Just my personal opinion, of course, but in order of preference ...
1st Flathead
2nd Channel
3rd Blue
4th Bullhead
Flathead is almost sweet to taste and very flakey
I know too, when my dad and brother were alive and selling fish, if they had flathead, it was gone in a heartbeat.
As Matt stated earlier, they're hard to come by as they don't travel on schools, very solitary fish. They're nomadic, always moving and searching for the next meal. When you catch one, it's usually a beast, but then you only need one to fill a freezer. We've caught some smaller 5-10# fish, but its those behemoths that everyone remembers. My personal best is 45#, I think my brother boated an 85# from a hoop net.
.10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!
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