A catfish may be recognized by its prominent barbells. The barbells are elongated tactile organs that are located close to the mouth, and are very comparable to the whiskers on a cat. Just like a cat’s whiskers, the barbells are utilised to screen the environment and heighten the animal’s awareness of its surroundings. Unlike cat whiskers, catfish barbells are equipped with taste buds that they use to catch fish in dark and cloudy waters when there’s low visibility.

Catfish also have a hollow leading ray on their dorsal and pectoral fins. This leading ray is extremely powerful, along with the catfish can use it to excrete a potent protein when it becomes frightened or annoyed. This protein stings. Some catfish species have a protein which is strong sufficient to injure a human. A person that has received a sting from 1 of these species may possibly call for hospital care. 1 catfish species, the Electric Catfish, are without having this hollow leading ray and incapable of protein attacks. Instead, Electric Catfish are capable of sending out a severe electric shock of up to 350 volts.

If you desire to try a diverse way to catch catfish and you might be up for a challenge, leave your rod and reel behind and go noodling. When utilized by native Americans, noodling caught on as a fishing method throughout the Depression, and later became a sport. The first component of noodling entails spotting the areas where catfish are bound to be present, such as submerged shallow logs, rocks, along with other surface functions. Noodling is generally accomplished in water shallow sufficient for simple wading. A noodler will also have a team of spotters with them to support.

When a prospective catfish hiding spot is located, a stick is inserted into the hole to make positive that the inhabitant is often a catfish, and not a snake or a turtle. The noodler will then put a hand inside the hole – basically, employing their own hand as bait. Being threatened, the catfish will attack and bite the hand. When it bites, it holds on to the hand, allowing the noodler to pull it out. When the noodler gets the fish out of the water, the spotters immediately remove the fish from the noodler’s hand and throw it into an accompanying boat. It can be the spotters’ job to aid the noodler in case the fish is too heavy or the fish starts to pull the noodler into the water. Catfish can grow very large and are capable of drowning a human in this way — creating the sport of noodling thrilling for some.

As I came out of my room, my second son had also heard the commotion and got out of his room. The guys saw him and I later learnt he said toy son something like”it’s my man” and they both ran down and out of the house.

I say this is strange because it does look as these guys did not come to steal. They did not spend any time at all downstairs. They came upstairs as soon as they entered the house and headed straight for my sons’ bedroom.

Question is: had they come for my elder son or me?

I’ve reported to the police and awaiting updates.

Strange!

Before then, earlier today I had sent an email to my contact in the finance team of one of my customers on the status of a purchase order I had been chasing. She confirmed the PO had been raised and awaiting authorisation. This made me very happy because it was now a question of “when” and not “if”. Also this morning, I was on my iPhone going through the Affirmations App and I came across “I have the courage to have a vision and take steps tirades it”. So when the letter of the interview came, I felt ok. “Nothing spoil” as we say in Nigeria.

You may wonder what the story is. Well it’s all about being self employed. The keywords in this post are courage, vision and action (follow through).

Last night, I laid down the two main rules:
1. University choices have to be outside Birmingham so they can live on their own and learn to take care of themselves.
2. They need to make a minimum of 320 UCAS points to even have a chance with some of the best universities in the country.

Well, both points were greeted with silence. I felt sorry for them but had to be done.

This simply highlights the fact that no matter how tough Kidd act, when the reality of leaving home hits, it’s always a daunting prospect.

I would have given anything to know what was going through their minds that very time.