I encountered a group of Eye snobs in Ely a few years back who told me I was lower than a swamp creature for eating bass.  Had never heard that before.  I guess there was some concern about the fact that bass like to eat crawdads that was particularly repulsive to these gentlemen.

Setting the Northerns aside, we choose table fare based on availability and size as much as anything.

Often times the lakers are too big, but they eat good.  Any of the big three (again, not the N Pike, imho) in the 17 to 18 in is going to taste good if cooked well.

On the other hand, we eat n. pike only if necessary, and if someone volunteers to hone their fish cleaning skills.

*** This poll has now closed *** Alrighty then but that was like 75 views and 1 vote ago. 

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

I agree but they still taste good!
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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.

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.