Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) were a common component of fish communities in the large rivers of the Mississippi River drainage before 1900. Overharvest and human alteration of rivers have resulted in significant declines in paddlefish populations. Construction of dams on rivers has especially affected paddlefish by altering traditional river habitats and disrupting spawning migrations and other movements. Paddlefish have been lost from four states and Canada, and 11 of 22 states within the remaining species range now list the paddlefish as endangered, threatened, or a species of special concern. Restoration of paddlefish populations is a shared goal of many state and federal agencies
it’s against the LAW to keep paddle fish in the state of ALABAMA. People would fish just for the eggs to sell and it was out of control in some places. Thanks for the video.
Grats on the paddle fish wow those are huge. Wow , very cool video, i have never seen these fished or cooked. thanks alot, and glad to see you again, been along time.
Spoonbill are not endangered in oklahoma. They eat zooplankton so the only way to catch them is to snag them. In Oklahoma you are allowed to keep two spoonbill per year. There are so many of these fish in these waters, its like fishing in a barrel.
Ohio use to have a bunch until some dams were built and since the 1800s they have declined. and are now endangered. most of what's left is in the Ohio river east of Portsmouth. People do catch them in the state ,but they have to be released and illegal to harvest there eggs. I remember my dad saying he caught one as a kid in the 30s 40s in Southern Ohio.
Just recently move here in Kansas City from Sacramento and my kids would LOVE this.:) please tell me where exactly is this place. I'm taking my kids there asap.
Just an FYI for the "is this legal" crowd. In Oklahoma, fishermen are allowed to catch two paddlefish per year. Snagging is also legal where this was filmed.
As much as I fish I've never caught a spoonbill, I've read where people slice the gills to let em bleed out ( I guess like a muddy cat ). Does it make a difference on the taste if u do or dont?
I guess the reason I would like to see you build a bow is because you take your time and pay attention to detail you are good at making videos that I can learn from there are lots of videos on the web of people making bows but they are very brief they don't cover all the steps very well they're more worried about ratings and reviews than they are actually getting the point across I hope to see hey good video about making a self bow from you soon
Weird. I live on an island in the gulf. I have fished all over the USA. From here (south Florida ) to Wisconsin. Even near you in Oklahoma (my moms a Cherokee born in Oklahoma ) thoses fish look prehistoric ! I check out all of your videos because I too AM into primitive skills... I have a request I would really like to see you make a bow I have followed your bill the long on rivercane arrows ... I have watched all of your videos .. But I am dying to see a pro such as yourself make a bow
I thought I'd seen it all on River Monsters (apparently not!) Can you describe how it tastes compared to something on the west Coast like flounder, halibut, cod or something I'm familiar with. Thanks and great battle especially the part where it looked like it got off then back on. What a roller coaster.
I've always thought it tasted like swordfish with a lobstery texture. I saw one of those extra cut River Monsters episodes where he was going after the sawfish and they showed a short clip of him catching a paddlefish in Grand Lake, Oklahoma.
Snag fishing is illegal in Texas. And yes. They are considered endangered in many states. They nest over gravel beds in slow moving shallow water. My personal opinion? They should be left alone. But just because that is my opinion, I don't begrudge others that don't or may not share my opinion. It's a free country.
Interesting way to fish. My grandfather used snagging hooks that had lead melted onto the bend of the hooks using some sort of sinker mold, but that was for salmon. I don't know if it would be legal or even work better for what you are doing.
+Cara Institute of Advanced Hypnosis They will actually prepare the fish for you for free, in exchange they take the caviar and a piece of the jaw bone.
0:23 "I just crank like a...I can't say that on video." Ok, back to the video. I just didn't want to let that one stew. My goodness, that's a good freezer full of fish. I can't say that I've ever seen a Paddlefish before now.
