In the bluegill, red-eared, goggle-eyed group, is there any difference

My pops always claimed the chinquapin to be the best eating of the breams. I can't tell much of a difference myself.

There all delicious.

Goggle eye can get mushy. I no longer keep, but would if I needed fish that day and I was not going to ice them.

Personally I'd love to see people do a blind taste test and see if they can tell any difference at all. Take a fillet of 5-6 species of bream, sacaulait and bass and cut them into equal sized pieces. Have someone eat a couple pieces of each species and see what they think.

My money is on no one would do any better than a random guess. Maybe I'm taste blind though.

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My money is on no one would do any better than a random guess.

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This.

All are excellent.

All taste great, nothing beats fried squirrel though, for another thread, on another day.

My family has never been a fan of goggle eye. I was taught at a young age to throw them back. And I still do it as an adult.

The only ones i dont keep are what i call sunperch. They are usually smaller and have those sharp teeth. I throw them on the bank.

Goggle eye are delicious. You people are cray

I like crappie and bream the best and I only keep bream big enough to fillet. I love a piece of bream fillet.