They bite aggresively and disperse thoughout the water more than a plain ol crappie. I caught these ripping a spinnerbait thru the shallows in the backs of coves and also did well walkin the dog with a Spook. Our governing state fisheries agency, Virginia Dept of Game & Inland Fisheries, certainly knew what they were doing when this project was undertaken. My hats off to the wildlife biologists & geneticists who all worked on this. They have neither the teeth or the ton of wishbones found in the pickeral, yet as in both fish, the meat is firm, white, & flaky when cooked. An added plus is fillets up to 2 ft long.