Before spending a ton of cash. Buy a 20 to 40 dollar 8ft flyrod. A 20 dollar mini oven bake real. Line with 4 to 6 lb test and have a blast. Every fish feels big on a limber flyrod. That is the set up I have used for yrs.

They are all eatable and can be quite delicious depending on who's cooking and how much they know about preparing different types of fish. Cleaning your fish right is a big issue. When I clean catfish I remove the vein in the middle of each filet. Then after I skin the filet I filet the radish gray meat off the outside of the filet. This is where the oil is and removing it will make your fish taste way better. Do the same with salmon. I even cut the v of gray or reddish meat out of the center of each filet. Learn which spices and seasonings work best with each species. Look up recipes on line and try what sounds good. Enjoy😋

In Canada fishing for walleye we used 3 &4 oz. Weights on a 3 way swivel to get deep. Run 3 for line off swivel to weight. Run 4 foot line from swivel to your spinner. We used perch shad wraps and blue sparkle tails which are floaters. Should work with spinners also. I suggest Lighter spinners so they dont settle down to the bottom if slow trolling. The weight disturbs the bottom and attracts fish to your bait above it. Good luck

I have frozen fresh caught lake mi. smelt before in meal size packages and cleaned them as we were ready to cook and eat. They were the freshest tasting smelt we ever ate. Have not tried it with other fish.

Now that's lunch. Wow!!!

They don't grow them like that in my part of michigan. Maybe not anywhere in mi. Back in the 60s my dad caught an 18 incher in a small lake but 14 is the biggest I've seen here in 50 plus yrs.

I had a jet ski fly past us fri within 40feet of my boat on an inland lake. I was tempted to introduce him to my beetle spin. It took restraint on my part.😡