Ya they’re edible, but cannot hold a candle to a Walleye.
European carp have been here awhile but haven’t overwhelmed the native species.
But, there’s very little I can do about any of it. Smoked and pressure-cooked, carp can be quite tasty.
IMHO, nothing beats walleye. Crappie are close, but you can’t get a 1” thick fillet off one...
one inch fillets off a crappie, we used to come close, we used to get some nice slabs but I doubt there are many 1 1/2 to 2 pound crappies around these days. takes a lot of feed to get that big. I actually liked panfish the best, walleye was always at the top of the menu too, if ya could catch the dang things.