 Welcome back to the channel y'all. We are going on a dangle mission today to get some meats So recently I saw a video of someone catching one of these Putting it in a cooler and I didn't see them actually try it But we're gonna try it. We are going to try to get one of these buffalo and see if they're any good So here in Texas probably one of the easiest ways to get one of these is with a bow We have a lot of them last time I went bass fishing. In fact, I did see a lot However They will hit bait and it's been a long time since I've caught one on a rod and reel But it is fun. They put up a good fight So we are going to attempt to try to make some bait and then catch them on that bait Put it in the cooler and see how these things taste man. I don't know I don't know about it quick check and check on our way out guys. We lost a bird We lost the chick. I don't know. I don't know what happened to it I just counted today and we got seven had eight the other day, so I don't know something got one All right, so I think we got all the tackle that we need We'll go through it when we get to the water, but first stop stopped at our little local gas station Got ourselves a loaf of bread This is a honey wheat nature's own honey wheat Want a lot of gluten in here. What this thing to be sticky? Oh, yeah good stuff Don't get any of that organic natural stuff. That'll just fall off the hook. You want all the You want all those things that aren't good for you because it sticks to the hook and I got me some I got me some bug. This is actually called bug juice. This is called bug juice I mean first ingredient high fructose corn syrup concentrate grape juice You know yellow blue red number all of it Questionable if it's actually got vitamin D or vitamin C in here, but the point is this stuff is Is real sticky and I'm gonna put this with the bread I've been scouting for the last 10 minutes just driving around in a park. I Think I found a good area. So last time I was here in my boat I actually came by the spot and on on the side imaging and on life's scope. I saw a Lot of carp a lot of carp and potential buffs Out in here So right out here in the middle. I haven't seen anything cruising lots of bluegill beds But nothing cruising around that I could get with the bow All right, so we're gonna take our bread. So I've got just three pieces right here. I'm gonna start breaking it up Put it into a little pot Okay, now that we've got all our pieces broken up We're gonna squeeze a little of this bug juice in there Don't want to get it too saturated. I'm gonna put a little bit in at a time I'm just gonna start mixing and smashing I'll preferably do this the night before put it in the fridge And what you want is just a big gooey ball Of bread Okay. Yeah, this is about the consistency that I want. There's no liquid In here. All right Smell that high fructose corn syrup Just wanted to get it where it's nice and uniform doesn't have any big cracks in it And we can hydrate with our juice From there. All right. Now let's get some rods rigged up And this is a medium powered rod You want something kind of light because These fish have a very soft mouth and you want to be able to uh Compensate for that. You don't want to rip into them They're pretty sneaky the way they suck this bread in And they're also pretty smart Take some 10 pound mono And then we're gonna grab a small hook. You want a small hook for this A finesse hook. This is literally like a drop shot or wacky rig style hook Something they can suck into that little tiny mouth Even though they're big they got a small mouth It's probably about two foot of line I'm going to take that tag end right there. I'm going to lay it over the shank of the hook. I'm going to take this main line I'm just going to wrap it Probably about 10 times around the hook shank Over that tag end I'm going to come back through the bottom of the hook go up through the eye on the hook point side Pull that tight Now that's a Snelled hook the reason snelling is a good idea is it will sort of turn that hook for you Just grabs it. So all right Now we get our two rigs Good to go Good size wad Completely covering that hook Squeeze and pack God just got slammed right there Probably took my bait Oh my gosh In my experience the carp will They'll tap at it a bunch of times. We've got a bunch of soft taps almost look like bluegill Catfish is just They smoke it. I think that's what just happened right there Could have been an angry buffalo. I don't know That bait's starting to get stickier and stickier. That's good Just saw my line slowly move. Look like a carp bite There's one right there. They're in my bait trail It's happened to me twice now where my line just gets smoked and I come up with nothing So i'm gonna switch spots And on the way over i'm gonna get a little something That I think will solve this Uh disappearing issue Alrighty fishing freaks new locale And on the way over here Stopping got ourselves Some corn kernels So i'm