Guys, I am not an avid catman but do have pretty good knowledge in the whisker fish. I am from se oklahoma with real clear water. I have been stationed here in abilene for 8 years and all the cats I catch here have yellow in the meat.... I assume its fat? Is it the stained water? What's the deal with the yellow?

Yellow in channels is normal. Blues and flats should have white meat.

trim out the yellow for a better quality of taste for sure on the channel cat

Years ago an ole timer taught me to cut a channel cat under there lower jaw and let them bleed out before cleaning them. That will take out most of the yellow.

THANKS NEver, HEARD OF THAT learn something new every day.I've done flatheads but not channel will try next time.I just cut it out with all the red meat to.

Try um ya mite like um, ya cut the yellow out aint gonna have much left more yellow than white in channels. I like channels alot better than blues

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Yellow don't hurt in channels. It cooks up white just the same. Any fish will be muddy tasting when the lake is turning over. You want yellow meat get you a stringer of mudcats. Even that meat will cook up white.

Copy that, thanks guy