Hello, new to the forum

[cpierce]

I bleed out and ice any fish that I am going to eat.

On catfish first cut the spines off with a pair of wire cutters. It saves wear and tear on me. Bleed them, Then fillet and skin them.

Also as was mentioned before, remove any of the darker colored flesh.

TubeDude from Utah is one of BFT's resident specialist on catfish. Take a look at the pfds he posted in this forum post. Also if you have a smoker, search for his "smokin catfish" pfd.

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