1). Caught 3 trolling a pet-spoon / hellbender combo (a first for me) on Sunday, and one of them that I filleted had meat that was bright yellow on the sides and kind of had a weird smell. What is that about? Anybody ever experienced this? Should I throw it out?

2). I kind of have the catfish itch now, anyone have any basic tips for targeting blue and/channel cats in Lake Lewisville? Live shad, dead shad? Chicken liver or stinkbait? Drifting in open water near humps/ledges, or anchoring near timber or creek channels? I kind of want to drop some live shad down and target both Hybrids and cats. Is there a rule of thumb on depth and depth of presentation?

Thanks!

The bright yellow meat is usually a channelcat.
Cats are pretty scattered but find the sandies and drift thru them. All the fish are following shad.

^ Mr. Lake Lewisville just answered your question!

For this time of year, I would find a hump with fish on it. Go upwind about 50 yards, get bait in the water and drift over it. Bait was fresh cut shad. Repeat until I got no more bites, then move on to the next one.

So the yellow meat is cool? I've had several on Lavon the same way, ate em anyway but didn't know if i'd be radioactive or something now

All channelcat have yellow meat. You can pick out a channelcat fillet in a bucket of bluecat fillets

Awesome, thank you for answering all my questions. Can't wait to get back out there.

So try to set the depth of your bait a few feet off the bottom or also at the depth you are marking? Obvious question I guess... thx again!