J.R.
>
> From: "William Allen jr." <billandbonnie_at_peoplepc.com>
> Date: 2002/04/05 Fri PM 10:13:30 EST
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Gafftopsail catfish
>
> we used to catch 'em by the ton off of Cocodrie (south of New Orleans - you
> go any further south and you get wet) and always threw 'em back because we
> were told you can't eat them. True?
>
> Bill
>
> "Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote
> learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment
> prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as
> good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would
> have the smartest race of people on earth." -- American
> humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Wintin <kwintin_at_desertmuseum.org>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:57 AM
> Subject: RE: NANFA-- Gafftopsail catfish
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net On Behalf
> > Of Moontanman_at_aol.com
> > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 7:17 AM
> > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > Subject: Re: NANFA-- Gafftopsail catfish
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 4/5/02 9:53:56 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > bockhouse_at_earthlink.net writes:
> >
> > << I saw a dead one on the beach at Amelia island,
> >
> > I have been tagged several times by these pups, during my misspent
> > youth.....I don't think that they are life-threatening in any way, but
> they
> > are surefire serious business! I recall severe pain lasting for days, and
> > even joint function being severely impaired once. Bad boys, them gaffs.
> > K-I-T-D
> >
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