jrbsr

My grandfather used to save the eggs from the catfish he caught.
And my grandmother would cook them for breakfast.
My grandfather loved them.
I have no idea how you cook catfish eggs.
Does any one here know how to cook them?

Thank You

jrbsr

jrbsr

How do you roll Catfish Eggs in flour?

hunt12ga

We used to eat the little sacs of eggs out of bass and bluegill. I always wanted my dad to save them, and we ate them, but I don't ever remember them being very good... very fishy tasting. It was something different though.

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Kybuckhunter

Tried it as a kid but it was like eating a mouth full of sand. Nothing I would care to eat again.

newton29

I never tried catfish eggs, but eat a lot of crappie and bream eggs in the spring. Don't break the egg sacs when you clean them, and you should have a V-patterned sac. Roll in corn meal, salt and pepper and fry in hot grease. Be careful, because they will probably burst open and splash grease when they reach a certain temperature. Enjoy

jrbsr

How long do you fry it?
And how do you know when they are done?

Thanks for the replies.

Chuck7

Johnny fry to golden brown..2-4 minutes ..both sides.

I 've never eatten catfish roe but perch and bass are good

Shad is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Johnny..the roe needs to be in a sac..other wise the eggs will spit and splatter all over the kitchen...fact..if I break the sac bad..I throw it away..{ -; I've never broke a sac..I'm careful with my roe.I LOVE FRIED FISH ROE

bubbinator

The roe from bass, crappie, bream, catfish and shad is CAVIAR! When you flour your fish, just add the egg sacks and fry with the fish. Our fried fish are shaken in a grocery paper bag with seasoned flour(your choice of spices-we use salt/pepper/garlic powder/maybe a cajun spice mix) and fry the lot together. Word of caution-the loose eggs from the sack may pop a little, so be careful. They are an extra treat from your catch and very good for you. As with the fish/filets, when done they will float in the grease.

10 ga

Roe season is just beginning to get going. All the above applies except roe is too good to ever throw away. If you break a sack just save and mix with a chicken egg to cook and it won't even pop. When I have a lot of roe i save it all and package and label as to if broken, if it is use it with chicken eggs. Now is time to start with "coon" perch and pickrel roe, soon the other fish will start building the roe to full just before spawning. Here where it's saltwater I get lots of different roe. Rockfish, shad, herring, hickorys, even bunkers have good roe. Then later the speckled trout & croaker. If ya have a late winter wreck trip the black bass have good roe too. Then in may and early june if going fresh water fishing the catfish have roe, only it is kinda coarse textured and I personlly prefer the fine roe. AND when frying to a "golden" color the best thing to use is bacon grease, of course.

10 ga

Avtech

Son-in-law brought over an ice chest of catfish. Being the middle of April, there was some roe in them. I dusted them with Lawry's seasoned salt and garlic powder and fried them in bacon grease. Ate them. Wished I had looked at this forum before I fried 'em and rolled 'em in flour first. Tasted ok. Someone used a description that it was like eating sand. Well, I kinda agree. The idea of deep frying in olive oil with the rest of the filets sounds good. I try it next time around...