Thread: I guess I’m gonna have to quit hating on those catfish so bad

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Good stuff Jeffy but nothing beats a Crappie am I right.

Crappie are good, (hope I don't get exiled from C.C) but I prefer catfish

I vote Crappie fillets all the way.

Having harvested hundreds of blue cats from clear constantly flowing river water here in SE Louisiana I can say there are catfish and then there are catfish. Here’s what I mean by that redundant statement. Pond or stagnant non flowing water cat fish typically have a muddy taste in my opinion. While flowing water streams house whiter, cleaner, tasting filets.
I typically brine my cat filets over nite which helps produce a very tasty fish fry.
Although after 40 plus years of filling ice chest with speckle trout and reds once I tasted my first Sacalait I was converted to a Slab Slayer. Thanks to some GREAT MENTORS like Rojo, Going Catching, Cajun Ray, and Jig Rig my family has had fresh slab filets all year long that I have been fortunate enough to have harvested.
BON TEMPS!!

I'm more of a crappie person, although catfish prepped right is really tasty. My wife actually prefers the taste of the bigger catfish (2+lbs), and she says that my daughter's 8lb flathead was much better tasting than smaller catfish that I sometimes catch.

You've all got it wrong.....best in the pan is the bluegill or bream......


Maybe we need a poll on this very important topic!

(we need a "stirring the pot" emoji)

I agree with slab but I do like a good blackened catfish even now and then.