Bergeron’s Baked Fish (Red Fish, Tilapia or Catfish)

Fun Facts on Catfish from the Tennessee Aquarium

• During the 19th century, giant blue catfish weighing from 125 to 200 pounds were reportedly caught on a regular basis. In his book “Steamboating: 65 Years on Missouri’s Rivers,” Capt. William Heckman described a 315-pound blue cat caught just after the Civil War.
• The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
• The walking catfish moves across land from one body of water to another. It uses its pectoral fins like legs and has a modified gill chamber to get oxygen from the air.
• The largest confirmed record in the U.S. was a blue catfish weighing 150 pounds in 1879. The largest known blue caught in Tennessee was a 130-pounder, fished from the Fort Loudon Reservoir in 1976.
• A female blue catfish can produce as many as 100,000 eggs at a time.

Ingredients

• 3 to 4 tbsp garlic juice
• 2 capfuls of liquid crab boil
• 1/2 lemon, juice only
• 5 pats of butter (more or less)
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 2 lbs of fish (red fish, tilapia or catfish)
• Salt, pepper and cayenne to taste

Directions