Excellent eating. We have all species in SC and we eat them all. Large ones are good also but all the red meat on the sides and the silver lining on the blues' and channels' belly cavity must be cut out or it will be STRONG. Just make the big pieces into little ones, about the size of your thumb, hence catfish fingers. Early spring cooler water cats are better than later when they have more fat in them. Catch em and eat em!