My suggestion is, if you caught them.....get'em the heck outta there.

JMHO 

So how big befor they get to strong tasting?

Cut out the lateral line on any size catfish,soak in O.J., broil with butter and lemon pepper 6 min. ,flip, butter and a handful of italian bread crumbs, 7 min. Heat up some Alfreado sauce and linguine and pour over broiled catfish. Add steamed broccoli and you may never release another channel cat again....WF

that 10lber my girl caught was some of the best eating fish ive had, just make sure you cut all that red off the meat and u will b fine
not likely u will catch 20 lbers in pymie

i have been going fishing for cats down home and been pulling out some lunkers I dont know if theyd be any good to eat, the 4 we caught in a couple hours woulda fed an army

I dont know,people saying you would forget about walleye,just seems funny that you have to soak filets in OJ or something else cut out this and that,remove lateral lines,coat with butter then cover up with alfreado!!! I can eat walleye and perch just plain cooked in butter but sure sounds like alot of work to make a fish edible!!!!!! IMHO

ORIGINAL: ICE NUT

remove lateral lines,

 
most people remove lateral lines from filets to begin with.  If you haven't tried it before give it a shot.  On another note I did have catfish from Pymatuning a few times and it was good like others are mentioning....channel cats that is.

channel cats from pymi are good to eat.  i dont like to keep the ones that are over about 22 inches.  15 to 19 is great.  give them some beer batter and fry them bad boys up

Just a good recipe IceNut...WF

the ones in linesville are bread fed,so no bread crumbs required