Gnawbone Jack wrote on Aug 24^th, 2012 at 2:21pm:


Oh my Gosh.......I thought I was the only one with a "Smallmouth twitch". I have been to the eye doctor twice and each time he tells me to stop fishing for smallmouths. We'll see what the new doc says

I'll clean and eat Smallies, but prefer Pike or Walleye (and in that order). I am such a compulsive Smallmouth fisherman that over the years I have developed a chronic Smallmouth "twitch" in my retrieve 

I'm wondering how an honest taste test could be accomplished. Full fillets would be a dead giveaway and therefore prone to a (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links).   Then again, even if you chunk 'em up into bite size pieces there is that telltale textural difference.

One year a friend's wife commented on our apparent disappointment upon catching Northerns when fishing for Walleyes. Her take on it was quite logical. If you don't like catching Northerns, why not eat them and throw the Walleyes back?

Said lake is full of Bass 25 years later.

PJ
I did the same test several years ago with a crew of adults and kids.  It was early in the year and the water was cold. I had walleye, bass and northern. The northern was a couple of small ones and northern out of cold water taste better. All species did about the same.

I have one last trip at the end of august. I'm going to carve up a bass and a walleye and we will have a taste test with my kids.  Then we'll close the poll.

Jon wrote on Aug 12^th, 2012 at 12:57am:

Ya know, now that I think about it, I believe I'd prefer a BW/Q bass to a local walleye. Northerns taste way different 'round here than up there too. Best fish I ever had was a monster Quetico Bluegill. It's the only one I ever caught up there and was big enough to make cleaning one worthwhile. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

This poll was "Showcased" long enough I'll bet. It's still open until the originator decides to close it.

I forget how all this works but I think that's right.

With fish you are not talking continents, but watersheds.  Quetico has two watersheds.  One is Hudson Bay (Arctic Ocean) and the other is Lake Superior.  My understanding is that bass are native to the Lake Superior watershed, but not the Arctic watershed.

Which species were present in the Quetico during the last Ice Age? Whichever ones were there then are the only native species. Which term applies to "introduced by humans into ecological zones they would otherwise not be present"? Just looking for a little clarity on this whole invasive/non-native issue. I think moving species to a different continent is categorically different from moving fish over a couple of lakes. Smallmouth from Quetico lakes are tasty! Don't you aspire to tell your special someone "I caught you a delicious Bass!" Or are we just a bunch of old farts here.
Jon

PhantomJug wrote on Aug 11^th, 2012 at 12:26am:

I agree but they still taste good!
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