Yeah, I caught this one suspended on a shad. It was a nice local core of engineers lake that's pretty nice and natural(lavon). Are ujust frying them? Everything tastes better fried. As far as bleeding them, that's tough on the boat and if you have a close one that the game warden might check. I won't give up on them quite yet but I need a recipe. Maybe soaking in the salt water would make a difference. Do you ever grill them catmando? Or anyone else? I love blackened catfish poboys but again, that's alot of seasoning. I'm just wondering if their popularity is linked to being fried or blackened. If there is a good way to grill them then I would. They have a good amounbt of meat per fish as well and I bet people like that aspect.