What were you using for bait? Were you fishing with a bobber or just on bottom? Were you fishing any kind of structure at all?

The cleaning/filleting part starts out with a very long and very sharp fillet knife and a good knife sharpener.

Once you are properly set up the rest is easy.

Im also curious on how you were fishing, Ive been wanting some catfish...

Well we used a couple baits. The perch head I used caught one, I also tried a crappie head and a chunk of bass carcass with no success. My friend out fished me 3 to 1 using hotdog. We just went last night and caught 2 the report should be up soon. Both were caught on hotdog. Sounds crazy huh? The night we caught the 4 we were actually drifting on the bottom with the breeze that kept steady all night so as far as structure I'm not sure. We would lightly cast out, careful not to lose the bait (hotdog doesnt stay on real well), then let off another 20 feet or so of line. The wind blew us parallel with the shore. Most the fish we caught were in 6 - 7 1/2 feet of water. It took patience, we went a couple times more than an hour without a fish. We just played cards till our poles bent over. I have been told that if done right you should be able to catch about a fish an hour, we aren't quite there yet. Hope this helps! any other questions just ask

Those are awesome fish guys!! Great job. So did you fry them or smoke these cats? Again congrats... Muskyhunter

Really nice fish guys. I read an article on sprague and it said that rainbow trout is the best bait for sprague. I tried it but got skunked, I also favor hotdogs

Thanks. We have fried up some of the fish and the rest is in the freezer to be eaten at a later date. The fish I did fry up tasted great! It's definately very different from any other fish I have eaten but it was good