MEMPHIS — Kevin Glona placed the catfish on the counter and slammed a hammer into its head, prompting a question over the din of Jimi Hendrix playing from the speaker. Why exactly,  was he slamming a hammer into the head of a fish that had already been caught?

“If someone was going to skin me alive,” Glona answered, “I’d want them to knock me out.”

Then Glona, the manager of Catch’em Lakes and Walnut Grove Bait and Tackle put aside the hammer and grabbed a fillet knife. He sliced near the fish’s gills and cut along the spine from head to tail. Pliers came out next, and Glona used them to rip off the skin like he was shucking corn. Finally, he washed the catfish in a nearby sink

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