Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats - Page 2

captainblack · 07-12-2010, 05:33 PM

the two you caught in the lagoon side look like a pigfish on top, type of grunt, they sound like pigs lol. the bottom looks like a croaker. both can be good bait for certain fish.

OUCH on the catfish, Ive had more of those than I would like. Got a couple scars on my hands and one of my feet from them. After one hit my left ring figer real hard on the tip into the bone a little, it got really swollen and numb, well kind of numb, it burned for a few days, but was numb on the outside. Never completely got feeling back at the top half of that finger, guess it hit a nerve pretty hard. I always squeeze a little and let them bleed a bit out, then squeeze a lime or lime juice into it, put some orajel and antibiotic ointment on it and go back to fishing, havent had a bad infection from it while doing that, but the lime juice hurts like hell no worse than it already burns usually though.

I always carry thick leather gloves, usually they only get used for cats, I like to get them on the ground, let them flop some energy out, then kind of roll them on their sides and usually they stick all three out as hard as they can, then i get them from the bottom and get my fingers behind the fins to keep them pushed out and this way done careful has never got me stuck, its always the little 10 inch or smaller ones that end up getting me, a little 6 or 7 inch catfish is usually what sticks me, the bigger ones are easier in my opinion to get around since the spines are bigger.

I hate catching cats, but occasionally when nothings hitting where Im at a few of those can be fun, Ive gotten some 20 to 22 inch hardheads and 20 to 24 inch sailcat that fought like hell and were fun to play with on a boring night

Pier#r · 07-12-2010, 11:05 PM

The top 'baitfish' is a pigfish (yep, it's a grunt).
The other is a golden croaker.

Both make good bait, live or cut.

Hope the toe feels better.
Man those catfish can hurt!!

Great report and pics.

how2fish · 07-30-2010, 01:21 PM

Great pic ! Man sorry about the catfish..got one like that two years ago OUCH!

DHB699 · 07-30-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by hogdogs

Only got the "horn" one time... I had junior in the front seat of a 12 foot skiff, I was in the back seat. He caught a little cat and i told him to swing it my way but keep it "over the side" of the boat... he thought that meant "back over to the inside"... Well before i could grab the line, it swung and spiked me about an inch inside from my left nipple... GOD THAT BURNED LIKE FIRE!!!! While I have never been shot, I have known literally dozens who have and one common denominator in their description is HOT SHARP PAIN!!! Well I guess I my first thought was "So this is what it feel like to be shot!"

It literally felt like a white hot metal rod/ice pick had been stabbed into me... No doctor, No good legal drugs... Several hours of pain that radiated from the wound, up the left side of my neck, and down the inside of my left arm to my elbow or so...

Brent

Brent, Explain (No good Legal Drugs) did we use something else??

SHunter · 07-30-2010, 03:50 PM

Ouch! Getting stuck by one can make you sick at your stomach. People with serious high blood pressure and heart disease need to be careful when unhooking a catfish. As young as you are it probably would not affect you as it would me.

Great photos of the fish and the lightning.

dragman6693 · 07-30-2010, 05:53 PM

very awesome pic of the lightning man!!!!! that's kinda ballsy stayin out there in that stuff...but we wouldn't have the pic if you didn't

thanks alot!

OP-FOR · 08-05-2010, 06:23 AM

A fine catch and a great Picture! I am dusting off the rods when I get back in and it is ON!!! I hope I can have as good as luck as you. No really. I have not fished in a while. I just want to catch something with fins.
Also, took a hard head bard in the knee cap about 5 years. Pain for about 3 hours from the hip to the toes. I hate them, but still willing to take the chance to use one for the Cobia.

Ranger Rick · 08-20-2010, 07:00 PM

Had a similar experience about a month ago, got the spike stuck in my that soft area between thumb & first finger. "Hurt like hell" doesn't even begin to tell the story. BEST WAY TO RELIEVE THE PAIN IS TO SOAK IN HOT WATER. As hot as you can stand it. It won't remove the pain, but will make a HUGE difference - it will go from excrutiating pain to just plain hurting.

