catfish

[mngoosehunter]

anyone have any recipes for channel catfish. Ive tried some channel cats recently and cant seem ot get that fishy taste out of them. Anyone know of anything to get rid of that? thanks for the help.

[irvingdog]

I always gave the filets an extended (24hr) milk-bath.

[hanson]

When you get your fillets of channel cat, you have to cut off the yellowish tinted meat located near the belly and the dorsal fin. There is also a red line of meat (mudline) where the lateral line is located, cut that out as well.

A milk bath will definitely help.

And you should also deep fry the cat in very hot oil for a short amount of time. Couple minutes on each side and it should be done. This is much easier when you cut the fillets up into smaller chunks or fingers.

If you cook that cat slow, or in whole fillets, it tends to get mushy and soak the oil up.

Gotta tell you, you put walleye and catfish side by side cooked the same way and you can't tell the difference. Most will even claim the catfish is the walleye.

[Scott K]

As hanson said, if cooked right you wont be able to tell the difference between walleye and cat. Recomend cooking fresh, not cooking any over 5 lbs, and even at 5 lbs, is pretty big. If you have alot of them to clean in the 5 lb size, hang them tail down, and cut the tails off, and let them drain before cleaning. That helps alot for the fishy taste. Cut out the mud line, and the discolored meat around the belly, and you will have a good flaky fillet.

[mngoosehunter]

thanks guys for the advice. I havent been cutting out that yellowish meat. Thats probably why it tastes fishy. Also, Deep frying is the way to go. May not be healthy but nothings better then fresh deep fried fish

[LABS4ME]

Try to 'blacken' them. Buy some Chef Prudhommes 'Redfish Magic' blackening seasoning and follow the instructions on the box... I do mine on the turkey fryer with a cast iron skillet outside. I've done catfish fillets twice, crapppies and wallete many times. MMM MMM

I bet it gives deep fry a run for it's money in your book!

Good Luck!

Ken