Catfish taste (Page 2): Called them mudcats that came out of the Red River in Shreveport because they tasted like mud, the blues or channel cats tasted fine.

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

DCGravity wrote:

Probably because the bullhead lived in the mud and ate garbage!

Called them mudcats that came out of the Red River in Shreveport because they tasted like mud, the blues or channel cats tasted fine.

NorthMoccasin Loc: SW Virginia, sometimes east central Florida

Actually, they eat about the same things as other catfish. They have softer orangish flesh so many folks dont like them because of that. Not everyone has a ready source of walleyes. Walleys are good but i like a variety. Fish such as salmon, bass, tuna, swordfish hsve a completely different taste and texture from walleye, and each other, but i am not going to turn down any of them!

Jeremy Loc: America

NorthMoccasin wrote:

Actually, they eat about the same things as other catfish. They have softer orangish flesh so many folks dont like them because of that. Not everyone has a ready source of walleyes. Walleys are good but i like a variety. Fish such as salmon, bass, tuna, swordfish hsve a completely different taste and texture from walleye, and each other, but i am not going to turn down any of them!

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Variety is the SPICE of life..

DCGravity Loc: Fairfax, VA (by way of Cleveland OH)

woodguru wrote:

Called them mudcats that came out of the Red River in Shreveport because they tasted like mud, the blues or channel cats tasted fine.

All cats are scavengers to an extent but blues and flathead less so as they also feed higher in the water column than bulls and will consume minnows, gills, and crawfish, leaving rotting/decaying organic stuff for the bulls 🤢💩 Channels are somewhere in between.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

NorthMoccasin wrote:

Flatheads. Hands down, any size, including the belly meat. Channels #2, whites next then bullheads. All are good

I agree with NorthMoccasin. That belly meat is to die for. Channels make sure you get all the dark meat off or it will taste to fishy. Never had a bullhead.

john1941 Loc: CA

I like to filet my fish, wash and rub filets under running water until most of the red(blood) Is gone. My favorite way to cook, make a batter from any regular pancake mix, ad a little garlic salt ,fry in veg oil till golden, guaranteed best tasting fish ever

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

john1941 wrote:

I like to filet my fish, wash and rub filets under running water until most of the red(blood) Is gone. My favorite way to cook, make a batter from any regular pancake mix, ad a little garlic salt ,fry in veg oil till golden, guaranteed best tasting fish ever

Sounds good John.

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

john1941 wrote:

I like to filet my fish, wash and rub filets under running water until most of the red(blood) Is gone. My favorite way to cook, make a batter from any regular pancake mix, ad a little garlic salt ,fry in veg oil till golden, guaranteed best tasting fish ever

I'll have to try some pancake batter with some italian seasoning panko added, sounds good, we also like to spice up fried fish with some Jamaican jerk seasoning

Jeremy Loc: America

woodguru wrote:

I'll have to try some pancake batter with some italian seasoning panko added, sounds good, we also like to spice up fried fish with some Jamaican jerk seasoning

Sounds delicious. I love spicy. I lean towards always soaking in milk then drop and roll in the dry mix ( whatever it is ) most definitely always remove darker meat in all white fish meat. I also panfry and do NOT deep fry.

Making me hungry. Bacon is a good thing to cook in the pan with just a sprinkle of sea salt and garlic bread mix. No breading… especially fresh Halibut or Lingcod / Rockfish.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Jeremy wrote:

Sounds delicious. I love spicy. I lean towards always soaking in milk then drop and roll in the dry mix ( whatever it is ) most definitely always remove darker meat in all white fish meat. I also panfry and do NOT deep fry.

Making me hungry. Bacon is a good thing to cook in the pan with just a sprinkle of sea salt and garlic bread mix. No breading… especially fresh Halibut or Lingcod / Rockfish.

I just got through eating but that,d making me hungry again.

Muddler Loc: Virginia

It's hard to beat flathead catfish in the 3-4 lb range, the only fish that may be as good or a tad better is walleye. A lot of the smaller pan fish are also good eating. I usually release other species of fish to try to catch again another day. The other day I saw a 17 year catch a large smallmouth bass, he released it stating he wanted it to spread it's DNA. Thought this was pretty wise for a 17 year old. Nice kid.

Bobfromfremont Loc: Fremont Ca

Jeremy wrote:

Gotcha. My description was for any fish and if an... (show quote)

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