Hardhead catfish, LSU says they are good to eat but would you?

Has to be a joke or mistake.

Wait a minute...I've never actually tried them.

I saw that on there. I wouldn't mess with them. Bayou, sounds like you would eat anything.

I like what they have under Bonefish:

"Food Quality: None, although they are eaten in some countries. They are very boney."

You don't say!

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Bayou, sounds like you would eat anything

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Ironic considering your avatar

Did you see the porch squirrel hunt?

yeah, it was funny for about 5 seconds.

I fileted a hardhead once out of curiosity and the meat looks okay but there's not much of it. Those sumbiches are all head! It's not worth the risk of getting poked or clean-up of coolers to deal with them.

"gafftops have to be the nastiest fish in the water. Can never get the slime off the line when you catch one."

you dont eat the slime.....

they arent bad.
there really shouldnt be fish snobs in Louisiana, but we have more than our share.

if you know how to clean fish and you can cook worth a damn then you should eat just about any damn thing.

It shouldnt be specks or bust, but I'll be happy to take what some of have too much "pride" to keep!

i hear ya...not a big deal.

I eat fish a few times a week, so the supply stays up with all sorts of species.
I live on a fresh water lake and I fish saltwater more than that, so I tend to have a variety on hand.

I filet catfish just like i would any other fish, so its not anymore difficult than any other species to clean. At least I dont think so.

now Sheephead...different story, but i swear that's in my top 3 meat fish. Absolutely delicious, but that rib cage takes practice.

If you can catch some hardheads on the way offshore, snip off the fins, toss them freeline at any lemonfish you see, lemonfish love them.