You must have a very big issue with taste Addie if the fish tasted like gasoline? Or the fish was actually soaked in gasoline!
Have you ever tasted gasoline to know how it should taste?
LOL.
Catfish to me is less fishy tasting than many other fishes. Its pure white and its flavor is very mild.
I also do not like cornmeal coatings. But I do like House Autry™ seafood breader mix. I think its fine white corn meal and flour at 50% each, with seasoning. Pretty good for store bought.
Has catfish always tasted like gas, or was it just this one time?