skinning catfish

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  The skin is separated by pulling downward with grippers.
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  The silo in the background holds 15 tons of catfish food. Catfish food is fed in pellet form. It is a high protein diet composed of fish meal, soybeans, corn, and wheat. In the summer, the catfish at the Carpenter pond consume a ton of food each day.
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  The fillet remaining weighs about 65% of the total weight of the fish.