When I moved to Utah, I had never caught a trout in my life. Took up fly fishing and caught a lot of them. When you say "fish" to a native Utahn, it only means one thing: trout, and usually stocked rainbows. I now know why many anglers consider trout to be catch and release only. They're tasteless, flaccid, and off-putting in color. From some of our lakes that have snails, trout meat is actually gray. I now consider trout to be trash fish.
I recently gave away all my fly fishing gear, and I wouldn't accept a "slimer" for the table if offered one. Fortunately, we have perch, crappie, walleye, stripers, wipers, white bass, large and smallmouth bass, bluegills, catfish, and more. ANY of those beat trout by a mile on the table. We have lakes where there are so many walleye, stripers, and smallmouth bass that you are encouraged to catch and kill all you can.
