Pulled a bunch of cats out of Calaveras last week and some of the filets were yellow in color. Is this normal? I bagged them seperatly to make sure, I knew someone on here could learn me something about them catfish. I thought it might have something to do with spawning or sex of the cat? Anyone know? Thanks

I've seen the edges yellow and figured it was just fat. Not sure what it would be with the whole fillet yellow.

they are fine, if ya don't want them, send 'em to me!! LOL!! Naw, really, they are okay to eat!!

I was thinking that is was fat too and they just as good as the rest of the fish!

most all channelcat up this way have a lot of yellow tint to the fillets.

I see it every time I clean channel catfish.

yeah, its normal

or you can just blame in on coming from calaveras

The channels I've cleaned in the past had a yellowish tint to them as well. Didn't hurt the taste at all.

yep channels have yellow meat blues white

i've seen them like that too, almost orange out of monticello power plant lake...tasted alright tho

Dont eat them they are toxic send them to me....I will test them in my frying pan!

LOL! Thanks! Yeah I wasnt sure since I mostly fish Buchanan/Travis and clean blues all the time. I was thinkin in the back of my mind... Calaveras? PowerPlant? .... nah... Didnt want to offend any of our local SA fishers.. But anyways they will be sure to meet hot oil this week! Thanks again.

Yep, just cleaned one yesterday like that.

It's channel cat & it's fine. Enjoy

The meat is OK.

Not all channels will have that yellow tint/coloration in the meat, but some do and it will depend upon what they've been eating. The ones with a whiter flesh will taste different than the ones with the yellow tint to them.

Those that have the yellow tint that I catch, goes in my compost pile or around my planted vegetables in the garden.

Soak them in salt water with a little lemon juice overnight in the fridge. It will bleach the meat. This method works on any fish. Also the fillet will be better if you cut the dark parts out. The yellow tinted part is fine.