On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:50:54 -0800, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
>> In article .net>,
>> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>>
>>> Hmmmm. I love catfish, and I've never noticed a "muddy taste". I've
>>> never had home-caught catfish though...just store-bought; I wonder if
>>> that's the difference.
>>
>> Maybe. I've caught catfish from the same lake that tasted different that
>> way. There were three species in the lakes I used to fish. White,
>> channel and yellow bullhead (mudcat). My wife swears they all tasted
>> muddy, but I think they all tasted like catfish. I quit fishing for them
>> thirty years ago. I like them but she doesn't. Game over.
>
>I remember my dad talking about catching bullheads; when I was wee (up to
>four years old, in this case) he and my granddad fished together from time
>to time. I didn't know that "bullhead" was another name of or kind of
>catfish.

Yep & usually smaller.You either love them or hate them. Occasionally
the local store here sells them but I don't from what source. They
don't sell well as you can drive to the wide spot in river we call a
lake (Laq Oui Parle) & catch all you want (or don't want). Around here
their looked upon as a rough fish in the same vein as a carp.