I don't know if they taste good either, I always catch and release. I highly doubt they tast good though.

I've wrote the DNR about the limits of 5 Smallmouth bass after the spawn. I think that it's a joke and absurd. When the Walleye fishing is slow, the charters go after the Smallies using a crawdad and a hook and anyone without any skill whatsoever can catch the crap out of them.

Then they actually clean them and eat them. Not to even mention the guys that aren't even on a charter that keep them because they can't catch Walleyes.

It's a sportfish. I've talked to some charters that don't even advertise the Smallmouth anymore because of the invansive Goby dining on their eggs during the spawn. I wish there were more like that.

I've heard rumors that the DNR may be changing it to keep one trophy fish instead of 5. Hopefully that will go into effect sooner rather than later.