Always heard that medium size smallmouth bass were the best eating, better than lunker largemouths.
But nothin’ beats a mess of crappies. That’s why they’re called `panfish’. Your best fish camps serve those.
Thanks! It’s been since I was a kid, but I’ve gotten back into a little bit of fishing recently...caught some brook and rainbow trout, but that takes some travel to get to where they are found :-)