[pianotech] OT Catfish - was broken agraffe

[John Formsma]

What Dean described is one way of doing it. I went once as a kid, but
wasn't stupid enough to put my hand in a hole in the bank. I was told that
snakes can be in the holes too. If a hole is "cold," it's either
uninhabited or has a snake in it.

I just waded in the creek.

But my bro-in-law dives using scuba gear. He and his buddies build boxes
for the catfish to nest in. Then they dive to retrieve. They do this in a
big state lake, and mark their boxes (somehow--not sure of all the details
since I'm not into that thing).

I wouldn't do that either. Although I definitely love me some good catfish!

On a further OT aside...I've been told river cats can reach 150 lbs or
more. I'd hate to grab one of those. But I guess the size holes they're in
would be a "dead giveaway" that you probably wouldn't want to go in that
one. :-)

-- 
John Formsma, RPT
Blue Mountain, MS


On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>wrote:

> We call it hogging around here. You wade in the river and probe underwater
> towards the bank, trying to find a catfish lair. The idea is to stick you
> arm through the mouth then gills to grab ahold of these 40-80 lbs monsters.
> Then you hope they don't drag you under and punish you for disturbing them.
>
> Dean
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> Hey, if anyone is into grabbling for catfish, my brother in law does it.
> Scares me to think of it....
>
> I'm a long time fishertypeperson. Never heard that term before. What the
> heck is "..grabbling.."???? And why is it scary?
> Joe
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-- 
John Formsma, RPT
Blue Mountain, MS
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