What is wrong with eating smallmouth? There is plenty of them and they taste good.

I am an exclusive smallmouth fisherman when it comes to fishing for bass. They are my favorite type of fish to catch. That being said, I have kept several to eat. Depends on what mood I am in. Sometimes I am in sportfish mode and I catch and release. Sometimes I take live bait and take home and clean every fish I catch, including small mouth. I have never kept a smallmouth that weighed over 2 pounds. I usually let the bigger ones go.

I fish mainly in the Tennessee River, Elk river, and creeks all through North AL and Southern TN. I catch more brown ones than green ones.