Keith Sutton

Nasty Fish Faces

KristenKeys — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:47:00 -0400

Catfish Sutton’s top 10 meanest, ugliest fish on the planet! These fish have a face (and personality) only a mother could love.

Coon Dog Cemetery

KristenKeys — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:32:55 -0500

Hunting dogs are laid to rest in the Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard.

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KristenKeys — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:16:01 -0500

Others were just good hunting companions, dogs that never participated in a field trial but who were dearly loved by their owners nevertheless.

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KristenKeys — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:12:59 -0500

Some of the best coon dogs that ever lived are buried here, grand champions of every sort like The Merch.

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KristenKeys — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:12:16 -0500

And etched along with these names are tributes such as “A joy to hunt with,” “He wasn’t the best, but he was the best I had,” and “Last one on the wood.”

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KristenKeys — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:10:41 -0500

Headstones in the burial ground are crafted wood, metal and stone. Many are not unlike the markers in a “normal” cemetery, but the names of the deceased are different and so are the epitaphs.

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KristenKeys — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:55:05 -0500

A woman from California once wrote to Underwood wanting to know why he didn’t allow other kinds of dogs to be buried at the coon dog cemetery. “You must not know much about coon hunters and their dogs, if you think we would contaminate this burial place with poodles and lap dogs,” he responded.

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KristenKeys — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:53:18 -0500

After Troop was buried, friends of Underwood asked if they could have the honor of burying their hounds beside his champion dog. More than 70 years later, the tradition continues. Some 200 coon dogs—an assortment of Walkers, Redbones and Blueticks, but no other types of dogs allowed—rest in the shade of the oaks at a place the coon hunters once called Sugar Creek Camp.

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KristenKeys — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:52:17 -0500

Those having the time and curiosity can still leave the beaten path and see for themselves this one-of-a-kind burial ground near Tuscumbia in Colbert County.

Five Simple Panfish Recipes

outdoorlife-editor — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:26:39 -0400

Broiled Bass with Hot Melted Butter

1 1/2 lb. white or yellow bass fillets

1 cup butter or margarine

2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

2 tsp. prepared mustard

2 tb. chili sauce

2 drops Tabasco sauce

4 tsp. lemon juice

2 tb. chopped parsley

Melt butter and stir in the last six ingredients. Pour enough of the butter mix into the bottom of a large glass baking dish and swirl around to coat the dish. Place the fish fillets in a single layer in the dish, then pour the remaining butter mix overtop. Broil, 4 to 6 inches beneath the heat source, for 10 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.

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Pan-Fried Crappie

2 lb. crappie

1 cup cornmeal

1 cup flour

3 eggs, beaten

Salt, pepper

Peanut oil

Directions: Mix corn meal and flour in a large zip-seal plastic bag. salt and pepper each fillet, dip in egg, then shake in bag until coated with meal/flour mixture. drop fillets in hot oil poured 1â„2-inch deep in a cast-iron skillet. cook fillets 1 to 2 minutes each or until they flake with a fork.

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Bullhead Po'Boys

6 fried bullhead fillets

1 cup ketchup

3 dashes hot sauce

1 tb. minced onion

1 tb. prepared mustard

6 large crusty rolls

Dill pickles

Directions: Cut rolls in half, lengthwise, scoop out centers and discard. place rolls in oven until hot but not crispy. combine ketchup, hot sauce, mustard and onion. spread hot rolls with this mixture, then top with fish, pickles and the top half of the roll.

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Panfish with Herbs

1 lb. panfish fillets

1 lemon

1 tsp. each chopped parsley, chives and rosemary

1 tb. butter

Directions: Melt the butter and pour into a shallow baking dish. arrange the fish fillets in the dish. cut the lemon in half and squeeze about one tablespoon of lemon juice over the fillets. sprinkle with the herbs. slice the remaining lemon half into thin slices, and arrange the slices on top of the fish. bake in a preheated 450-degree oven for 12 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

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Perch Cakes

1 lb. fillets, cooked, flaked

1 egg, beaten

1 onion, minced

1 tb. lemon juice

1 tsp. parsley flakes

1â„4 tsp. pepper

1â„4 to 1â„2 cup cornflake crumbs

2 tb. mustard

1â„2 tsp. salt

Vegetable oil

Directions: Mix egg, onion, mustard, lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper in a bowl; toss with flaked fish. add enough cornflake crumbs to shape 4 to 6 fish cakes. roll each cake in extra crumbs to coat the outside. heat the oil in a skillet, and fry cakes until crisp and brown.