We Caught and ATE This Crazy SWAMP FISH

In this video I went fishing with Trey Landry for choupique also known as bowfin, grendel, or dogfish. We set out to prove this fish is plenty good enough to eat despite its reputation as a trash fish.
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[@Randy-p3w]

Yes bring him back

[@stoneyface65]

I need to see more about how that boat is built!!! Please.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Dang. I prob won’t see another one for a while. Sorry about that. Look them up on Google maybe

[@stevedurr2149]

cypress trout! yea dats good eatin

[@someonewhocares5712]

Thanks again. Looks amazing 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Yes sir!

[@jearredbryan4472]

Definitely let's see it again

[@timlong1252]

they are good as long as you cook fresh and do not freeze

[@rangerfox532]

I love catching bowfin. Great fighting fish, very pretty coloring.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Many many thanks

[@Drcreekchub]

Cool video Jared! I grew up catching these and have always been curious about eating them.

[@cedricjardouin598]

Bring ‘em back I love my Louisiana ppl baw

[@dollfaceddiaries]

Don't know how I got here and I'm just glad I did ! I love Trey's accent & my son is named Jarred . I'm subscribing !!!

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Appreciate you Sis.

[@DatDamKeyid]

They hit so hard

[@leroyray7138]

It breaks up no problem pressure I like this video need more like this I salute I'm from Louisiana houma Eastside I fish all day when I'm home from offshore

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Yes indeed

[@richards1955]

Cool boat

[@supertug2005]

Good job! Trey earned his spot. Gonna give a try when we can. Thx ATB

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Thanks for watching g

[@larryabrams3559]

I know its old video, but I presure canned one years ago. In the jar this fish looked like some pics of pink salmon, beautiful. We have canned them all, catfish, crappie, and grinned, thChickanic ats what we called them. Open the jar, mix with spices, meal and make patties. Good to go.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

I’ve only tried canned tuna. I wonder if I’d like anything else

[@DrewVerdin]

Sweet 😀🤙

[@ronmusser9324]

Looks good

[@danielstephenson2748]

Love the channel! Some of those hooksets are trying to rip the mouth off the fish though damn! 😂

[@OutsidetheLevees]

When in Rome lol

[@patrickhegedus3120]

Please come up north to Wisconsin we catch them all the time for fun. We catch them on artificial baits like bass

[@harrisbernard387]

I'm from fort 4 Corns Louisiana and I grew up eating shoepeck .

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Never heard of 4 corns. Thanks for watching

[@jimmymcmullan1300]

I've caught grenald years ago on Tombigbee river , we had to use wire leaders because of their teeth

[@jimmymcmullan1300]

Trey's right on that Blue Plate , best there is

[@JerryMunro]

Great video !!! Learned something new

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tylercoco5231]

Can you make a video of you catching a alligator gar fish and and setting a troutline for catfish grfish

[@OutsidetheLevees]

I have an alligator gar but I don’t think I’ve ever done trot line

[@jkingramjr]

From Houma, La been I’m 37 years old been eating choupic all my life my great grandparents ate choupic from Thibodaux and vacherie. Still can’t believe people from south Louisiana is still sleeping on choupic. I remember when people would only catch the fish for the eggs for Cajun caviar

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Yeah man it was good

[@staffordduecker665]

My Mother's family in north central Florida would trotline 'em out of the Alapaha river to add to a fish fry. They called them jackfish. They considered them to be a delicacy. I've eaten a fair amount when I was a kid and thought they were really good.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

That sounds amazing. I need to go catch them again

[@DougieBFishing]

Loved this episode

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Appreciate you my boy

[@AlexGarcia-ew2fv]

We got that same fish here in Miami.Florida. all over the Everglades

[@OutsidetheLevees]

They are def a cool fish.

[@harlincolkmire933]

That's good eating right there.

[@josephdavis9757]

I’m from Leonville la and the shopic is one of my favorite fish

[@OutsidetheLevees]

That’s awesome. Thank you!

[@JoeyHusband]

Awesome video

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Thanks for the visit

[@keithstewart9474]

Great video men.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Appreciate it!

[@Donovan1172]

Show how to clean it. I’ve also heard to bleed them don’t know if it would help or not. I heard it is good baked

[@OutsidetheLevees]

I am afraid to show any type of cleaning because there have been cases where KZbin demonetized us for that. But fillets out just like any other fish and no you do not have to bleed it

[@brennanwilliams4366]

I’m from louisiana an my cousins make patties with that fish

[@OutsidetheLevees]

It’s good

[@brennanwilliams4366]

@@OutsidetheLevees yea they is

[@adambacker8178]

awesome

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Yes sir!

[@patricksmith3316]

New name for a bowfin: a Wuzon fish. He WUZON the hook and got off! 😅😊

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Good one lol

[@michaelsmith-0744]

You can't beat trout line fish is the best we used shad as bait go at night with cast net and light catch all shad you want we freeze lot it !!!

