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JustJames
02-07-2014, 05:34 PM
Would you guys eat catfish caught from Golfcourse? I got a chance for ninja fishing and caught a few rate from 1 lbs up to 10lbs. This is a pretty good size ponds about an acre but kind of shallow 5 fetes all around. I'm worried about all the chemicals run off to this ponds and also suspects that they use the ponds for irrigation as well.
DockRat
02-07-2014, 06:55 PM
Lawn fertilizers, pesticides ?
Perfectly fine to ingest. Save your time and go to Home Depot and pick up a couple bottles. Drink up.
I think I'd pass on the chemical runoff pond. Talk to the greenskeeper and ask what they have been spraying the last few years.

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DR
btsponge
02-07-2014, 07:07 PM
I wouldn't. I once ate a Catfish out of Woodbridge Lake in Irvine, which probably has similar conditions to a golf course. My "stomach" was messed up for a week...
esteban1t
02-07-2014, 07:10 PM
Not only are you illegally fishing there, but you are considering taking fish from someplace you aren't suppose to even be fishing at....
JustJames
02-07-2014, 07:13 PM
Not only are you illegally fishing there, but you are considering taking fish from someplace you aren't suppose to even be fishing at....

Thanks, for letting me know
esteban1t
02-07-2014, 07:32 PM
@Justjames, you are welcome Mr. Poacher !
HawgZWylde
02-07-2014, 08:11 PM
Lawn fertilizers, pesticides ?
Perfectly fine to ingest. Save your time and go to Home Depot and pick up a couple bottles. Drink up.
I think I'd pass on the chemical runoff pond. Talk to the greenskeeper and ask what they have been spraying the last few years.

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DR



:ROFL::ROFL:Good one DR:ROFL::ROFL:
fishmounter
02-07-2014, 11:38 PM
I say nay nay. Just be content that you are catching some good fish and release them. You don't really want to kill them and then have to tote around a stringer of fish. esteban1t is right.
tpfishnfool
02-08-2014, 07:57 AM
Eat Up !!!
fly addict
02-09-2014, 10:21 AM
With all the chemicals and fertilizer in there, you probably would not have to add any more seasoning to the fillets…
DarkShadow
02-10-2014, 03:07 PM
Eat up!

We live in the land of freedom where nobody can tell you what you can and can't eat.

:)
flyhigh123
02-10-2014, 03:54 PM
i would personally avoid eating the fish... its not worth the health risks over a few fish... and the good thing is, since its a ninja/golf course, if you C&R, most likely you will catch them again
DarkShadow
02-10-2014, 04:37 PM
...and the good thing is, since its a ninja/golf course, if you C&R, most likely you will catch them again

Not if someone else catches and eats 'em!
Marley
02-10-2014, 10:03 PM
You should be OK if the grass is really green. Green grass is a signature of a groundskeeper who pumps a lot of nitrogen, much of which is likely urea. As close to organic as you can get in a high-N turf ration. Since catfish enjoy a conversion ratio of better than 1:1 (over a pound of weight gain to a pound of food fed), and nitrogen typically helps put on more lean muscle, I would say your ten-pound fish is little more than 18 months old, if that. Tender, young, sweet white flesh that the club chef would really enjoy cooking up fresh for you.