Upside of flooding: Great catfishing (actual MSNBC headline)

[underpants]

Source: MSNBC

CLARKSVILLE, Mo. - Treasure lies in the dark river, clothed in iridescent greens and yellows, slipping smoothly down the main channel, bumping up into the flooded bottomlands, gliding, prowling, lurking.

In a crazy commotion of slapping water, it comes squirming and flopping into the bottom of Jim Dockery’s aluminum jon boat.

“That’s a big boy!” Dockery yells, his glee shining through his bushy gray beard.

High water a boon for catfish
Bad for people, the flooding is excellent for the omnivorous catfish, giving them newly inundated areas in the willows and cottonwoods to prowl for minnows, crawdads, crickets and even — for the bigger ones — snakes, turtles and muskrats.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25251956

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[uppityperson]

1. On the positive side, at least they aren't eating human bodies.

Had a hard time eating shrimp after the tsunami and Katrina.

Is there a pict of mrbush fishing there?

[tanyev]

2. Yeehaw! Now that's how you get George Bush to show up for a flood!

[DogPoundPup]

3. Yes, and who knows what toxic chemicals are in those there fish

Eat 'em up boys!

[Donnachaidh]

4. catfish can hold like 300% of their body weight in mercury

Yup -- hope all those repukes have a big ole fish fry and gorge themselves with catfish.

[skooooo]

9. a lot of poor people will be eating that catfish

...so I hope you're wrong, regardless of their politics.

[Winterblues]

14. Well one thing is absolutely certain

The waters are filled with toxins. There can be no doubt of that. Every single flood of any consequence distributes toxins throughout the countryside. If these fish are living in these waters there can be no doubt they are consuming polluted elements..Eat these fish at great risk if you must..

[jakem]

10. um.. how can you hold more than your weight....

without your weight increasing?


?

[Thor_MN]

22. Huh? That's like saying they are 4 times heavier than they are...

Or are you claiming that removing mercury from the environment would cause them to weigh 25% of what they do now?

Agree with you on letting natural selection take its course on the republics, but your subject line makes no sense.

[uppityperson]

23. Did you add a zero there? Catfish weighs 50#, has 150# mercury in it?

[DBoon]

26. Mercury causes brain damage

are you sure they haven't already?

[eggplant]

5. and Mussolini made the trains run on time

Well, actually, he didn't, but hopefully you get my point.

[frylock]

6. get out there and do some noodling boys!

put some food on yer fambly.

[chelsea0011]

7. I'm sure a flood victim is looking forward to fishing from their house roof

[mikelgb]

8. I was wondering why Bush finally decided to go to the flood area...

[KansDem]

11. An American disaster--just a yukfest for CorpMedia

They have no shame...

[skooooo]

12. Looks like its a yuck fest for some of the posters here too...

Makes me sick at how some of the posters think this is a good opportunity to make fun of people.

:mad:

[Supersedeas]

13. wow

[jobycom]

15. Maybe it's a clever strategy to get the good ol' boys from FEMA to go to Iowa?

"Hey, Billy Bob, there's some great fishin' up thar! Grab some supplies and a shovel and yor reel!"

[skooooo]

16. have you ever fished?

I'm just curious.

:shrug:

[jobycom]

17. Why would you be curious about that?

I grew up very poor and very country on the Mississippi coast, so yeah, I've fished, crabbed, floundered, shrimped (sort of), netted, and gigged, though it's been decades, and I never liked it much. And never in flood waters in Iowa.

[skooooo]

18. From your reaction...

...it sounded like you thought it was some goofy thing or something. Guess I just misread you. :hi:

[jobycom]

19. Only picking on FEMA, not fishing. Though as a vegetarian

it's not on my usual circle of activities! I'm more likely to stand on the bank and yell "Swim, fishies!" :rofl:

[bitchkitty]

20. Yuck - I'll bet they're poison. n/t

[struggle4progress]

21. Them catfishes eats anythang, so Ah recommends baitin yer hooks wit big chunksa dumbass reportah

[burrowowl]

24. Whee! catfish full of mercury

easier to catch, but the wood is too damp to cook it!

[PylesMalfunction]

25. I can't even imagine...

the amount of toxins in those fish. And a lot of them will be eaten by poor people. I fish quite a bit and there are only a couple of lakes around here that I'll catch catfish from - and then only smaller ones. It breaks my heart to see poor people fishing the Tennessee River right below a stream that until recently had "No Bodily Contact" signs on it's banks. :(