Favorite Species Besides Bass

[FirstnameLastname]

I like chain pickeral, by the way rock bass doesn't count as bass. There more like panfish.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Hardhead

[Jar11591]

There's nothing like a big northern pike thrashing at the end of your line. Just seeing them in the water gives me a huge adrenaline rush, and a chill down my spine.

[gulfcaptain]

Gonna have to say just for the pure fun in catching, Jack Crevalle's. They are just mean, explode on topwater lures like no other, and will fight as hard as they can all the way.  

[flyfisher]

I like chain pickerel as well but i love fishing for big brown trout in spring creeks and native brookies in tiny mountain streams....if i didn't move to an area where i had to drive 2 hours for browns and brookies i probably wouldn't have even gotten back into bass fishing

[Catch and Grease]

If were talking only freshwater I like catching chain pickerel, but I've never fished for pike or muskie sadly

[Capt.Bob]

My absolute favorite fish to pursue is hands down Walleye, my favorite fish to catch is Smallmouth, and my favorite for the table is Yellow Perch. This might be different if I didn't live where I do as flyfisher stated in his post but thank God I have plenty of Walleye and Smallmouth around. I fish for a lot of different species and love catching them all, but these are my main targets. There is nothing like ambushing 30+ lbs King Salmon in a shallow stream littered with timber and rock, but way more work out than this old man can handle day after day, but it sure is fun for 2 or 3 trips each fall.  

[MIbassin]

Barracuda or Jacks, especially while flats fishing

[SirSnookalot]

Hard to say what my favorite is, so many of them down here I enjoy catching.  Inshore and near shore snook are my favorite, for hard fighting fish permit followed real close by jack crevalles and tarpon.  For a pure bone jarring strike barracuda caught on a surgical tube, seldom are they less than 38".  These are my everyday fish.

Offshore are amberjacks, dolphin and sailfish.  Any of the small tuna species, bonita, black fin and skip jacks.

[Bluebasser86]

I love chasing these guys when I have the time.

[crazyjoeclemens]

I'm gonna have to put my vote in for catfish. They're delicious!

[Dwight Hottle]

These guys are a lot of fun.

 

 

 

[Tim Kelly]

That thing is a lump Dwight! Wow. 

 

I'm surprised you northern guys don't enjoy drum more. I think they're tremendous fun to catch. 

[00 mod]

Very hard to narrow down......

 

Fresh -  Brown Trout

 

Salt- Anything with a bill

 

But in all actuality, if it pulls on the line, I wanna pull back!

 

Jeff

[F14A-B]

These guys are a lot of fun.

I don't know for sure, is that what is called a lake trout? Or ?

[Capt.Bob]

I don't know for sure, is that what is called a lake trout? Or ?

No that is called a HOG LAKER!!  That's very nice Dwight!

[Bluebasser86]

That thing is a lump Dwight! Wow. 

 

I'm surprised you northern guys don't enjoy drum more. I think they're tremendous fun to catch. 

Drum are fun to catch, but man they're disappointing when you're fishing for and hoping for something else. I sight fish for them occasionally with light spinning gear and live crawdads. As close as you can get to saltwater flats fishing in Kansas   A big drum is very wary but when you get one to crunch a craw they put up a heck of a fight. I've heard they're pretty good eating too. 

[Dwight Hottle]

That thing is a lump Dwight! Wow. 

 

I'm surprised you northern guys don't enjoy drum more. I think they're tremendous fun to catch. 

 

 

On lake erie the drum are called sheepshead & are considered a trash fish. They are always a disappointment when caught fishing for walleye or bass.  I have noticed that the Canadians think they are great fun & always take pictures of them. Especially in Ontario.

[Tim Kelly]

I know they're considered trash, but like bowfin, I think they're a blast to catch and am not disappointed when they put in an appearance. Variety is the spice of life.

[5dollarsplash]

Muskie when you finally get one on are a lot of fun, as are big pike.  The fact that you could be wounded (by the fish) while getting a hook out is a strange rush.

 

We had a day last year, labor day I think, that was saved by a bowfin.  Nothing decent all day and then BAM!  Tons of excitement, drag peeling out, death roll in the net.  If we'd been having a good day bass fishing I'd have called it a pest, but as we weren't, he was a hoot.

[Jon G]

Freshwater- Cutthroat trout

Saltwater- Thresher and Mako Sharks

 

My dad was a fly fishing guide in Colorado for a long time and I have gotten to do some fishing with him there and I absolutley love cutthroats they are absolutley beautiful fish. I've lived in SoCal the majority of my life and my dad and I also loved targeting giant fish so we did a lot of saltwater fishing for thresher and mako sharks. I cant think of a bigger thrill than having a #150+ Mako on the end of your line and seeing it jump 10 feet out of the water making your drag scream.

[SirSnookalot]

Give me a hard fighting so called trash fish over a not so hard fighting gamefish any time.  Since I don't keep much for the table, it's all about the fight.

Luckily I live within a few minutes where I have the potential to catch both hard fighting game and trash fish any day.

Moving from the north to a coastal region there are fish I have no interest in catching anymore, down here it's not about catching 50 1 pounders but catching 1 50 pounder, it don't happen every day........lol.

[Hyrule Bass]

gotta say i love catfishing...

[OntarioFishingGuy]

My favorite fish to catch is Steelhead, fly fishing. Even more than bass. I fish for them in creeks about 15 feet wide, where if you find the right pool, you will find a few 20 pounders. Biggest i have ever seen was probably 28 pounds. I thought it was a Chinook. Other than that, I love Browns, Rainbows, Muskies, and Carp. I know, Carp...

[Will Wetline]

 

steelhead!