I love to fish and my favorite species of eating fish is Walleye. Crappie and Perch are right up there as well.
For years I have always believed that Bass were not good for eating. In 2011 we went out to fish on lake Oahe in SD with a guide. We caught some nice walleye and some smallmouth. He convinced us to keep the smallmouth for table fare. With cautious optimism I fried some up (after frying some walleye first to be safe and compare. I tell you what it was pretty good. A bit different flavor almost like dark meat versus white meat chicken, but pretty good.
Recently I was out exploring the ice and trying to reduce the LMB population in our new to me lake. I ended up with a nice 14"er for my brief effort and decided rather than leave it for critter food I'd fillet it. I'm really glad I did as it's really quite good. I'd say it's a bit more of a firm texture like a perch and taste was quite good. No fishy or muddy taste. Not as good as walleye mind you, but rest assured I'll be eating more.
