Bruce wrote:
>
> One of the cleanest tasting fish I've ever had was a catfish that I
> caught in our own creek.

I've heard that it's good fried but I've never tried it. As a
kid, I used to catch catfish often but I never ate them. I lived
in tidal Potomac River area for a few years, only about 5 miles
down river from Washington, DC and that water was super polluted.

I paddled my surfboard in that one day and when I came home, my
mom freaked out and wanted to take me to the doctor for shots.
hehehe I did get a splash of the water in my mouth and best
description is that it tasted like a combination of sewage and
gasoline.

We loved to fish there as kids but it was 'catch & release' only.
That far from the ocean, way upriver, it was mostly fresh water.
Available fish there were perch, catfish, large carp and eels.
You don't dare eat any though...toxic fish for sure.

It was a sad situation too... clean fresh water, flowing downhill
Potomac River flowed into Washington DC but then when it came out
on the other side, only a few miles, it was polluted as hell.