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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fishing
  • Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:05:18 -0700 (PDT)

James, where I grew up in the South; Bluegill and Bream are the same thing
(as is Sunfish), just different names. What is your difference? ...bobford


p.s. my grandfather called some bass "green trout"

--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:

> From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fishing
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 10:56 AM
> > >Giving this more thought, do you ever catch walleye
> or other species?
>
> On trotlines or in general?
>
> Trotlines are mainly catfish with some bass from time to
> time and some
> turtles ... and carp. We eat the turtles. We don't
> eat the carp.
>
> They stocked the lakes here with some sort of hybrid trout
> and walleye. The
> trout don't taste good. Just as well because you have
> to have a special stamp
> for them and I don't (have it). But the walleye are
> magnificient, one of the
> best fish you can eat. And hard to catch.
>
> Then there are small mouth, large mouth, black and white
> bass. White bass
> are supposed to be trash fish like carp, but I like them
> fine. Also the pan
> fish: bluegill, redeye, bream, and crapie. Bream are rare
> here, crapie and
> bluegill are plentiful. All those are caught with hook and
> line.
>
> In the creeks (and here a creek can mean anything up to
> 25' across) have
> brown trout and brook trout as well as chub, suckers, and
> horny-heads. All good
> but full fo bones so they are better processed and eaten
> bones and all.
>
> We have both blue catfish and channel catfish with an
> occasional yellow
> catfish. All are magnificient to eat. There are also
> freshwater mussels in the
> rivers, but you have to harvest them only in rivers and
> streams that don't have
> industry upstream. We have a few of those left. Round
> that out with some
> crawdads and you have our mountain seafood.
>
> I think it was Lynn that once raised those indoor prawns.
> I've looked into
> that. I've got a good place for it and they are
> available on the 'fish wagon'
> that comes by the feed store periodically. If I got into
> that, they wouldn't
> be for sale, though, like the Walrus and the Carpenter,
> I'd eat every one.<BR><BR><BR>
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