Why do people hang dead catfish heads on the fence by the road?

Question

Why do people hang dead catfish heads on the fence by the road?

Answer 1

Cuz they live in the rural south lol

Up here in the city you'd get ticketed so fast.Maybe for the birds  to eat?

Answer 2

1)  As a status symbol..sort of like when the Indians taking scalps and hung them.

2)  Possibly as a ritual, but the status symbol scenario seems to fit better.

It is kind of weird to see.

Answer 3

I learned of this the hard way a few answers back with a similar question.



The reason they put the heads up there is to dry them out and place them in the garden. The fish heads make great fertilizer for gardens. The reason to dry them out is so that it will not attract so many unwanted pests to the garden and tear it up. ~Good luck catchin'.

Answer 4

Because live catfish heads would scare away the mailman.

Answer 5

A good percentage of ppl that do that is for skinnin'/cleanin' purposes ie., nail the head to the fence, pull the skin' off em' and viola' their ready for the fryin' pan with a lil' extra fixin' up before tossin' them in of course. As for leavin' them (heads) I just think that be somewhat of an eye-catcher ;)... < ' ( (( > <

Answer 6

So people can pass out by and marvel at it's size.