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It's an inland freshwater lake, not very large (like 80 acres big) but its the last stop in a very large watershed so there is decent flow through one portion of it. Simply put, max depth is like 13ft at the middle of the sandy "bowl" of the lake with it gradually going from 12ft-7ft where it starts turning into a very weedy area from 7ft to the shoreline.

My town was at one point super bad for the polution shit too. It was like 50+ yrs ago and we've apparently done a lot of remediation + I think I got lucky with my lake being kinda small so even back then they thought maybe we shouldnt dump the nastiest of our nasties at this one in particular. idk, government fish guide says for my lake 30 fish meals which appears to be like either 2 fillets of a smol fish or 1 of a pretty decent fish is appropriate. if my doctor ever says "you fucked up because you ate too much delicious fish you caught yourself now you are going to die" then I'll just fucking have to deal with it.

These are the fillets from another guy I got like 20 minutes ago. Firmness is as you'd expect for the species, not mushy. Little to no smell to the fillets themselves even when put right up against your nostrils. Color is consistently red on the outer flanks (apparently part of the fish glue that holds their skin on or something) and a paleish pink/cloudy white on the inside depending on how well I process them. They nearly all are infested by those lil yellow dots that are some sort of parasite that we don't have to worry about. I know the cysts disappear completely after cooking.

I have never experienced a "muddy" taste or I like the taste of mud? I find them very palatable while being easy and fun to catch.