gonna put me a few kernels on Go ahead and just kind of get the juices flowing. I'm gonna go with a three kernel Offering With a pinch of dough All right, let's see if that gets nom done There we go I just watched a monster Buffalo come up and roll the surface They're definitely in here y'all so that corn is soaking down there Got two lines out one is out probably 15 to 20 foot the other one's probably sitting in 8 to 12 Getting a bite here guys Still getting bit. This definitely feels like a carp or buffalo bite Fish on fish on I lost a shoe. I gotta go grab it big fish alert. Oh, it's a catfish Oh, it's a catfish. We'll take him down Sirens are going on. All right, this thing's probably swallowed Well, I'm definitely not gonna let that throw this in my cooler. I'm gonna grab some more tackle whoo Man Well, that was unexpected But hey, we got some Dinner one filet each for me and stuff. That's a good that's a good dinner date right there Romantic channel catfish. Maybe a little Coopers light Come on now That was crazy because my rod got walloped Then I thought it was done and I picked up the The rod and then fish came back started nibbling it like a carp would just barely getting it that same hole blows That's her just got a bit bit on the fresh corn That one was just getting bit just little taps. I think that's carp Just takes one y'all just one good nibble and we'll have five pound filets hopefully It's all it takes. I'm sweltering out here 97 degrees Trying to catch a buff Holy crap guys. There's one right here. Oh god I just saw the rod get smoked Rod get absolutely smoked. Let's see if the buff is still here. I don't have full penetration He might get off It's very close to getting off. We gotta scoop him. There's a big buff There's a big buff right there Holy cow. I barely got him I barely got penetration with the bow I'm surprised I got him in. Oh guys, there we go That completes our mission I don't think we're gonna need any more fish than that right there. That's a huge one The trail line's in and let's head in Oh, bait definitely got taken on this one It was going off. I was running trying to get to that pole I said screw it Let me just take the bow shot and be done with it I must have stunned that dude because he just just quit Oh Look at this giant I think it's bigger than my bow I can't wait to see what the fillets look like on it Let's take it back home Let's slap the sides off of it Heck yeah, boys. We were able to get it done with the bow You know, I was fully prepared for rod reel experience I wanted to catch him that way, but I'm glad I threw this in the truck It was so random because both those spots I hadn't seen any carp cruising around. I'd seen a couple roll out in the middle Not deep, but nothing up shallow So I was thinking I wasn't gonna have an opportunity with a bow But I kept it in the truck just in case this thing just appeared out of nowhere right in front of me And I was it allowed me to run all the way to the truck come back and get it Alrighty y'all it has been a few hours. The fish has been chilling I'm gonna let that meat firm up a little bit. It's always easier to clean This is the moment of truth right here We're gonna see what the inside of one of these looks like this Let's just talk about this fish for a little bit This is a smallmouth buffalo. Okay, gooey. That's a smallmouth buffalo. That's the most common one we have here in texas We're gonna attempt to clean this With standard filet knives It flies they're so attracted to this thing. It's crazy I've actually got two knives. I got a new knife a few months ago It's in magna cut if you guys ever heard of that steel I've got a few knives in the magna cut steel and just bushcraft knives and it's incredibly Sturdy and keeping its its sharpness So I'm gonna see how it's gonna do with this thing, but honestly this thing is so big that Yeah, I almost need a sword to clean it So smallmouth buffalo Not a carp. This is in the sucker family I've called them carp, you know forever. They just kind of look like a carp. They eat a lot of the same stuff as a carp But they are a sucker species and every carp that I have bow stabbed. It's always like red meat So We're gonna see what the meat is like on the inside of this fish How edible is it going to be? Where do we need to go in here? Do I need to like Scale this dude Scale this dude up here Got this armor plating going on. All right, so I got some scales out of the way Now let's go in here. Let's make this cut. Let's see what we got That is some white meat you guys Very white meat. I actually missed a little bit right there Not totally familiar with The anatomy let's actually try to get the filet knife up in here. Okay, I'm just kind of running this up here See what happens should be past the ribs now come out that other side Got that God, this is crazy. Me looks pretty decent But honestly, I'm not seeing anything that I'm scared of at this point That is looking pretty interesting right there