[@caseymeyer5773]

Great video!!!!! We catch Dogfish up here in Iowa on the Mississippi and have always thrown them back. Might have to keep the next one.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Man thank you so much for watching

[@willierichardson4416]

We call them mud fish here in Florida

[@jessebolton3423]

In Florida we known as mudfish they are good eating but you got to remove the mudvayne

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Very good to eat

[@ericmarks6322]

Man, that fish in a red gravy is hard to beat.

[@allenferry9632]

I'm game. Let's see another.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Cool deal. Thank you

[@bisonpaleofossilriveradven3528]

Great video and I’m definitely going to try it minus the ketchup. Ketchup is just wrong!😂

[@OutsidetheLevees]

It's so good!

[@kennethbrown3466]

Nice video

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Preciate it

[@meauxbull4321]

Great video and choupique is a tasty fish, looks like y'all did em up right!! Try some gar court bouillon!!

[@OutsidetheLevees]

I def will. Thanks for watching g

[@delorissmith2992]

I can catch these three. To 4 weighting at up to 8 pounds here in Alabama my cousin use them too make patties

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Heck yeah save me a plate

[@coolpeanut122]

I live here and I don’t know where they are lol

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Lol. Look them up. Cool fish that gets a bad reputation

[@coolpeanut122]

@@OutsidetheLevees yes I know they taste amazing

[@AB-hc2wu]

I recognize that power line bayou , i know where you be

[@billyswamphawk53]

Bowfin or Mudfish as we call them in Florida & I love eating Mudfish. Here in Okeechobee Florida we Jud Line With 400 Hooks 3/4 ''s of a mile long Here on Lake Okeechobee. We rig them out way different Here. I gotta try it the Cajun way.

[@yosefyisrael6534]

Actually the other way to keep your shoepick from getting mushy is to let it marinate in vinegar

[@jessebolton3423]

Apple snails are excellent to eat

[@OutsidetheLevees]

I heard they get your stomach upset

[@vieuxacadian9455]

Coo Yah tchoupic ! bon temps ! est ce une bateau de boue Kurt ? J'en ai vu beaucoups dans le Bayou Gauche.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

I bet it is

[@michaelshoffner6584]

you can also catch them on spinnerbaits while bass fishing, but you better have good equipment because they will tear your stuff up and lots of spinnerbaits

[@AnthonySkunkGreen]

Haha boieee get off mah lease 😂🤘

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Uh ohhhh. My bad bruh

[@seth2869]

Good stuff man! New subscriber from Mississippi 👍

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Appreciate you podnuh. I’m working hard for y’all

[@randy1ization]

have yall ever tried smoking the choupik?

[@Swampster9]

A goujon is a flathead catfish not a polygon or mudcat.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Yep

[@andrepatterson7058]

Great content. I been enjoy your videos bruh. And I just subscribed to your channel 👍🏽👍🏽

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Appreciate ya homie

[@orlandogarcia9751]

Man America is the best place in this earth except here we’re I live California that the reason I love this channel take me out of California for a bit 😊

[@shanekile8046]

I like to watch trey and I will be watching your videos now as well I’m going to try bowfin no for sure

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Appreciate you homie. God bless

[@rayhall3010]

We have always cook them the Way you did , please show how to do the paddy's

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Will do. Stay tuned

[@taylorbernard8497]

Like the different fishing you do

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Thanks bro

[@ericanewalt4009]

That fish looks like snakeheads we had in Maryland...

[@eustatic3832]

I can confirm, chackbay is god's country and a putt putt is like, slower than a kayak

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Beautiful lil place

[@robertanderton5645]

Could you possibly show more about the Putt-Putt boat, motor and assembly? I'm 64 years old, from Southeast Texas and I have never seen one. Yes, the LORD will provide!

[@OutsidetheLevees]

If I come across another one like it I will def spend a little more time showing it. God bless.

[@harrisbernard387]

You do anyone video with Trey

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Not yet but we have plenty other videos please check them out

[@DavidReason-t2n]

I always enjoy seeing someone keeping old family heritage going. Excellent video 🍻

[@Noah_Trabeaux]

I grew up eatin choupique. One of my favorite fish along with garfish and blue cats.

[@oppdroppa954]

Where I’m from we call them mudfish

[@rayhall3010]

I've caught and ate them for years , any fish that eats other fish is always good ,

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Amen brother

[@taylorbernard8497]

Had them as a fry paddy

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Niiice

[@scuba9292]

Nice. Looks good. Come on trey. Show us the tat. Lol.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

I was wondering about that lol

[@scottymckibban2660]

Might have a gator 🐊

[@TruPreacher]

Definitely have Trey back on! Seems like a "real one"! Reminds me of some of my classmates from Avondale.....

