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Originally posted by Tom Bingham:
My pond is really doing great. I am now fighting a water milfoil problem, but I am getting it under control. The problem is I kept two 2lb channel cats to eat. They taste just like the milfoil smells. A bitter, musty smell. Is there anything I can do to improve the taste? I need to start to harvest some of these fish, but can't really eat them like this. Will the taste go away when the weed is gone? Thanks, Tom
What you are detecting is know as "off flavor" by the catfish industry, and one way to get rid of it is by "purging." Here's a link on the subject. Not sure the milfoil has anything to do with it. Most likely caused by bluegreen algae.

http://govdocs.aquake.org/cgi/reprint/2003/627/6270040.pdf#search=%22Purging%20catfish%20%22

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.