To me...black crappie, white crappie, GSF, BG, RES are excellent eating...but I always have to clean a lot of fish. I stocked some catfish so I can fish all day sampling my pond, and keep the occasional CC's in the ice chest for dinner.
When "the guys" are all out fishing and hunting together, it's always a special occasion...we generally drink and brag about how big the fish was...not how it tastes
My personal taste chart goes Crappie first, and Crappie second...all the rest tie for third. I stocked twice as many crappie as CC
