Favorite species (outside of bass)

[burrows]

I like trout it's fun and I love to eat them I like them better than crappie or catfish I also enjoy some striper fishing. 

[scaleface]

On 12/15/2016 at 5:04 PM, IndianaFinesse said:

I know i'm gonna be the odd one out on this, but I really love white bass fishing.   

 Me too . One hundred fish days are not uncommon then you usually have other fish mixed in also . Cats , walleye , drum but strangely not crappie .  I guess the whites are to aggressive for crappie .

[Ratherbfishing]

Outside of a bass, a trout is a man's best friend.  Inside a bass, it's too dark to read.

[Gundog]

14 minutes ago, Ratherbfishing said:

Outside of a bass, a trout is a man's best friend.  Inside a bass, it's too dark to read.

My candidate for quote of the year ^^^^

[AC870]

Bluegill/shellcracker. Love em. My wife enjoys this kind of fishing and we spend some fun days pursuing them.  

[whitwolf]

I'll say strictly to eat I love to fish for spots and speckled trout. Now for fun I like to fish for big drum on the outer banks of NC. They're good eating also but .........

 

Justin J, Bluefish are fun to catch and If you've never smoked a bluefish you don't know what you're missing!

[Red Bear]

i love to night fish for catfish(all types), maybe just as much as bass. I have no qualms tying on a sinker and hook, baiting up a nightcrawler, tossing it out and just fishing for whatever bites, its probably 75% of my fishing right there. If i catch some panfish, they become either live bait or cut bait a lot of times. But i really enjoy just relaxing, waiting and drinking some nice cold budweisers while wetting a few lines, its just so peaceful and refreshing...

[MassBass]

Stripers and carp.

 

I could be happy never catching a lm all season if I was catching carp and/ or stripers. I used to be committed to pike fishing but not so much lately. There are so many fish and so many methods, thats what makes being a multi-specie angler exciting. There is always something new to try to figure out.    

[Looking for the big one]

Smallmouth Buffalo is the most difficult freshwater fish to catch on artificial lures that I have ever tried for, and they fight as hard as bonefish. They are spooky, making them more difficult to catch, and have small mouths. For them to eat your lure, it must be placed right in front of their face and they might eat it.

[Chris at Tech]

Anything that swims in the salt!

 

Redfish, speckled trout, tarpon, kingfish, jack crevalle, bluefish, striped bass, amberjack, red snapper...

[TnRiver46]

4 hours ago, Looking for the big one said:

Smallmouth Buffalo is the most difficult freshwater fish to catch on artificial lures that I have ever tried for, and they fight as hard as bonefish. They are spooky, making them more difficult to catch, and have small mouths. For them to eat your lure, it must be placed right in front of their face and they might eat it.

You are spot on about those things. I wish you would come up here and catch them all!!! They are super thick and don't bite. Not my cup of tea

[Swamp Girl]

To eat, it's walleye.

 

For furious fun, it's white bass on the surface.

 

For achievement, it's musky.

 

For nostalgia, it's bluegill. 

 

For the thrill, it's 20-pound pike on six-pound line while fishing for smallmouth. 

[Afishionado]

Redfish for me..

 

 

[Osceola Bassin]

CRAPPIE

[Megastink]

During the dog days of summer, I like to chase deep crappies. It helps me learn to use my electronics effectively, which in turn helps me catch more bass.

 

i like fishing for trout in spring, but I hate crowds. Also fish upstate NY for Salmon in Fall.

 

i also enjoy catching bluegill on ultralight gear with small floating rapalas. 

 

I live in PA, but my wife and I honeymooned in hilton head, SC in april and I talked her into a redfish trip. If I lived down south, I believe I would chase reds quite often. 

[gim]

I would like to say muskie but since I have so much trouble catching them with any regularity, I'll list walleye as number 2 behind bass.  On the flip side I'll also say that I dislike northern pike the most.

[RoLo]

In saltwater, the long list would include Striped Bass (sea-run) , Bluefish (slammers) & Weakfish (tide-runners).

In freshwater, I question my own sanity but I'm hopelessly attracted to Northern Pike (north of 40").

 

Roger

[fishwizzard]

I am a big fan of white perch and before I got into bass fishing they were all I wanted to go out for.   They are pretty aggressive feeders and if you find a good sized school of them you can get a fish every other cast.  My record is 13 perch in 14 casts, it would have been a "perfect" score but I got all excited around fish number 9 and threw my lure into some branches.  They pull hard on light tackle and make some decent runs.  I have a little 5' UL/M rod and a 10" perch will double it over.  

 

I fish for them in brackish rivers so there is also a good chance to get a pickerel or striper as bycatch, which adds some excitement to the day.  This summer I was so bass obsessed that I only really spent two days after perch but I am going to devote a lot more time to them in the coming season.  

[Darren.]

I'll go with whatever bites. But I do love going after

bluegill and kin with long poles (no reel). They are 
a blast to catch.

[Bankbeater]

Besides bass I would have to say Crappie, Muskie, and Catfish.

[Ohio Archer]

Muskie, Crappie, Saugeye.  Muskie are stocked (but also reproduce) as are Saugeye. Saugeye are a hatchery-produced hybrid made from a cross between a female walleye and a male sauger that are particularly well-suited for Ohio reservoirs. Each year, the Division of Wildlife stocks more than 7 million saugeye in more than 70 reservoirs. (ODNR website)

[tander]

I love to vertical fish for crappie with jigs. To me it is a lot like worm fishing for bass. I think crappie is the best eating freshwater there is. Might give them a try today.

[scaleface]

Smallmouth Buffalo are so difficult to catch because they mainly feed on algae and other vegetation . I catch quite a few in a creek that dumps into a river during cold , flooded conditions  on worms . I guess there is not much green stuff to eat so they settle for worms .

 

[NavyTom]

From Colorado. Fish mainly for trout but sure do enjoy all kinds of panfish.