Kingfisher wrote on May 1^st, 2011 at 11:50am:

I've eaten smallmouth bass occasionally and have considered it the fish of choice for Cache Lake fish chowder.

I'll have to give this a try KF. As I mentioned in another post, Cahce Lake chowder is a favorite of mine. I have only added walleye to date. I would expect NP would do just fine as well. I do agree they are an easy fillet as well, just not as easy as a walleye IMO. I did keep a few SM on a trip to the Western basin of Lake Erie and did not care for them at all when we ate them. On a previous trip to the Q we kept one for dinner becasue it was hooked deeply and I thought it was very tasty even though my expectations were low.

J