LM, Spots, and even smallmouth, they all taste good.

The fact is that what we call bass are really from the Pan fish family and are cousins of the breem (bluegill).

I have no problems with those that hunt deer for the meat, turkey for the meat, and I don't hold anything against those that fish for the meat.

Now I'll admit, my wife won't let me keep fish to eat. She says if I want to eat fish, she will either go get me some from Long John Silvers or some fresh fish from the market. In any case she figures it is best to eat some that are already dead.

Growing up, we always ate the fish. Stay within the limit laws, and I have no problems.

My sister, just like me, grew up eating fresh fish that we caught. My brother-in-law kept asking me if I would let him keep some fish for them to have a fish fry. We had a decent day of fishing. He went home with a nice catfish, a drum, a couple of crappie, and one 15.5 inch bass. I got home from the lake, and it is important to know that my brother-in-law left the lake in his own truck at the lake, and my wife had no way of knowing he kept those fish. Yet as soon as she saw me walking down the driveway she said, "you let Jerry keep those fish, didn't you?"

I now release all fish... my sister just gets no more fresh fish fries from me.

LOL

Danny