nah it didnt have that big ol fin plus it wasnt covered in slime. it was just a big azz hardhead. was catching nothin but hardheads that day and decided to try out that big one.

its not like its the best thing ever, but it just tasted like fried fish. try it sometime, you'd be surprised.

almost everyone says hardhead taste awful but when you ask if they tasted it, people always say "no, but i know someone who has" or " ive heard it was gross" i guess its like one of those urban myths or something. it just a fish.

Sometimes they will school under menhaden... Just get your cast net out and catch the shad, then throw a couple of shad out and you'll have a ball. The first time I saw this happen, I was in shock. I had never seen catfish school like that. They were chasing the bait like a bunch of sandbass chasing a spoon. Every cast was a good 3-6 pound fish. We filled a boat box in about 30 minutes.. We had been striking out on the reds and specks, so it partially salvaged what had been a disappointing trip.

I've also heard that, since reds love menhaden, they will sit below this phenomenon and eat the leftovers falling to the bottom. Of course, I didnt think about that at the time. So save one pole for bottom fishing. Just look for the diving brown pelicans then break out the burlap sacks!

I'm talkin about Gafftops not hardheads.. just wanted to clear that up