+Kevin Dunse I've never heard them referred to as Spoonbill Catfish. I've only heard them called Spoonbill. And I'm on the water at least 4 times a week. All around different parts of Oklahoma and surrounding states. Talking to multiple other fishermen. So, those who throw catfish in the name must be absolute idiots and rarely go fishing. just like the people who call any species of small fish a perch or brim. Haha. If people go as far as throwing a line in the water. They need to be educated. Need to have a fishing license and follow the laws regarding the fish they catch and keep. There are far too many people out there who don't have a clue what they're doing and what they're catching. It's absolutely pathetic and damaging to the population of wildlife.
+closinginonclosure the terms brim and perch are regional things, now I don't know to much about paddlefish but I've heard of them called spoon bill cats in other videos as well.
+Kevin Dunse Being regional things doesn't make them correct. Slang is a regional thing. Ya'll is used in the south, yet it's technically not proper grammar and is short for you all. I was born in Wisconsin. Lived 15 years in Tennessee. A couple years in California. Texas. Louisiana. Currently Oklahoma. I agree that perch and brim are regional. Brim is huge in TN, MS, and AR. Perch is huge in OK and surrounding states. Up in Wisconsin, everyone called it exactly what it was. Blue Gill, crappie...so on. I guess it's similar to southerners calling all soda "coke". I'm not targeting you personally. Only trying to clarify my point.
+james de guzman Judging by how many the son missed, and how many I've seen when I go out fishing for sandbass and catfish, I'd say the population in Oklahoma is just fine. It was at once really over-fished for its caviar, but has made a nice comeback.
+james de guzman They just found out about these things like 60 years ago, they will process it for free for you and they take the jaw bone for research.
Funny always here people complaining about taste of spoonbill .. if you clean your fish and don't treat it like a crappie filet it's good enough I get people who don't like fish to eat it and my favorite methods on spoonbill is blackened or smoked
One individual (1 person) can keep Only two (2) paddlefish per year in the state of oklahoma. Snagging is legal year round. Once a paddlefish is caught and kept, ( culling is illegal) that person cannot snag for paddlefish anymore that day. Only one fish can be kept in a day, 2 fish per year is limit.
As of April 2019 in the State of Oklahoma...… Residents and nonresidents must obtain a free paddlefish permit in addition to a fishing license before fishing for paddlefish. The free permit is available at wildlifedepartment.com or from fishing license dealers or any Wildlife Department office in the state (see Fisheries Offices, Public Fishing Areas). Paddlefish daily limit is one daily on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Any paddlefish caught on a Monday or Friday must be released immediately. Anglers cannot possess a paddlefish in the field on Mondays or Fridays. Once you keep a fish, you must stop paddlefish fishing (snagging) for the day, tag the fish immediately with the angler’s name, lifetime license number or customer ID number to the paddlefish, date and time of harvest permit and report the harvest using the online E-Check system. The annual paddlefish harvest limit is two paddlefish per angler. Important Paddlefish Regulations Barbless Hooks ONLY One (1) rod and reel (pole and line) per angler Daily Limit: One (1) fish Annual Limit: Two (2) fish Mondays and Fridays: Catch-and-release ONLY must E-Check all harvested fish within 24 hours (E-Check at wildlifedepartment.com) Residents and nonresidents must obtain a free paddlefish permit, annually (permits expire on Dec. 31); permit must be carried on person Fish kept must be tagged immediately tagged immediately with the angler’s name, lifetime license number or customer ID number to the paddlefish, date and time of harvest Once a fish is kept, it CANNOT be released (no culling) Once a fish is kept, angler MUST stop fishing (snagging) for the day Snagging prohibited from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. east of I-35 and north of I-40, except the Miami City Park
Don't know if you are aware that paddlefish are plankton feeders. You can't catch them on a normal baited hook, at least I can't keep the little plankton on the hook.
You'd eat it if you were hungry instead of over fed like the majority of people. Survival training 101. If it secrets it's waste through it's skin Don't eat it! All other animals that secret their waste through the same method as we do as in through a bowel movement = good to eat so go for it.
