Heh, I won’t disagree much on Lake Trout! When I was a teen and my maternal Grandpa’s legs were getting to where he couldn’t hike far, etc., instead of a fishing trip nearly to Hudson Bay, we (myself, my next oldest brother, my Dad, and Grandpa), took a trip by car all the way around Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, staying as close to the shorelines as practical, except for jogs to other “sights”, a couple of the campgrounds on smaller lakes, etc. It took us about a week. We’d stop at these little fish markets, some barely more than shacks. I don’t recall eating salmon, but DO remember lake trout, smoked and not, walleye...
I’m just “ok” on salmon served in fillets, but my wife makes a couple different “Filipino” fish soups substituting salmon, and it works very well there. Mmmm...
We did the charter trips out of Grand Haven. Yes up north is great for fish. In Leland we always went to Carlsons the market there known for its smoked whitefish and salmon. We took a trip to the UP once and driving in the middle of nowhere we saw a sign on a fence post with the name of the farm and an arrow, under which it said “quiescently smoked whitefish”.Of course we had to go. Beautiful old farmhouse with a closed in large front porch converted into a real store, cold cases for the fish. It was awesome.