How To Cook A Catfish.

[Kayser]

Cut out the red meat along the skin and take out the red strip from the lateral line as well. Soak in water with some salt and a bit of lemon juice for at least 30 min. Decrease amount of lemon juice if it's going to be in there a few days- otherwise you wind up with ceviche before you even fry the fish. Mix equal parts Andy's Red, Andy's Yellow, Golden Dipt Chicken Fry/Seasoned Flour and yellow cornmeal. Deep fry at 325 until the big bubbles stop rolling out of the fish. Started doing this to all of my catfish, and I can get almost anyone hooked on it if.

[Terrierman]

They are channel cats. Flesh is yellow and oily. Maybe the vinegar will cut the oil.

There's your problem. Only keep meat that is white. Red line is nasty, so is yellow. I won't even put a knife on a channel cat that's longer than maybe 14".

[Wayne SW/MO]

Are these bullheads? If they are you won't find ant that aren't fatty and off tasting in this part of the country.

[fishinwrench]

Are these bullheads? If they are you won't find ant that aren't fatty and off tasting in this part of the country.

Oh Geeze, yeah, if you're into a mess of yellow bellied bullheads you're bummin'. They aren't even fit for a buzzard.

The only yellow meat on a channel cat is from around his dorsal fin. If the whole fillet is yellow then something ain't right.

[jdmidwest]

The water in the livewell was so stained that you could not see the cats in the bottom. I had to drain it out to count them while on the lake.

That lake has alot of timber and the water is stained and stagnant. They have an aeration system installed, but it never really helps. Fishing is good there, but all the fish seem to be tainted from the water quality.