I don't want to be that guy but I think you should have thrown him back. These creatures are disappearing and it's a shame because they have been around far before any human.
Well it looks like I'm gonna learn you today. There's a place up the north east of Oklahoma called Miami,Ok and what they do every year is they let go of hundreds of paddle fish and when ppl catch them they sit by the river and run studies to keep track of this specie and get the eggs off the fish so that ppl wont sell them on the black market. Also there's a river named Neosho river and every year ppl go out there to snag. I been there several times and you are allowed to keep one a day and two a year plus you have to report your harvest online and make sure you tag the fish as soon as you land the fish. If you don't tag it you can end up with a ticket of $150.00 the guy warden gave us a $200.00 ticket because we didn't do that and of course we didn't know. All barbs on the treble hook MUST be shaved off before snagging and if you don't then that's another fine. you want to talk about protecting this specie. look up paddle fish regulations in Oklahoma to get more info.
Way to big of setups for what your doing. 6" maybe even a 7 and 20lb line maybe 17 would be just fine for were your at. Calm water like that there just going to were them selves out quick and come right in.
+Nancy Krech there are like game, you need tags for them, depends on the time of year whether its catch and release, no fishing or you catch you keep (no release). Sturgeons, which swim with these buggers are illegal to kill.
+Nancy Krech They actually have lots of stations around the rivers where they will clean it for you for free, they keep the jaw bone and caviar as payment. They do research on these guys because they are literally dinosaurs.
probably should have started this guy off on bluegill. lol
We Catch Fish right?! How old is he? He should know how to play a fish by now
Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) were a common component of fish communities in the large rivers of the Mississippi River drainage before 1900. Overharvest and human alteration of rivers have resulted in significant declines in paddlefish populations. Construction of dams on rivers has especially affected paddlefish by altering traditional river habitats and disrupting spawning migrations and other movements.
Paddlefish have been lost from four states and Canada, and 11 of 22 states within the remaining species range now list the paddlefish as endangered, threatened, or a species of special concern. Restoration of paddlefish populations is a shared goal of many state and federal agencies
Paddle fish are good eating and each state regulates the limit to be harvested. He's legal on his catch.
Let's eat!
it’s against the LAW to keep paddle fish in the state of ALABAMA. People would fish just for the eggs to sell and it was out of control in some places. Thanks for the video.
In Illinois their is spoonbil
instablaster...
Just moved down her from Saskatchewan Canada. My wife is an Okie. Can’t wait to experience this thanks for sharing
Better not ever take one home fuckface. Let me catch you
Take your ignorant ass back to Canada
Grats on the paddle fish wow those are huge. Wow , very cool video, i have never seen these fished or cooked. thanks alot, and glad to see you again, been along time.
This is so amazing! I know am not the only one thinking this. Having to do this is everyones dream I don't care what anyone says.
Same here to ok
Spoonbill are not endangered in oklahoma. They eat zooplankton so the only way to catch them is to snag them. In Oklahoma you are allowed to keep two spoonbill per year. There are so many of these fish in these waters, its like fishing in a barrel.
Makes me sad how these beautiful fish are completely extinct in the Michigan great lakes.
Man I wish I would've fished with my dad like this before he died 😢
Ohio use to have a bunch until some dams were built and since the 1800s they have declined. and are now endangered. most of what's left is in the Ohio river east of Portsmouth. People do catch them in the state ,but they have to be released and illegal to harvest there eggs. I remember my dad saying he caught one as a kid in the 30s 40s in Southern Ohio.
+kirboturbo64 They only discovered this fish like 60 years ago.
+Josh Daoust theyve been around forever though.My grandpa used to catch them in 40s and called them Spoonbill catfish
LeHaun Bames oh ya been around since the dinosaurs. I just dont think scientists knew much about them until relatively recently
Just recently move here in Kansas City from Sacramento and my kids would LOVE this.:) please tell me where exactly is this place. I'm taking my kids there asap.