Cutting through these scales. You almost need to Hatch it. All right, this is sort of difficult to get this Off of here properly with the size knives that I have here for cropping and catfish See if we can get this Piece off here the it's weird the belly meat actually looks really good Now there's some red On the back you guys can see that This is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen when cleaning a fish. I got this belly meat And it's twitching in my hand All right, this fish was dead It's almost like there's two different Or a couple of different categories of meat. This is That's very interesting. The belly meat looks Very good. Now we get into midsection of the fish here I'm feeling bones Feeling lots of little pin bones That's not fun That's not what you want right there This fish obviously requires some extra techniques So right off the bat. I'm going to give it a low score for that This meat is just flat out full of dang bones They are a bony bony fish All right, there is a small section not full bones. We're done with the fish. I just want to show you the edge Because the magnet cut definitely got dinged Chopping through those bones Rolled the edge over right here. It's pretty dull. Hi Ben So we're gonna need to resharpen that so that's my first time cutting through bones with magnet cut steel It definitely will get dinged Just FY So we're gonna mix up some seasonings. I got some all-purpose some cornmeal We're gonna add a little critter glitter Cajun in here Spice it up There's not enough I feel like to bake So we are gonna go to the fry All right, let's add our fish. I'm most excited about these belly meat pieces I honestly think those just look Fantastic So I'm gonna get those out first Look at that big boy right there All right, we'll put those in and shake it. It's covered nicely Now we're gonna put it In the grease in this case avocado oil mixed with butter. All right fishing freaks. Let's get it popping The next one in here initial piece The rib area doesn't look great It's not falling apart Typically, I can tell when a fish is done when it starts to flake apart, but This meat isn't exactly flaking apart feel. It's too hot now. Uh It is not going well. Let's be brave Taste your piece. Oh, it's like chewy. It's scary Okay, I'm gonna deem that not edible This belly meat is so chewy. It's like a scallop Yeah, no can't do that. It's very smoky in here. Oh Yep, there she blows. All right. We just set off the alarm in the house with some smoky buffs No, that's it. Thank you Bye-bye Wow, not an ad for simply safe, but they're on it Probably banned from cooking in here for quite a while So we had to uh Put the fish a little more than anticipated. I'm very unfamiliar with this texture Here's what I'm gonna say About the final product and the initial product Probably the worst fish that I've ever had to deal with Uh after I had cleaned it the mussels were still twitching when I was putting the fish in the batter The mussels were still twitching I don't know how you get rid of that Uh this thing probably needed to be on ice for a lot longer than just five or six hours Guys, I don't think this is edible. All right, here's a nice golden crispy We're gonna attempt to break it apart and that's putting a lot of pressure on it Now I'm gonna this is a prime piece right here prime piece. It's not look good Break open one of these bad boys bones all up in it It's scallop texture It sucks You can just break it apart or it's just hanging out everywhere There's not a good piece in here That's fatty The texture is like fish that's not cooked so if you were to buy it into A fish that you would not put it in the grease yet. That's the texture The flavor is um Slightly gamey Even though it's a white meat I'm just not getting a good I mean guys, this is like This is like rubber pulling this apart if you like eating tough grassy taste and scallops This is probably your fish But if you like really delicious flaky fish Uh This is not it I will I will not eat this. It is terrible and I've eaten some crusty fish, but it is not good I'm honestly shocked because I've I've seen people taking these I've never seen like the finished product of them eating them Uh I know flair tried one. He told me it was decent Maybe that was a small one. This is terrible. I shot a huge one and it was uh The texture was the craziest Fish I've ever tasted out of fresh water Plus I've never seen the mussels twitch post Flai for that long. We're talking hours and hours and hours later That is uh disturbing and I will most likely not be eating another one of these unless it is a severe survival survival situation So thank you guys for tuning in today for This culinary and dangling experience Um, I think I'm going crappie fish fishing next to make up for this because that's just Right right down terrible, but appreciate you guys go ahead and smash that like button for the effort And as always I will see you on another great outdoor adventure