Anyone ever eat pin fish?

[Anvil Head]

They are the primary reason I prefer artificial in skinny water. Never heard that about SC, we fed them to the backwater gators when I lived down in Walterboro.

 

[Mako22]

They are the primary reason I prefer artificial in skinny water. Never heard that about SC, we fed them to the backwater gators when I lived down in Walterboro.

I dog hunt near walterboro. Cross SC, Monks Corner.

 

[notnksnemor]

I've eaten a balogna sandwich after cutting pinfish for bait, so technically I'd have to say yes.
They taste like balogna.

 

[Sixes]

We have kept sail cats but not hardheads.

Nothing wrong with the sail cats

 

[Dustin Pate]

Why? I use them for cobia bait.

I agree. There is a dozen other, better eating, fish that will eat your pinfish.

 

[Ihunt]

A little poke from a hard head catfish. I will never, and I mean never, touch one of those fish again. Caught one about 2” long in my cast net and I grabbed him with needle nose. I’m scared and not ashamed to admit it.

 

[Lukikus2]

I've never caught a saltwater cat. I do most of my salt fishing in SC, and I've noticed that it's illegal to kill one there, anyway, for some reason.

Evidently cuts down on EMT calls

 

[Lukikus2]

Bought 6 dozen live shrimp to fish with. Caught nothing but handsized pinfish with two dozen. Fresh shrimp and fish for dinner win win

 

[notnksnemor]

A little poke from a hard head catfish. I will never, and I mean never, touch one of those fish again. Caught one about 2” long in my cast net and I grabbed him with needle nose. I’m scared and not ashamed to admit it.

I keep several pairs of these on my boat.
Even the biggest catfish will submit to your will if you squeeze hard enough.

 

[Ihunt]

Op

I keep several pairs of these on my boat.
Even the biggest catfish will submit to your will if you squeeze hard enough.

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I’m all for squeezing their heads off.

 

[ADDICTED2HUNTIN]

Never had any of the above. I do know a fellow though who lost his leg from the knee down on account of a sail cat. The wound got infected and he had to have it amputated

 

[lampern]

Population crash of saltwater cats along the Carolina coast.

Which is strange because when I've been to Florida (only a few times though) I can't keep em off the hook

 

[notnksnemor]

Population crash of saltwater cats along the Carolina coast.

Which is strange because when I've been to Florida (only a few times though) I can't keep em off the hook

How much is Carolina willing to pay for saltwater cats delivered?

 

[lampern]

Can you deliver a bunch of mangrove snapper instead?