Just an FYI for the "is this legal" crowd. In Oklahoma, fishermen are allowed to catch two paddlefish per year. Snagging is also legal where this was filmed.
Yeah they seem to be doing better in that area than others. In other areas they are on the verge of disappearing
what a magnificent species of fish, americans are so lucky in their diversity of species
As much as I fish I've never caught a spoonbill, I've read where people slice the gills to let em bleed out ( I guess like a muddy cat ). Does it make a difference on the taste if u do or dont?
It's good to bleed all fish if eating
How come they just stopped moving ? You reel em in half way then they went belly up and stopped moving did I miss him hit them
Where did you find this kid? Did he ever fish before?
I guess the reason I would like to see you build a bow is because you take your time and pay attention to detail you are good at making videos that I can learn from there are lots of videos on the web of people making bows but they are very brief they don't cover all the steps very well they're more worried about ratings and reviews than they are actually getting the point across I hope to see hey good video about making a self bow from you soon
I've been trying to work in a bow making video for a couple of years now. Perhaps I can work it in soon, thanks for the interest.
Weird. I live on an island in the gulf. I have fished all over the USA. From here (south Florida ) to Wisconsin. Even near you in Oklahoma (my moms a Cherokee born in Oklahoma ) thoses fish look prehistoric ! I check out all of your videos because I too AM into primitive skills... I have a request I would really like to see you make a bow I have followed your bill the long on rivercane arrows ... I have watched all of your videos .. But I am dying to see a pro such as yourself make a bow
I am just here for the comments.. Wow. I was genuinely interested in this video, until I scrolled down. Grown adults talking like my 5 year old..
I thought I'd seen it all on River Monsters (apparently not!)
Can you describe how it tastes compared to something on the west Coast like flounder, halibut, cod or something I'm familiar with.
Thanks and great battle especially the part where it looked like it got off then back on. What a roller coaster.
It has an interesting texture, kind of reminds you of crawfish or lobster meat.
I've always thought it tasted like swordfish with a lobstery texture. I saw one of those extra cut River Monsters episodes where he was going after the sawfish and they showed a short clip of him catching a paddlefish in Grand Lake, Oklahoma.
+cetuspa its red meat
Really clean taste sorta like Catfish.
I think it tastes like catfish too
Snag fishing is illegal in Texas. And yes. They are considered endangered in many states. They nest over gravel beds in slow moving shallow water. My personal opinion? They should be left alone. But just because that is my opinion, I don't begrudge others that don't or may not share my opinion. It's a free country.
So snagging endangered fish is fine then. I fish all the time but I hate to see this.
I’d love to do that some day. New sub btw 😊
Interesting way to fish. My grandfather used snagging hooks that had lead melted onto the bend of the hooks using some sort of sinker mold, but that was for salmon. I don't know if it would be legal or even work better for what you are doing.
I've heard you can only use a barbless hook for these
I don't know why, but for some reason they look like something that should be endangered. Seems like cool looking animals are always endangered.
Illidan Stormrage lol
Thorren Buch They are endangered.
U can only catch two a year
Why is that so true
As of yesterday, the Chinese Paddlefish is now extinct
DANG! THOSE ARE SOME COOL ASS FISH. I GOTTA MAKE A TRIP UP THERE! THEY LOOK LIKE FRESHWATER SHARK WHALES... HEHE
I have seen paddle fish caviar at trader's joe, they are like $20 for an tiny jar. I hope this species survives.
+Cara Institute of Advanced Hypnosis They will actually prepare the fish for you for free, in exchange they take the caviar and a piece of the jaw bone.
THE CHINESE PADDLEFISH IS EXTINCT AND WITH HEARTLESS FUCKTARDS LIKE THIS THE AMERICAN PADDLEFISH WILL BE NEXT ITS ALREADY ENDANGERED!!!
