On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 14:45:08 -0500, Hank Rogers >
wrote:

>Druce wrote:
>> On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 10:19:35 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 12:55:55 PM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>> On 9/8/2018 12:08 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>> On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 11:11:53 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have had catfish three or four times. That was enough for me. I have
>>>>>> eaten Monkfish once. Monkfish is much better than catfish.
>>>>>
>>>>> Agreed. Catfish tastes like mud to me. Monkfish is good, although I've
>>>>> found it tricky to cook.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>
>>>> I don't understand the whole "muddy" thing when it comes to catfish. I
>>>> don't get it straight out of the Mississippi River.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> I never have either. Farmed catfish only.
>>>
>>> All freshwater fish tastes a little muddy to me. Catfish is the worst.
>>
>> I've had catfish that I caught myself from the creek behind us. It had
>> a very clean taste, not muddy at all. Maybe because the creek's
>> flowing?
>>
>
>Possibly. But I suspect this phenomenon is also similar to the cilantro
>"soap" taste. Humans are not exactly the same, and this is true of their
>sense of taste, as you know.
>
>I have had pond caught catfish (brought to me by some neighboring
>teenagers) which were excellent, and the equal of any commercial farm
>raised I have ever eaten.
>
>I sometimes wonder if pollutants could also be a factor.

Maybe. Self caught fish isn't checked or regulated the same way as
commercial fish, of course.

I've had self caught eel that was very muddy, so I'm able to taste mud