I bought a one day fishing license and we rode down to a dock on Lake Barkley to see what we might catch. Personally, I was hoping for crappie. I cannot stay on my feet long so I took my wheelchair out on the platform, baited up two poles with minnows, cast them out and sat back. We all caught a few small bluegill to begin with, then yellow bass moved in and we caught a some of those. I had never seen yellow bass before. I do not know how big they get, but the ones we caught were around 10 inches long. We kept a few of the chunkier fish to eat. At one point I glanced over to see my pole dancing around against the railing. I grabbed it, started reeling and up came the biggest crappie I have ever seen. Here in Virginia where I fish for crappie most of them are about the size of my hand. This one was big as a dinner plate. It measured 14 1/4 inches and weighed two pounds. I got two big fillets an inch thick. Aunt Patsy fried them up the next day and it was delicious.
Speaking of some good eating fish, Uncle Verlin and Aunt Patsy took us to a place about 4 miles below the Kentucky Dam on Rte. 641 called Catfish Kitchen owned and by Wes and Judy Davis. We were introduced to them and they are the nicest people you ever want to meet. There is a big pond right outside the window full of catfish, and if you come at a certain time you can watch them being fed. Evidently there are some big cats in there that roll up to the top to eat. And talk about good food! After being seated the waitress brought out a bowl of northern beans and a bowl of hush puppies. When the bowls got low more was brought out until you said, "STOP!" We also ordered some pickled green tomatoes to go with the beans. It is similar to relish or chow chow, but better. A spoonful in your beans is very tasty. They also sell the pickled green tomatoes by the jar so you can take some home.
Normally, I do not care that much for catfish. It usually has a bitter after-taste to me that I find unpleasant, so I was not really that excited about eating at the place at first. At Catfish Kitchen, however, the fish was wonderful. I enjoyed the catfish as much as I do any other kinds of fish like snapper, crappie, or what ever is under the batter at Long John Silvers. So, if you are in the area, I recommend you check it out. It was so good that when I visit next time I am going to insist on eating there again!
Jeff
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