Mikey Esco read more into it where they are its heavily regulated and there is no threat of them disappearing
Awesome video friend
0:23 "I just crank like a...I can't say that on video." Ok, back to the video. I just didn't want to let that one stew. My goodness, that's a good freezer full of fish. I can't say that I've ever seen a Paddlefish before now.
So awesome father & Son team. Thanks
awesome video. first time seeing a paddle fish. looks tasty thanks from Australia.
Good fishing and good eating. Great video boys.
NEVER GO UP SHIT CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE FISH !
arnt these endangered?
There are plenty of these fish. The Conservation Dept stocks thousands every year. The season is regulated and the source is renewable.
Not if there is enough left you have to conserve in order to renew
Have you had a chance to try the Spoonbill fishing up in Chetopa on the Neosho River?
I've fished the neosho for yrs great spoonbill snagging there
Aren't those endangered?
Chinese paddlefish are extinct as of yesterday
also known as spoonbillcatfish, Filter feeders. really good eats.
wrong, there not even related to catfish
+Edgar Espinoza They aren't related but some people call them spoon bill catfish.
+Kevin Dunse I've never heard them referred to as Spoonbill Catfish. I've only heard them called Spoonbill. And I'm on the water at least 4 times a week. All around different parts of Oklahoma and surrounding states. Talking to multiple other fishermen. So, those who throw catfish in the name must be absolute idiots and rarely go fishing. just like the people who call any species of small fish a perch or brim. Haha. If people go as far as throwing a line in the water. They need to be educated. Need to have a fishing license and follow the laws regarding the fish they catch and keep. There are far too many people out there who don't have a clue what they're doing and what they're catching. It's absolutely pathetic and damaging to the population of wildlife.
+closinginonclosure the terms brim and perch are regional things, now I don't know to much about paddlefish but I've heard of them called spoon bill cats in other videos as well.
+Kevin Dunse Being regional things doesn't make them correct. Slang is a regional thing. Ya'll is used in the south, yet it's technically not proper grammar and is short for you all. I was born in Wisconsin. Lived 15 years in Tennessee. A couple years in California. Texas. Louisiana. Currently Oklahoma. I agree that perch and brim are regional. Brim is huge in TN, MS, and AR. Perch is huge in OK and surrounding states. Up in Wisconsin, everyone called it exactly what it was. Blue Gill, crappie...so on. I guess it's similar to southerners calling all soda "coke". I'm not targeting you personally. Only trying to clarify my point.
What day you do it on
Check the regs before you go. Here in Oklahoma you can't keep a paddlefish on either Monday or Friday.
ShinBone5000 what day did U do it on
you have to jig them?
yea you have to snag them because they won't bite on anything because they are a filter feeder.
Is this the reason for their bills?
+Jim Martin I'm not sure. o might be wrong but I think they use the bill to stir up the dirt to feed.
what are Paddlefish? I don't think we have them in Canada.
+Quentin Raffensperger They are a sturgeon. The Shovelnose Sturgeon I believe. They area blast to catch.
ok thanks.
+Quentin Raffensperger We actually do have some, i know Saskatchewan has them for sure. Harder to find because they migrate to the ocean every year.
ok, thanks Josh.
I think we do
I'm wondering how this would taste smoked? Does anyone have any experience with that?
It's incredibly delicious!!!!
Isn't that fish endangered
+james de guzman no not in most areas as far as i know thats why its legal to snag them
+james de guzman
It is listed as vulnerable rather than endangered which is one step down on the extinction scale.
+james de guzman Judging by how many the son missed, and how many I've seen when I go out fishing for sandbass and catfish, I'd say the population in Oklahoma is just fine. It was at once really over-fished for its caviar, but has made a nice comeback.
+james de guzman They just found out about these things like 60 years ago, they will process it for free for you and they take the jaw bone for research.
You're thinking of the Chinese Paddlefish friend, these bad boys are legal game in OK.
Great video! What does paddlefish taste like?
Awesome video.
