Canned Fish

My wife's grandfather has a passion for caching catfish. Not sure why, but he has records going back a thousand years of exactly how many fish he caught and how many pounds of fillet they yield (or is it yielded).

I'm not sure if he ever use a hook to catch any, but ever since I have know him he has used cans. Yes, cans. He makes hundreds of sets of these cans and strings them out across the lake; like a trot line. The catfish go into these cans to spawn and he goes along about twice a week and pulls the cans up from the bottom. The fish have a hard time getting out before you get the can out of the lake. He literally catches hundreds of fish a week.

Here is the top of a "can". Believe it or not a very large fish can wedge itself inside this can. Often there are two or three in one can.

Here is the bottom. The holes allow the water to drain quickly so the fish can't get out.

Here is the lake camp.

Here is the end result. Pawpaw Beagle and his fish.

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