[@PelicanBoneOutdoors]

always through them back myself. I heard they were good I'll have to try it next time I get one.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Dude you would Love them

[@brandonterrelle]

I really enjoyed this 😊 !!!

[@joshuamoore553]

There ain't nothing better than CATFISH! lol

[@OutsidetheLevees]

I dont know I gotta say it is lol

[@waderogers6269]

Creole tomatoes is a tomato grown in southeast parishes along the Mississippi River I know you from the parish if you passed southern natural gas plant on the way to Delicoix you passed just pass Toca on St. Bernard highway right next to it use to be a large commercial vegetable farm called the Galliano brothers I worked for them when I wasa kid picking creole tomatoes, okra, etc they had everything used to sell at the French Market then in the French Quarter it gets it taste from the river soil I find better tasting LSU AG center would have more info in 68 and worked there for 3 years while in highschool the Becnel brothers across the river in Bell Chasse, also the Gallo brothers in Meraux did also.

[@uncleanswer6488]

Thanks for the info brother

[@alphapharmer]

Do it Trey! Loved the vid!

[@flawdacountryboy]

Here in the panhandle of Florida we catch bowfin, or mud fish as we call them, a lot on spinner baits

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Yeah that’s how I’ve caught them recently

[@jasonthornton2127]

Don't knock it til you try it. Good job with the video. Take what God gives you and provide a great meal with it.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Amen. Love ya bro

[@delorissmith2992]

Better that salmon patties i cleaned 2 footers

[@danielcunningham2394]

Trey bring your truth x2.

[@jodyfabre9298]

my dad was born in morgan city but moved to shreveport when i was born, he called them trash fish my whole life. when i started dating my wife my father -in-law heard me call em trash fish so he took me fishing for em and we had sandwitches also fantastic. blew my dad's mind when i went to visit in shreveport and we caught a couple and i fried them for him that night haha. thanks for making a video

[@OutsidetheLevees]

man they really were good just have to handle them right. Thanks for the support and watching

[@jay-p985]

I'm from Morgan City

[@johnbush2798]

Excellent video!!! I think Trey will do well posting a KZbin channel. I learn so much from OTL...especially "new" or " different" ways to handle, prep and cook your afloat harvests. OTL is now my favorite channel of over 50 outdoor channels I follow.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Man that’s high praise. Thank you so much!

[@bankmc1]

Good video! The wife's two cats love choupique fillets. I'll take your word for it and keep eating sacalait.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Lol. All good my man

[@joshuawilliams9754]

Trey landry

[@GatorTee]

i was told as long as you keep them alive till you cook it they taste good but as soon as they die the meat starts tasting nasty.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Meat gets real mushy

[@philmccumbee6938]

Catching up on your older videos. Good catch clean cook video. Your friend knows what he is doing. I liked hearing him talk about his grandpa. Keep ‘em coming.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Thanks my man. Def need Trey back

[@user-ni2ux9ew5q]

Absolutely love to see more of Trey on outside the levee

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Thanks for watching g

[@LivingOutdoors]

Awesome video!

[@shelbyhimeliii]

Geaux 'head Trey!✊🏼 Loved the video & the fish!

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Thanks for watching

[@timothyleger4385]

Y'all got me subbed !! CHOUPIQUE are good eating !! I've been knowing this for years n years !! I got a buddy will trade Bass, for CHOUPIQUE !! They will flat tear u a good Topwater bait too !! Them teeth are nothing to mess with !!

[@connerwold9363]

Ben watching your tiktoks for well over a year now, so excited for the KZbin Chanel baw! Keep on keeping on brother

[@swamplandoutdoors]

Good video, definitely would watch ole Trey on KZbin! I agree with you Jared I would rather eat choupique then catfish!

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Thanks homie. I’m ready for some more

[@oldmanfred8676]

Yep, more Trey! That patty idea sounds good!

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Heck yeah!

[@vineleak7676]

Dude you don't need to set the hook with this much speed and power, you are just going to loose your hooks like this...

[@OutsidetheLevees]

We did lose them lol

[@randy1ization]

he mayonadine it

[@brianadams429]

I had a chrome colored lipped crank bait. As soon as it hit the water, the gar and mudfish(shoepick) would try to destroy that lure. I didn't take long before their teeth was making the chrome peel off of it. If you have to put that much sh*t on it to make it edible, i'll pass.

[@OutsidetheLevees]

Didnt put anything on it that we wouldnt put on any other fish buddy. Thanks for watching

[@kfred]

Well done guys!

[@OutsidetheLevees]

You da man K. Waiting on your next one

[@samuelross2505]

Dude I love your videos! Trey said something in this video that made a whole heck of a lot of sense, “if you don’t know how to cook it anything will be nasty”