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I took my 9YO nephew out Saturday and we were met with little water and lots of wind We started out with topwater and he did an admrable job of casting and working a Chug Bugg Nothin, tried ta go into Skipper Bay, no water, drifted back out the channle, 2 big cats " he did enjoy the fight though". Back to the flats and pickup a 16"er and a 26" Spanish he is getting bored so we head out to my main flats with him driving, make three drifts, catch an 18"er, he getts broke-off by a huge Red and I get cut-off by another Spanish By this time it's pushing 1:30 and we are sunburnt "forgot the sunscreen" and tired Not a great day of catching, but a very enjoyable day with my nephew All fish were caught on a chartuese curlytail except the big Spanish, he hit the TopDog Jr.

A day on the water....

Since the boy wanted ta keep the Cat, I'm gonna fry him after I get through with the Grouper, Trout and Spanish today never tried them sails before, may start a whole new outlook on them thangs

Good job wevans. Wouldn't be surprised if that 9YO nephew now has a very positive memory thanks to you. Let me know how that sail works out as a food item. I've throwed back a bunch of em.

The sail taste pretty darn good I removed all red meat from it, cut into chunks and fried it just like the Grouper and Trout It takes a few extra steps on the cleaning, but I'll definatly eat it again

Yep you get a big enough sail cat, they are worth it. Like wevans said a little more work to clean, but worth it.

I've cleaned a bunch of freshwater cats. Always skinned em. Do you approach the sail's the same way? On a freshwater cat you usually see an area of fat around the dorsal.... do you remove that? I assume the red meat you speak of is found on the lateral line area?