Social media algorithms occasionally boost bizarre "challenge" videos. In 2023, a TikTok trend emerged where users stomped on dead tilapia in flip-flops, leading to the search spike for Most of these videos are staged with thawed grocery store fish.
"My granddaddy lost his rod in a flood. We ate for two weeks on catfish he caught with his heels. You learn that a fish doesn't expect danger from below. A shadow from a bird? They run. A ripple from a paddle? They freeze. But the pressure of a human foot sinking slow into the mud? They think it's a log settling. By the time they realize it's a predator, your arch is already on their back." barefoot fish crush
And her heart, for the first time, was not. We ate for two weeks on catfish he caught with his heels
If practicing catch-and-release, use a rubber landing net and keep the fish in the water as much as possible to ensure its survival. They run