I am pretty sure I read that Lake Texoma BC utilize mussels as forage as anglers noted their stomachs rattled when caught full of shells. Hopefully one of our TX brothers can confirm or clarify.

Here's one perspective:

http://www.in-fisherman.com/catfish/blue-catfish/blue-catfish-baitfish-and-mussels/

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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