22 02:14 AM
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Can’t stand them. They are a real PITA. Like someone else stated if I never caught another I would a happy…

Re: Hardheads [Re: CC22] #14282308 02/11/22 10:21 PM
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Hardhead catfish taste _exactly_ like catfish, because they are catfish. They're curiously about half head tho, so you get much smaller fillets than you're expecting. I recommend keeping every single one you catch and either eating it or using as bait. They have a spring migration, so if you're unlucky enough to be fishing near a pass at that time you will catch nothing else.

A note on the stings, all catfish have venomous and barbed spines. Heating renders the toxins. Personal experience can attest.
https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/catfish-sting

People only hate catching hardheads because they've spoiled by the fantastic fishing on the Texas coast.


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Re: Hardheads [Re: LastCastPodcast] #14282630 02/12/22 05:18 AM
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They might taste like Momma’s pecan pie.
I’ll never know.

But please go catch a dumpster load. And talk as many people as you can in them catching all they can too.


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Re: Hardheads [Re: CC22] #14282651 02/12/22 07:52 AM
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Nasty slimy things are a pain in the tail. Luckily I only fish the surf in saltwater and don’t seem to run in to too many of them when fishing with live bait, especially if I’m using bigger 6-8” mullet. Getting finned by one can be nasty, potentially deadly if it gets infected, getting stuck by a channel cat is not even close to getting stuck by one of those nasty things. I’ve never eaten one, however, I have eaten gaftop and they’re not too bad.

Re: Hardheads [Re: Mckinneycrappiecatcher] #14284689 02/14/22 06:02 AM
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One did a double back flip off my hook and stuck a fin all the way thru my shoe and out the bottom of my foot. A few days later, it turned green. I had a Vietnamese doc and she took it seriously.


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We've eaten a number of them. They are not nearly as good as gafftops. We'll keep every gafftop we catch over about a pound.

We need to be in a tight spot for dinner to keep hardheads - much fishier flavor - and not fishy in a way we like like mackerel.

For reference, we'll keep Jack Crevalle before hard heads.


�Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?" - The Messiah
Re: Hardheads [Re: MathGeek] #14288795 02/18/22 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by MathGeek
We've eaten a number of them. They are not nearly as good as gafftops. We'll keep every gafftop we catch over about a pound.

We need to be in a tight spot for dinner to keep hardheads - much fishier flavor - and not fishy in a way we like like mackerel.

For reference, we'll keep Jack Crevalle before hard heads.


Anyone who eats a Jack is for sure hard up fish hungry. And anyone who actually has an opinion that ranks hard head below a jack is someone who knows what nasty tastes like.


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Re: Hardheads [Re: CC22] #14289050 02/18/22 07:05 PM
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There is a good fishy taste. I would put Bluefish in the category of good fishy taste.

The more I read about fish the more I realize how fish are handled after the catch makes a big difference on flavor and storage potential.

Ike Jime, the way to get the best out of fish.
https://guide.michelin.com/sg/en/article/dining-out/what-is-ike-jime

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