They would be about like any other catfish from that body of water. I've eaten a couple of large yellow bullhead before. At that size their diet is similar to that of a channel or blue cat of similar size.
Yellow (Bullhead) catfish any good to eat?
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I do not recommend.
I accidentally cleaned and fried one one time because it looked more like a channel than a mudcat..... except for the big head. It was nasty.
I accidentally cleaned and fried one one time because it looked more like a channel than a mudcat..... except for the big head. It was nasty.
In my experience they taste as muddy as the water you caught them from. We sometimes would put them in a water trough at the ranch to let them "clean out" for a few days and then cook them up and they weren't terrible that way.
However, trying to cook them straight out of muddy water is a bad idea.
However, trying to cook them straight out of muddy water is a bad idea.
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Are you talking about a mudcat? Hell no.
Yellow cat - hell yes.
Yellow cat - hell yes.
Yellow bullhead are one of about three species of bullhead catfish Texans generally refer to as mudcats. Sooo he's talking about mudcats.
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If you are eating anything out of the Brazos or body of water fed from it, I don't think there is a whole lot of room to be picky about the fish.
I've never had a catfish from it that didn't taste like dead bear ass. I'd throw it all back and enjoy the trip.
I've never had a catfish from it that didn't taste like dead bear ass. I'd throw it all back and enjoy the trip.
You eat a lot of dead bear ass?????BrazosDog02 said:
If you are eating anything out of the Brazos or body of water fed from it, I don't think there is a whole lot of room to be picky about the fish.
I've never had a catfish from it that didn't taste like dead bear ass. I'd throw it all back and enjoy the trip.
We used to eat yellow bellied catfish (I guess they're mud cats) taken from creeks around Brenham all the time when I was a kid. I don't remember them being bad at all, but then again who knows. I say try 'em.
I ate a few mudcats (we called them chugheads) and never thought they were worth eating.
Damn y'all are some picky eaters.
We called em flatheads
I didn't mind eating them
I didn't mind eating them
Flathead catfish is another name for yellowcats.
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I don't care what water it came from, remove all the fat and red from any catfish filet and it will taste just fine. Most nasty tasting fish, regardless of species, is a result of the guy behind the knife not trimming it. Some species it's less important and that's why they get such a high reputation as being better (crappie, snapper, etc). Get in the habit of doing it on all fish, and you're always good.
I always soak in buttermilk but never that kind of fish
Martin Cash said:You eat a lot of dead bear ass?????BrazosDog02 said:
If you are eating anything out of the Brazos or body of water fed from it, I don't think there is a whole lot of room to be picky about the fish.
I've never had a catfish from it that didn't taste like dead bear ass. I'd throw it all back and enjoy the trip.
Well played...well played, indeed.
FAT SEXY said:I take it you have ate your fair share of bullheads?ursusguy said:
Damn y'all ate some picky eaters.
He eats everything. And probably can tell you what dead bear ass, from the above post, tastes like.
If you mean dead bear hindquarter or roast, yes.
Neither one of my granddads were particularly picky about cooking up pretty much any legal fish.
Considering my favorite fish ever was a gar out of a Rio Grande irrigation ditch near Granjeno, I may not be the best judge on this matter.
Neither one of my granddads were particularly picky about cooking up pretty much any legal fish.
Considering my favorite fish ever was a gar out of a Rio Grande irrigation ditch near Granjeno, I may not be the best judge on this matter.
I'm with you on gar... they taste great probably my favorite freshwater fish. But I think cobia is the best Texas fish I've ever had and golden tilefish overall or maybe fresh caught yellowfin tuna steak, but tuna steak is kind of its own thing.
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Ain't nothing wrong with catan, vato!
As posted above, removing the blood line makes a huge difference in the flavor of the fish.
As posted above, removing the blood line makes a huge difference in the flavor of the fish.
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Soak in Tabasco for a few hours, batter, dip, fry, enjoy. You don't taste the Tabasco
The stock tank at my house became overloaded with mudcats,,,we caught over a 100 one year, kept many of the larger ones. Tasted delish cooked up like any other catfish. Pond water quality was typical semi-murky, not real muddy.
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Bleed them for 3 hrs, filet and be sure to remove all the colored meat. Soak on ice for 6 days in a brine of sea salt and baking soda. Then soak them in milk and Cholula for a day or two. Wrap the filets in bacon, put in the fridge a day or two before cooking. The day of the fry, get them out of the fridge and carry them straight to the trash. Go to H-E-B and spend a few bucks on a real fish.
So you saying you've never had bear chitlins?ursusguy said:
If you mean dead bear hindquarter or roast, yes.
Can't say that I have.
I will say my favorite bbq place has some amazing chitterlings on Sundays.
I will say my favorite bbq place has some amazing chitterlings on Sundays.
Mud cats are murdered on site where I'm from. Horrible.
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They were fine where I grew up - clear water, gravel/rock bottom. The 6 inchers were good yellow cat bait on drop hooks.
I've eaten bushels of them. Wish I had some fried up right now.
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To be fair you can't really eat too many live Bear asses
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