Okay, let's see if I can answer these...
Who buys the buffalo ?
And does your Dad still drive ?
Just about everyone buys the buffalo... it's cheaper than the catfish. Yep, he still drives. In fact, Dad and my stepmom are planning a trip to California to see one of her daughters.
So you know how to filet buffalo bone free for frying?
I wonder what he charges for the spotted vs the buffalo.
Not sure it can be done. Buffalo have small finger shaped bones. You dont cut-up buffalo, you tear it apart. I think he gets $1.50/lb for the buffalo and all catfish are $2.50/lb.
No it's not a grinnell (bowfin)
Nope. He has a skinning table with hooks for hanging the larger fish. It doesn't take over a minute or two at the most to clean any fish.
Why does he keep the fish in water?
Dad catches fish every day and only sell on Thurs/Fri. He cleans the fish and freezes them in water in large pans, then on Thurs morning he dumps the frozen fish in the ice chest and puts water on them to thaw them out. The water also keeps the fish fresh.
