I also prefer whole fried catfish over fillets.
@Retired_Engineer: I am not a seafood person, but I do like a good whole fried catfish, fillets, not so much. Fillets seem to taste fishier to me. I wish there was some where around here that served whole catfish.
I wanted to try the boneless dark meat. Not saying I wouldn't go back to bone in, except I could stand to lose the extra calories. At home I usually buy the skinless boneless theighs and make "stuff" with them. We don't ever fry at home other then occasional pan fry. 4951