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Great pictures! Smiles and memories that will last a lifetime right there. Thanks for sharing!
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Great Smiles there!
How are they smoked? That would seem a good way to use the meat. Never had paddlefish, but sturgeon smoked is pretty fine eatin'.
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Very cool. I assume they are good eating also? Kind of a cross between a catfish and a pork chop? Dense meat, not flaky like a fish. Does have some fishiness to it for sure though. I'd rather eat crappie or walleye for sure....but when in Rome... Rinse no less than a half dozen times and that "fishy" taste will go away. You will see the oil film lessen with each soaking. I rinse every hour until I go to bed. Maybe in the night if I get up, again in the AM then rinse throughout the day if home. If not home after the morning rinse soak again for the day then good to go that evening. A pard had a 5 gallon bucket with at least 100 holes in bucket and lid with a hose adapter in the side towards the bottom of the bucket. Fill with fish, turn water on just enough to keep a good flow going and walk away for the afternoon. This got most all of the oil from the fish.
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We used to net them here, oily as heck but made a good fish fry for a funeral party fundraiser, last one I did was 1981
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Funny looking fish. Like a Jimmy Durante cartoon.
I guess I’d eat one if I was on some kind of camping survival mission.
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9 yr old Granddaughter told me last week that she would probably just catch a minnow. Looks like she was wrong.
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Awesome!! I've fished with Rusty several times for spoonbills and once for catfish. He is a great guy and a great guide with good equipment. A great choice for anyone.
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Nice group of happy kids right there. Awesome that they each got to catch one.
Curious as to the snagging technique(s) employed. Is it just blind snagging?
I've done a fair amount of blind and sight snagging for hatchery salmon (kings, silvers and sockeye) here in AK. Blind snagging will wear out pretty quick, but can be productive if there's lots 'o fish. Sight casting is a lot like wing shooting ducks. Gotta see 'em, lead 'em and pull the trigger at the right time (or just flock shoot).
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Great thread and pics Cheese
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I found them in a ditch mouth feeding and snagged with a big treble on a bass rod. I kept some and they were ok to eat. Fun to catch.
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Curious as to the snagging technique(s) employed. Is it just blind snagging? Totally blind. No such thing as clear water here. The 3 ways I'm familiar with fishing for them. 1. The poor redneck way: No boat, fish from bank in the spring when they're doing their (fake?) spawning run. Heavy river pole with a 4 ounce weight and a big treble hook. Cast across the river, then jerk pole, reel up slack, jerk pole, reel up slack. Repeat. Will wear you out. 2. The less poor redneck way: From boat, in the spring when they're doing their (fake?) spawning run. Heavy river pole with a 4 ounce weight and a big treble hook. Let out 100' or 150' of line, troll up stream, jerk pole, let current/troll take out slack, repeat. Won't wear you out quite as bad as 1. 3. The sophisticated way: Rig pole up with dipsy diver and troll around the channels they're schooled up in until your treble hook runs into one. This is what the guides do. I've never been on one of these trips, so I can't exactly give the details. How are they smoked? That would seem a good way to use the meat. Was with the wife at an engineering deparment dinner at Pittsburg State University several years ago. One of the dishes was smoked spoonbill that one of the students had brought. I thought it was pretty good. .
Spoiled on crappie and walleye. Feel free to send some down, I'm only a few miles off of 49.... 
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