Yes did that back in the nineties just down-river from the highway bridge on the flats low-water time got a 119lb one time
my pic is the same place w/blue cat 16lbs
were are you because in ohio they are illegal to keep i thing
L_for_Landen It literally says "Oklahoma" in the title
they look like ocean fish?
+Jim Martin They go back and forth each year. Like salmon.
Just like salmon really? What kind of numbers are we talking about? Because salmon all die after spawning do these die off in the same manner?
Jim Martin i didn't know salmon die after spawning. Paddlefish dont.
So why are they not farmed like salmon?
Jim Martin
They are bottom feeders, and need a crap ton more space then salmon.
Is this his first time fishing? Doesn’t seem like he knows how to play a fish
Cool vidoe u should show more of the cleaning process tho
nice job on the video spoon bill is one of my favorites!!
Aww man this made my mouth water 😆😆😆
IN some states it is illegal to kill or keep these prehistoric creatures.
snatch fishing
Funny always here people complaining about taste of spoonbill .. if you clean your fish and don't treat it like a crappie filet it's good enough I get people who don't like fish to eat it and my favorite methods on spoonbill is blackened or smoked
Cool, cool, and cool!
In sapulpa i go to either spillway or heybourn lake or eufalla to fish
Cushing for me, my buddies have been catching them all around here. These dumbass comments I'm seeing are funny. Spoon bill are thick around here
Good fish to eat
Yammm
Nice ! Come on catch a lot of paddle fish and cook them all!
You did not catch her, you just turned your back, it's not legal
In Oklahoma you're only allowed to keep one paddlefish a day
Owen Ostroski that’s actually a lot
One individual (1 person) can keep Only two (2) paddlefish per year in the state of oklahoma. Snagging is legal year round. Once a paddlefish is caught and kept, ( culling is illegal) that person cannot snag for paddlefish anymore that day. Only one fish can be kept in a day, 2 fish per year is limit.
As of April 2019 in the State of Oklahoma...…
Residents and nonresidents must obtain a free paddlefish permit in addition to a fishing license before fishing for paddlefish. The free permit is available at wildlifedepartment.com or from fishing license dealers or any Wildlife Department office in the state (see Fisheries Offices, Public Fishing Areas).
Paddlefish daily limit is one daily on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Any paddlefish caught on a Monday or Friday must be released immediately. Anglers cannot possess a paddlefish in the field on Mondays or Fridays.
Once you keep a fish, you must stop paddlefish fishing (snagging) for the day, tag the fish immediately with the angler’s name, lifetime license number or customer ID number to the paddlefish, date and time of harvest permit and report the harvest using the online E-Check system.
The annual paddlefish harvest limit is two paddlefish per angler.
Important Paddlefish Regulations
Barbless Hooks ONLY
One (1) rod and reel (pole and line) per angler
Daily Limit: One (1) fish
Annual Limit: Two (2) fish
Mondays and Fridays: Catch-and-release ONLY
must E-Check all harvested fish within 24 hours (E-Check at wildlifedepartment.com)
Residents and nonresidents must obtain a free paddlefish permit, annually (permits expire on Dec. 31); permit must be carried on person
Fish kept must be tagged immediately tagged immediately with the angler’s name, lifetime license number or customer ID number to the paddlefish, date and time of harvest
Once a fish is kept, it CANNOT be released (no culling)
Once a fish is kept, angler MUST stop fishing (snagging) for the day
Snagging prohibited from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. east of I-35 and north of I-40, except the Miami City Park
Awesome catch
8:27 WHAT'RE THOOOOOOSE!
some good eatin right there! Nice catch
You had 5grand in your hands walking down that stream
It's illegal to keep paddlefish in TX
Well its a good thing they're fishing in oklahoma.
looks like a good eating fish
Caught a big one here in Louisiana but it’s against the law to keep them.
We can't keep them here in Alabama either!😔
Does anyone catch paddlefish by not snagging them?
gillnetters catch them A lot,
Awesome, never seen a fish like that before.
