Let It Be What Fish?

[Squirmin Wormin]

Now that we all love fishing and have set to catch them , we all catch more than one or maybe not but anyway let me put it short and simple ,how did you end up choosing the fish you now pursue as (the one ) and didn't target another species of fish as(the one ) instead ? like me don't know why but chosen bass instead of say pike,not that nothing wrong with that ,but what led us go for one certain fish? like i stated all fishings fun but why that one fish?and how did you decide your target fish as(the one )?

[OntarioFishingGuy]

I will fish for anything and everything that will bite an artificial. I mainly target steelhead when they are in the rivers, and this came about when I went with my dad, and we found an area no more than a foot deep with about 30 big steelhead in it, the biggest probably 25 lbs. we hooked many that day, but didn't land one. They would wrap us up in the trees and stumps, pull the hook, or break the line. That was when I realized how strong they actually were and how cool of a fish they were to pursue.

[Jar11591]

I chose bass because that is what I learned first as a kid, and I just stuck with it. I love catching pike too, but I have found that I catch plenty of those while just targeting bass.

[Catch and Grease]

I love bass fishing for the challenge.

[papajoe222]

I started out as a kid fishing for walley and crappie at my folk's summer cottage in Wisconsin.  The first fish I caught on an artificial was a smallmouth that coudn't have been much over a pound, but it fought like no other fish I'd ever had on.  I was hooked on artificials and bass.

[Scott F]

My dad took me on a smallmouth trip when I was a kid and that's all I've cared about ever since.  I like the way they fight, I like the waters they swim in, they will readily bite on artificials, and I can catch them close to home. I like pike but I have to travel too far to target them. Largemouth are fine, but I'm not crazy about fishing the weeds they like to call home. I'd rather stay home and paint my house than go walleye fishing. Muskies are fun but too few and far between to keep my interest. I'm too far from the ocean to fish for anything in salt water.

[Bluebasser86]

I like the challenge of figuring out the puzzle for bass and that I can be doing something most of the time. I can be really patient, as long as I'm doing something 

[Sam]

Financial considerations.

 

Grew up in south Louisiana so the saltwater fishing in Virginia could not compare with Louisiana.

 

And the costs involved with saltwater fishing is extremely high when compared to freshwater fishing. Fuel alone can eat you up with saltwater fishing.

 

Then there is the motion sickness issue.  You don't have the wave motion when fishing freshwater.

 

If the weather turns for the worse and you are freshwater fishing, finding shelter or getting off the water is a lot easier than finding yourself surrounded by white caps and an hour away from your ramp.

 

Saltwater boat storage is expensive, too. You can park your bass boat in your driveway and your neighbors could care less. Park a 16 foot or larger saltwater boat in your driveway and see what happens with your neighbors.

 

The major advantage of saltwater over freshwater is that with saltwater when you throw your bait overboard there is a very high chance of getting a bite.  With freshwater it includes more skill to locate your opponent and then bring them into the boat.  So freshwater fishing is a lot more challenging and rewarding then catching small saltwater fish time after time after time after time.

 

Just some observations from a guy who has done both now living in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

[everythingthatswims]

Financial considerations.

 

Grew up in south Louisiana so the saltwater fishing in Virginia could not compare with Louisiana.

 

And the costs involved with saltwater fishing is extremely high when compared to freshwater fishing. Fuel alone can eat you up with saltwater fishing.

 

Then there is the motion sickness issue.  You don't have the wave motion when fishing freshwater.

 

If the weather turns for the worse and you are freshwater fishing, finding shelter or getting off the water is a lot easier than finding yourself surrounded by white caps and an hour away from your ramp.

 

Saltwater boat storage is expensive, too. You can park your bass boat in your driveway and your neighbors could care less. Park a 16 foot or larger saltwater boat in your driveway and see what happens with your neighbors.

 

The major advantage of saltwater over freshwater is that with saltwater when you throw your bait overboard there is a very high chance of getting a bite.  With freshwater it includes more skill to locate your opponent and then bring them into the boat.  So freshwater fishing is a lot more challenging and rewarding then catching small saltwater fish time after time after time after time.

 

Just some observations from a guy who has done both now living in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Small saltwater fish are no harder to catch than bluegill and crappies, but go try to figure out some of the bigger fish in the bay if saltwater isn't challenging enough for you.

[mwh33]

I grew up in South GA and I grew up learning to catch largemouth from my granddad and dad. I also got into redfish about 6 years ago while living in FL. Largemouth are still my favorite.

[Ratherbfishing]

I will sometimes fish some species (crappie, bluegill, pike) to the exclusion of others but what makes bass so appealing is that they can (often) be caught in so many ways with so many techniques.  If you get bored (unlikely) with one technique, you can (or may have to) move on to another way to still catch bass.  Another thing which I really enjoy (so long as I eventually do figure it out) is just that-figuring them out.  It's like a big riddle you have to solve.  The gratification in that is potent.

