old dog

CAPTAIN HOOKYou guys remember the nitro crawlers ? They were glo green color. Never seen that big of a difference in catches . Rich , Rock Bass are very good eating providing you get the bigger ones with meat on them. Erie had the biggest I've ever seen ,caught, and ate! Actually I've had Bass that wasn't bad , buddy at work brought in a bunch of smaller ones years ago. He said if you keep the small ones they aren't strong..... he had my vote that day . 

years ago i would catch some nice rock bass over at berlin but always threw them back.  about four years ago we got into some schooling lmb at mosquito and my buddy kept four about 17''.   he loves to cook and he and his sons made them disappear in the blink of an eye.  he said they were excellent.   btdt, i belonged to a club close to the pa. border and we religiously fished it all friday night when we were young and single.  we caught hundreds of really nice sized channel cats but i never suffered one on the table.  my fishing partner would keep a bunch every trip.  someday, maybe. on my plate, i first would choose perch, then walleyes and then gills.  crappies are okay but not as good as bluegills, imo.  then again, i don't deep fry fish these days.  it is lightly breaded and pan fried in olive oil or more often, baked in the oven.