RR

RODMIESTER · 08-20-2010, 09:05 PM

JBK,
Thanks, this Awesome lightning picture is my new screensaver!!!!!!!

07-12-2010, 05:33 PM	#11
captainblack Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Pensacola, FL. Posts: 355	the two you caught in the lagoon side look like a pigfish on top, type of grunt, they sound like pigs lol. the bottom looks like a croaker. both can be good bait for certain fish. OUCH on the catfish, Ive had more of those than I would like. Got a couple scars on my hands and one of my feet from them. After one hit my left ring figer real hard on the tip into the bone a little, it got really swollen and numb, well kind of numb, it burned for a few days, but was numb on the outside. Never completely got feeling back at the top half of that finger, guess it hit a nerve pretty hard. I always squeeze a little and let them bleed a bit out, then squeeze a lime or lime juice into it, put some orajel and antibiotic ointment on it and go back to fishing, havent had a bad infection from it while doing that, but the lime juice hurts like hell no worse than it already burns usually though. I always carry thick leather gloves, usually they only get used for cats, I like to get them on the ground, let them flop some energy out, then kind of roll them on their sides and usually they stick all three out as hard as they can, then i get them from the bottom and get my fingers behind the fins to keep them pushed out and this way done careful has never got me stuck, its always the little 10 inch or smaller ones that end up getting me, a little 6 or 7 inch catfish is usually what sticks me, the bigger ones are easier in my opinion to get around since the spines are bigger. I hate catching cats, but occasionally when nothings hitting where Im at a few of those can be fun, Ive gotten some 20 to 22 inch hardheads and 20 to 24 inch sailcat that fought like hell and were fun to play with on a boring night __________________ cheers drinktank

08-20-2010, 07:00 PM	#18
Ranger Rick Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Big Lagoon Posts: 59	Catfish spike help Had a similar experience about a month ago, got the spike stuck in my that soft area between thumb & first finger. "Hurt like hell" doesn't even begin to tell the story. BEST WAY TO RELIEVE THE PAIN IS TO SOAK IN HOT WATER. As hot as you can stand it. It won't remove the pain, but will make a HUGE difference - it will go from excrutiating pain to just plain hurting. RR

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07-12-2010, 11:05 PM	#12
Pier#r Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 441	The top 'baitfish' is a pigfish (yep, it's a grunt). The other is a golden croaker. Both make good bait, live or cut. Hope the toe feels better. Man those catfish can hurt!! Great report and pics.

07-30-2010, 01:21 PM	#13
how2fish Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Marietta Ga Posts: 307	Great pic ! Man sorry about the catfish..got one like that two years ago OUCH!

07-30-2010, 03:50 PM	#15
SHunter Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,679	Ouch! Getting stuck by one can make you sick at your stomach. People with serious high blood pressure and heart disease need to be careful when unhooking a catfish. As young as you are it probably would not affect you as it would me. Great photos of the fish and the lightning.

07-30-2010, 05:53 PM	#16
dragman6693 Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 179	very awesome pic of the lightning man!!!!! that's kinda ballsy stayin out there in that stuff...but we wouldn't have the pic if you didn't thanks alot!

08-05-2010, 06:23 AM	#17
OP-FOR Fish Alot Catch None Trigger Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Perdido Key Posts: 235	A fine catch and a great Picture! I am dusting off the rods when I get back in and it is ON!!! I hope I can have as good as luck as you. No really. I have not fished in a while. I just want to catch something with fins. Also, took a hard head bard in the knee cap about 5 years. Pain for about 3 hours from the hip to the toes. I hate them, but still willing to take the chance to use one for the Cobia.

08-20-2010, 09:05 PM	#19
RODMIESTER Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SEMINOLE, ALABAMA Posts: 69	JBK, Thanks, this Awesome lightning picture is my new screensaver!!!!!!!

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