Tens of millions of fish from the Great Lakes are caught and kept every year by recreational anglers, and it’s common knowledge the vast majority of them meet the same culinary fate: filets coated in some type of breading or dipped in batter, and then fried in oil.
Walleye and yellow perch are the two species who suffer this fate the most.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/09/regionwide-local-fish-game-recipes/