Tracker, I tell you what, if you keep the ones under 12", and cook them either blackened, in a tomatoe gravy (courtbillion), or in a onion gravy (maybe the best) you'll never say that again! We used to catch and cut them for alligator bait, an old trapper I fished with would hoard the small ones and fix em for supper, great eating! I'm pretty sure they get a bad rap because people try the big ones