Engineering on reels have gone up exponentially as have cars/trucks. Baitcasters for example like Ben stated are state of the art. Shimano’s have DC reels with built in mini computers that track the speed and line size to prevent birds nest. Do you need them no but if your fishing in tournaments as I do playing with a birds nest isn’t very conducive to winning. Trucks years ago could be bought for a song and a dance. Heck now you can spend 60K to 80K. Rods have come so far over the years that there’s no comparison to the older models. Engineering cost $$$$$$

This is a question with no incorrect answer. It is based on how fresh or well stored it is, how it was raised, how it is cooked, how long it is cooked, how many different fish the eater has been exposed to, and mostly what pleases an individual pallet the most. Personally I find halibut near the bottom of the saltwater list as it has little fish taste. It is a great chowder fish as it picks up the flavors in the chowder and is very firm. My preference is very rare surface sheered yellowfin tuna then mihi mihi. Favorite cold water fish is ling cod. My favorite freshwater fish is yellow perch, but that might be because I have never had Walleye. I love cat fish, but that is like comparing apples to oranges. Salmon is great if wild and not over cooked. Over cooked salmon is barely eatable. We have had several guests at the lodge that preferred farm salmon to fresh salmon. Go figure. Just eat and enjoy what you can get. If any fish is not great then change how you fix it or just fry the roe.

Yes Spirit, I do eat them. And yes there really good. Tender and taste alot like pork.
And for the anti hunters and anti fishing people on here. Lion hunt areas are tightly controlled. Some of you think that a good balance in nature is one lion for every deer and elk, one wolf for every deer and elk.and one grizzly for every deer and elk.some people aren't smart enough to understand CONSERVATION keeping balance. A cat the size of the one in that picture will kill and eat what ever he wants a couple times a week. So, if you have 100 elk, 100 deer 100 lions and 100 wolves and 100 grizzlies. In simple math terms if all the preditors kill once a week each. 100 of them go hungry. You might think that there is a grocery store full of meat in Yellowstone Park that all the preditors go to to get food like we do but there's not. And this might shock you to. The meat department in the store. ALL that meat at one time used to wonder around the hills and on a ranch and eat grass. 😳 And someone made a nice clean shot right in its brain and killed it,cleaned it cut it up so you could eat it. Yep, all that meat in the store where no animals were harmed. Got killed somewhere. So remember while your eating your salad, carnivores eat vegitarians !!!