Best Eating fresh water fish.
J in Cleveland wrote:
Figured I’d share a couple of the stories I found interesting and had saved. This one should start some controversy.😂 I know many stagers would never eat the last one. Do you guys agree with the ranking? I’m a Yellow Perch #1 then walleye…. I Don’t want to ruin the article.
What’s your top 5?
https://apple.news/A3zRapvkhR_mRFyZjluLqIgBluegill, crappie and northern Pike.
W-D45
Loc: North Central WI
A lot depends on the water they came out of. I've had LMBs that were really muddy or grassy tasting but the bass in the lake I've been fishing the last few years are outstanding. A guide I talk with says "that people only eat bass because they can't catch walleyes" Ha!
Walleye
Crappie
Bass from "my" lake
Blue Gills
Yellow Perch
Cats
I kinda put all the trouts and salmons in a different category
Sinker Rig wrote:
Yo muddler, is rock bass the same as goggle eye?
Yes unless they are Roanoke Bass.
Jim Kay wrote:
Yes unless they are Roanoke Bass.
Warmouth are also called Goggleye.
1 Walleye
2 Crappie
3 Yellow Peech
4 White Perch
5 Bluegill
There are so many good ones it’s very hard to sort out which ones are best.
I'd reverse that order, and I know they are both members of the perch family. Both excellent eater hands down.
I grew up in the midwest, spend/spent a lot of time in Michigan & Great Lakes, and Canada, as well. There Seems to be a positive correlation of cold cleaner water, and tasty meat. At My cousins wedding in Michigan long ago, there was Walleye, Whitefish, & Yellow Perch...I had all three, and was surprised that the Yellow Perch was clearly my favorite, even with an ingrained bias against the notion of Yellow Perch being worthy..Lake Michigan Whitefish baked & planked on Cedar is absolutely amazing, and walleye are a gold standard of deliciousness...
My 5:
Yellow Perch
Lake Whitefish
Walleye
Wild Golden or Rainbow Trout
Channel Catfish*
Honorable Mentions:
Lake Trout & Smallmouth Bass
So hears the Asterisk:
I grew up in St Louis catching Primarily Cats, Largemouth & Panfish, in the Mississippi Missouri, and ponds and lakes, warm water almost always muddy. The only edible Catfish were Channels, and were not good, just edible...Flatheads & Blues were toxic...
Starting doing expeditions in northeastern Manitoba in 2012, Walleye, Northerns, and the oddity Channel Cats! on artificials (Was always taught and proven to me thats Cats & Carp would only bite Dead Bait & Stink Bait)
Moral of the Story: The Canadian Channels were a close second to the Walleye in tasty sweet flakey white meat, indicating environment is important as well as genetics
Peace Out-
H
I agree. Those are my choices also.
J in Cleveland wrote:
Figured I’d share a couple of the stories I found interesting and had saved. This one should start some controversy.😂 I know many stagers would never eat the last one. Do you guys agree with the ranking? I’m a Yellow Perch #1 then walleye…. I Don’t want to ruin the article.
What’s your top 5?
https://apple.news/A3zRapvkhR_mRFyZjluLqIgPerch walleye sauger salmon crappie
Yellow perch
White perch
Bluegill
Crappie
Walleye
Northern pike
They are all so good it’s very hard to say which one is my favorite. Oys usually the one I’m eating at the time.
I grew up in Minnesota so I was spoiled on walleye. My dad took us to Leech Lake and I was hooked. There are times I have been called a walleye snob because I won't eat catfish, pike, bass or burbot.
As I got older I did try other fish and found them to be delicious if caught in the right season. Also how they are prepared.
I still primarily fish for walleye, pike and perch. Now I will try other fish crappie and sunfish.
Keep fishing
Bob
Paddyj
Loc: S E Michigan Lake Erie
The key here ls "cooked right", perch, sunfish, and crappies are great
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