{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Blue Cats? The real menace of the Deep!?!?

On the Maine Ice Shanty forum there was a 15+ page argument about folks leaving pike out on the ice for the eagles, which a lot of folks do in shared fisheries to keep pressure off trout and bass.  Not really sure how I land on that, I don't do it myself but that eagle is gonna be killing something that day anyway.  But of course on the forum everyone is either Hitler or a Hippie peacenik...  

Cats are supposed to be the worst thing to eat out of polluted waters (tied with eels I believe) because of their high-fat content, bottom eating tendencies, and age/size.  So I would absolutely not eat one of those bad boys.  But in the past I've always found that if I land a cat in the Potomac, there is undoubtedly someone else along the bank who is happy to take it off my hands.

On Monday, March 25, 2013 8:40:14 PM UTC-4, Lucas Rudd wrote:

No, It's the 100+ flatheads that you need to worry about, They are really strong and bad.

On Friday, March 22, 2013 10:01:45 AM UTC-4, Aaron O wrote:

Listening to Rob's last podcast and one of the guys was mentioning that the Blue Cat is more invasive and detrimental to the local waters than the Snakehead.  Is this true?  Should we be killing them with abandon?  What about the channel cats?  are they also as invasive? (I dont think they are but I have no real knowledge or facts to back it up). 

 

 I know Rob mentioned about the idea about encouraging the consumption of them even though I know he was half joking about it.  I have some concerns about eating a fish that large considering that they probably have much higher levels of toxins compared to the smaller species.  The other option is to kill it  and leave it for the birds and other fish to eat. 

 

 

 Lets hear your thoughts,

 

 

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