[MIbassin]

As much as i love bass fishing, i have to say that flats fishing down in the keys for barracuda, permit, jacks, and tarpon is my favorite of all. I think many anglers choose bass because they are found in almost every body of water in the US. 

[fishballer06]

I honestly fish for a large variety of fish. I enjoy bass fishing because they're probably one of the easier sport fish to try to catch/locate. I also really enjoy catching walleye because of the challenge they are to locate/catch. I've also recently gotten into musky fishing, thanks to a good friend. In the spring, I love catching big crappies in the sunken tree tops. And in most of the waters that I fish, pike come along with fishing for bass and walleye, so I catch those a lot too.

[Bruce424]

I think it's more when I was a kid I started just like any other kid would. A bobber and an earthworm. Catching sunnies and bluegill most likely. Until that one bite when it's a bass and it's bending my snoopy pushbutton setup almost til breaking point. You catch that bass... it's forever.

[Under the Radar]

If you can't be with the fish you love,

Love the fish you're with.

[Jolly Green]

I almost don't care what I catch.  I love it when a bass sucks up a jig off the bottom, and when a pike comes rocketing out of cover and crushes a lipless crank, and when a bunch of blue gill are all head-butting each other trying to be the first to gulp a fly.  It's all good.

[Bankbeater]

I started out catching whatever would bite.  Switched to cat fishing when I got older, and found there was a lot of sitting and waiting.  With bass fishing you are doing something all the time.  You are actively looking for the fish, and not waiting for them to find you.

[grampa1114]

Now that we all love fishing and have set to catch them , we all catch more than one or maybe not but anyway let me put it short and simple ,how did you end up choosing the fish you now pursue as (the one ) and didn't target another species of fish as(the one ) instead ? like me don't know why but chosen bass instead of say pike,not that nothing wrong with that ,but what led us go for one certain fish? like i stated all fishings fun but why that one fish?and how did you decide your target fish as(the one )?

Squirmmy...are you off your meds again?

[gulfcaptain]

honestly when I worked on a sportboat I didn't even fish freshwater.  It wasn't until about 5 yrs ago did that change when my oldest son hit the age of 3 and took him bluegill fishing.  It just progressed to what it is now.  Now he chases bluegill and I fish bass.  We each enjoy our persuit of our selected fish and enjoy it.  He's staring to enjoy bass fishing but throwing a lure all day for a bite or two isn't his deal yet.  But like someone stated above, it doesen't matter what kind of fish it is, I enjoy catching them all.  Honestly the best and funnest fish I enjoy catching, a big jack( AJ, Crevelle, or CA Yellowtail) chasing down and engulfing a surface iron. 

[SirSnookalot]

I enjoy catching most fish but once I moved to Florida full time bass became just something to do.  I dislike fishing muck, heavy weeds and having a tug of war with a plant that requires using 50# line and a heavy rod to catch a 10# fish if you're lucky.  I want to catch a 50# fish on 10# line in open water with lighter gear.

With all due respect to Sam I find saltwater fishing infinitely more challenging than freshwater.  Where I live I can go catch bass any time I want, sure certain times of the year they are more lethargic but they are here.  In saltwater you have to wait until the bait bring the fish in, I have many days I go skunk even off shore.  Nowadays I do prefer shore fishing, for me there is nothing quite like hooking into a tarpon or big jack and having to chase it down on foot hundreds of yards.  Not only are these hard fish to land but you better be in darn good physical shape, they're gonna put some hurt on ya.  You just don't lock your drag and and pull a fish in 20 seconds here, you gotta play them.

There is nothing quite like catching a tarpon, they are spectacular.  But IMO #4# a crevalle or aj will pull the insides out of a tarpon.

[Raul]

 Saltwater fishing is nothing but a dream for me and I don´t fish for dream fish, I fish for real fish, I´ve fished and caught very nice saltwater fish ( 590 lbs marlín is my saltwater PB ) but just ask me how many times and when was the last time I´ve been to the ocean. ( more than 20 years ). Trout ? there´s some nice hatchery raised trout high in the sierra, I may got to those pay to fish lakes perhaps two or three times a year.

 

There´s only one fish for me and that is LMB, why ? cuz where I´m at you can find bass even in the puddle that forms on the street after it rains right in front of your house, I just grab my s*t and in less than 30 min I´m wetting the line.

[Felix77]

When I first started fishing 2 years ago I chartered a bass fishing pro (John Cox).  After that I was hooked.  

 

Smallmouth Bass is my favorite!  Love the fight!

[skeeter1980]

Honestly,I don't know why.Growing up in NYC,dad took us upstate.We.d catch whatever would bite.When I moved to Delaware,I just started to fish for bass.

[atpns1234]

Grew up fishing for bass not to mention the magazines and shows makes it a good one to choose.

[Gunnerntyler619]

I like the way they look and behave,and how aggressive they are,but I will pursue other fish too.Bass are fun!