Just like haulin' in a log ain't it? they sure taste good on the grill......the white meat anyway..........
Haven't tried it grilled yet but don't see why it wouldn't be tasty too. I've heard blackened is good as well as smoked too.
Aren’t these an endangered species that is illegal to catch and harvest their eggs
In arkansas we call them spoonbill.and they taste nasty.throw them back.dont kill them for their eggs.it tasted like milky blubber.it was terrible.
7:49 foul hook!
Plus snagging them is the only way people get them since they eat plankton
wouldnt consider it a catch, you guys snagged it
Don't know if you are aware that paddlefish are plankton feeders. You can't catch them on a normal baited hook, at least I can't keep the little plankton on the hook.
ShinBone5000 lol
@@uAintliveifudontthiz 😂😂
First of all. THEY ARE ENDANGERED, Second of all YOU FOUL HOOKED THEM
Tayy - ROBLOX Gaming! Be quiet roblox gaming
Has ol'boy ever fished before? No technique or skills at all in that category. Haha js.
Gotta jerk that rod like a man dude! Set that hook in good!
You snagged then
wouldn't eat this. Am not so sure some fish were meant for eating
You'd eat it if you were hungry instead of over fed like the majority of people. Survival training 101. If it secrets it's waste through it's skin Don't eat it! All other animals that secret their waste through the same method as we do as in through a bowel movement = good to eat so go for it.
Cant believe this guy..he is a girly boy!!
I think those fish are endangered
nice job!
looks tasty (:
Guy in green is a rookie fisherman.
And he went home with a nice paddlefish...
i have morals. i wouldn't eat that fish.
And I thought I've seen it all!
Sad
I don't want to be that guy but I think you should have thrown him back. These creatures are disappearing and it's a shame because they have been around far before any human.
Well it looks like I'm gonna learn you today. There's a place up the north east of Oklahoma called Miami,Ok and what they do every year is they let go of hundreds of paddle fish and when ppl catch them they sit by the river and run studies to keep track of this specie and get the eggs off the fish so that ppl wont sell them on the black market. Also there's a river named Neosho river and every year ppl go out there to snag. I been there several times and you are allowed to keep one a day and two a year plus you have to report your harvest online and make sure you tag the fish as soon as you land the fish. If you don't tag it you can end up with a ticket of $150.00 the guy warden gave us a $200.00 ticket because we didn't do that and of course we didn't know. All barbs on the treble hook MUST be shaved off before snagging and if you don't then that's another fine. you want to talk about protecting this specie. look up paddle fish regulations in Oklahoma to get more info.
+Raul Yanez from my understandings they are doing a lot better in OK than in other states.
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if u catch one in kentucky it is illegal to throw back. must keep if u catch
Those fillets are crazy
there are endangered species
Johnny Lynch no they're not.
Yes in some areas but where this was filmed it is not
My wife cleans and cooks my fish. Eats more than me too!
good job guys
Why do you people have to eat everything
thank you it will be extinct before you know it
My pop hasnt fished with me in over 12 years. What a jerk
Soak overnight in red wine and garlic then grilled
Way to big of setups for what your doing. 6" maybe even a 7 and 20lb line maybe 17 would be just fine for were your at. Calm water like that there just going to were them selves out quick and come right in.
Why would you kill these? there's plenty of other shit to eat
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isnt illegal to kill one of those on purpose?
I know they're completely legal game in Oklahoma and Kentucky and you can keep them
+Nancy Krech there are like game, you need tags for them, depends on the time of year whether its catch and release, no fishing or you catch you keep (no release). Sturgeons, which swim with these buggers are illegal to kill.
+Nancy Krech They actually have lots of stations around the rivers where they will clean it for you for free, they keep the jaw bone and caviar as payment. They do research on these guys because they are literally dinosaurs.
its illegal u know ur supposed to release padflefish when caught
You need to come to Oklahoma and try it. Make sure you check the fishing regulations first for non-resident fishing.
i like fried fish but i think grilled is better