Catfish sting, and some folks have lost fingers due to an unexpected encounter with an alligator, beaver or muskrat - all frequent inhabitants of catfish holes. Ask Bruce and Mackey Sayre, who caught a 139 pounder in 1982 using “other methods.” The Sayres may have engaged in some catfish wrasslin’ (“noodling”), which is when the wrassler/resident dumbass (“noodler”) sticks his or her hand down a catfish hole and plays a game of risk. If you want to catch one in the wild they prefer live bait, but throw a handful of dog food in in the Tennessee River and it’s like sharks on chum. Who first thought to eat these damn things? “Gather ‘round, kids! It oinks like a pig!”

Southern treasure.Ĭatfish are downright creepy to look at and not very good specimens for aquariums. Now when Louisiana is added to Fishing Planet soon, you will properly know how to entertain the community your fish stories.Bottom-feeder. If there are any more Louisiana cajuns and creoles out there that know any other terms please feel free to add them. These are the terms I became most familar with growing up on the bayou. All freshwater drum species are called gaspergou or just plain goo. Minnows called cocahoe (use your pervy mind to sound this one out -)). Redear sunfish is called chinquapin (sounds like ♥♥♥♥♥ pin). Flat head catfish is either called mud cat or goujon. Bowfin is call choupique (sounds like shoe pick) and is used for the roe (eggs) to make Cajun caviar. All bass species (except striped) are sometimes called green trout. Instead you fish bayous and canals in bateaus. In Louisiana you don't fish rivers and streams in boats. Being from Louisiana and spending my summers at my family's camp in the Atchafalaya basin, I thought I would help prepare the community for fishing in Louisiana.

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