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Catfish Fingerlings (food) question
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:31 am
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:31 am
Random question for the OB. An older friend of mine (in his 70s) was telling me a story the other day about running out to Des Allemands 30-35 years ago and buying baby catfish/fingerling filets off of some guys. He said they'd fry the fingerling filets and they'd come out barely thicker than potato chips. I suspect this was probably not legal, so to speak. He was definitely reminiscing, but he told me it was his favorite thing he'd ever eaten.
I'd love to try to locate some fingerling catfish filets for him. Has anybody ever heard of anything like this?
I'd love to try to locate some fingerling catfish filets for him. Has anybody ever heard of anything like this?
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:36 am to bluemoons
Fingerling filets?
shite, how small of a filet knife did he use?
shite, how small of a filet knife did he use?
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:36 am to bluemoons
Just get some filets off bigger fish and cut them thin. Never heard of anyone fileting fingerlings, and I thought I'd heard everything. I think your friend may be fricking with you.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:39 am to tenfoe
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I think your friend may be fricking with you.
Zero shot. You'd have to know him to understand. It is possible that he was just wrong though.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:43 am to bluemoons
I have heard of this. I think they just catch small cats and filet them in des allemans
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:46 am to bluemoons
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fry the fingerling filets
Are you sure they were filets? My grandfather would fly small bream (I would assume small catfish too) and eat them bones at all. Not the heads, just the cleaned bodies. It they were small enough the bones weren't noticeable . . . or so he claimed. I assume something like sardines.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:50 am to bluemoons
I think I found his butcher set
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:50 am to bluemoons
My mama calls those "little sylvesters". I think that may have been a name brand of small catfish you could buy back in the day.
I like a good eating 2.5 lbs. catfish, but my mama loves little 6-10" cats skinned and fried whole. Something I would typically throw back.
I like a good eating 2.5 lbs. catfish, but my mama loves little 6-10" cats skinned and fried whole. Something I would typically throw back.
This post was edited on 6/5/24 at 9:52 am
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:19 am to Clyde Tipton
stopped a trawler to get bait one of the guys saw and took a bunch of 6 inch croakers that are usually thrown back dead ( another bitch) he actually fileted these that gave two filets the size of a little finger-- guys at camp were picking them out of hot grease with their fingers they were so good
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:33 am to bluemoons
I cut filet's smaller all the time OP, including thinner. If you are frying these in cornmeal I can't imagine a smaller filet tasting any different than a larger filet sliced thin.
I do this with mingo snapper all the time also. My kids prefer fried fish with cornmeal, so while its not my optimal choice to do it with good saltwater fish they love it.
I do this with mingo snapper all the time also. My kids prefer fried fish with cornmeal, so while its not my optimal choice to do it with good saltwater fish they love it.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:58 am to Clyde Tipton
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my mama loves little 6-10" cats skinned and fried whole
I'll keep those to fry, but I thought OP was implying something 2-3" in size as "fingerlings"
Posted on 6/5/24 at 11:12 am to tenfoe
Some men have bigger fingers than others.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 1:45 pm to bluemoons
You can keep up to 25 undersized catfish, so it’s definitely legal.
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