What Is Your Dream Fishing Trip?

[ATA]

Guys I just want to know what is your dream fishing trip, Where and what fish you going after?

[slonezp]

I don't necessarily have a dream fishing trip. I'd like to go tarpon fishing. 

[Deleted account]

I've been lucky to fish most of my bucket list locations and fish, but I'd absolutely go back to Africa, the South Pacific, or Panama. I would say PEI for giant bluefin, but when you catch them like we did last summer within sight of NYC you get spoiled. Honorable mention to the Keys, 1000 Island NY area, and Canada, eh?

[Mike L]

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

I don't necessarily have a dream fishing trip. I'd like to go tarpon fishing. 

Whenever you want, I live 20 min from the Tarpon Capital of the World! 
 

 

As far as a trip, I always wanted to fish the Amazon. 
 

 

 

 

Mike
 

 

 

[Jigfishn10]

Marlin fishing for me. I'll make it one of these days...if I become an empty nester...  

[12poundbass]

Baccarac in Mexico 

Marlin, Bluefin, Tarpon, Baracuda, Canada Musky and pathetic I haven’t checked it off yet because I’m only a couple hours away from both but smallmouth on St. Clair and northern Michigan. 

[Captain Phil]

I have been fortunate enough to experience most of my fishing dreams.  The best Tarpon Fishing is in Florida.  Just outside the Miami shipping channel is a fantastic nighttime Tarpon fishery.  If you slow troll a live mullet, 100-200 pound Tarpon will eat your bait right off the back of the boat.  It's awesome!  You can catch Tarpon in Florida on both coasts all the way to Key West.  Big Snook are common as well.  Live bait is the easiest way to go.  Sail fishing offshore is good if you fish with a kite.  Most experienced Florida anglers consider Barracuda a trash fish as they are almost too easy to catch. 

 

The best small mouth bass fishing I have ever done was in Lake Erie around Pele Island.  We fished every 4th of July for a couple years there and caught SM bass up to 6 pounds regularly.   We often caught large Walleye even though that wasn't in our game plan.  

 

The best place in the world to consistently catch Marlin is Cabo San Lucas.  A small dolphin (Mahi Mahi) in Cabo weights 20 pounds.  I fished Blue Fin offshore in North Carolina in the dead of winter.  Not for wimps.  

 

A great place to fish in Northern Canada is Lac Seul.  It's a 100 mile long lake near the City of Dryden in Northern Ontario.  That lake is eaten up with big pike.

 

 

[LrgmouthShad]

Well I am a bassaholic and I like lily pads and power fishing. I like the idea of fishing some cypress trees too. So that whole hot, sweaty area around Florida and Louisiana, maybe in one of the cooler months... yeah that sounds pretty nice. 

 

I'm real simple to please

[A-Jay]

I've had a few 'dream trips' already in my life ~

This one will forever be at or near the top of any list for me.

#sofortunate

A-Jay

[gim]

I lived my dream trip in late March 2018.  I went on a 3 day guided saltwater fishing trip to the Florida Keys for various species of inshore game fish.  The first day was an all-in-one trip where we targeted multiple species of fish including snapper, bluefish, ladyfish, sea trout, and barracuda.  Day 2 was fishing a more offshore reef for jacks and snapper.  I caught about a 28 pound jack and it took me over 25 minutes to land it.  It was the biggest jack crevalle our guide has seen in 8 years.  Its the hardest fighting fish I've ever caught.  Day 3 was tarpon fishing.  My Father and I each caught one.  Their leaping ability is tremendous.

 

This is something we had in the works for almost 2 years in advance.  I hope to go again someday.

[Catt]

What Is Your Dream Fishing Trip?

 

Taking my grandkids ?

 

 

[NoShoes]

Whatever one I get my first DD.

[BayouSlide]

Spending a summer month on Lake Champlain (near where I was born) with my boat.

 

Plan on doing so once my new camping van finally is ready. Will have to stock up on green pumpkin plastics and smallmouth lures before I leave the bayous.

 

Will finally have some use for that dropshot terminal tackle I've collected. ??

[DaubsNU1]

4 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

A great place to fish in Northern Canada is Lac Seul.  It's a 100 mile long lake near the City of Dryden in Northern Ontario.  That lake is eaten up with big pike.

 

Took my Dad to Lac Seul in the early 2000's...we slammed walleye, caught good pike, and even some smallies. He LOVED it!

 

Took Dad to South Dakota to chase smallies last spring for his 80th birthday. Had a great time!  Going back again in June.

 

In the late 90's buddies made the trek to Lake Fork. Great time.

 

[TnRiver46]

My dream is not having to travel haha. So just a regular trip 

[Jmilburn76]

My dream is to catch just one good sized peacock bass before I pass.

[rgasr63]

I have always wanted to go to Alaska and catch Salmon and all of those other big river fish. Maybe soon.

[soflabasser]

I have been fortunate in my life to have caught many memorable fish, so any fish I catch now is a bonus fish to add to my photo albums.

9 hours ago, Mike L said:

Whenever you want, I live 20 min from the Tarpon Capital of the World! 
 

 

As far as a trip, I always wanted to fish the Amazon. 
 

 

 

 

Mike
 

 

 

Yes, Florida has an amazing tarpon fishery. We have fish from the Amazon and many other exotic places swimming in the canals and lakes of South Florida. Best thing is you can catch all these fish from land without having to pay a guide, we truly live in the Fishing Capital of the World.

[Mike L]

1 hour ago, soflabasser said:

I have been fortunate in my life to have caught many memorable fish, so any fish I catch now is a bonus fish to add to my photo albums.

Yes, Florida has an amazing tarpon fishery. We have fish from the Amazon and many other exotic places swimming in the canals and lakes of South Florida. Best thing is you can catch all these fish from land without having to pay a guide, we truly live in the Fishing Capital of the World.

 

Exactly right, there’s no place like it. 
 

My daughter lives on the River that intersects with 2 canals with direct access to Charlotte Harbor. 
 

This time of the year at any given time we can sit on her dock and watch Tarpon roll right in front of us. 
 

 

 

Mike

[Trox]

... One that never ends.

[soflabasser]

10 hours ago, Mike L said:

 

Exactly right, there’s no place like it. 
 

My daughter lives on the River that intersects with 2 canals with direct access to Charlotte Harbor. 
 

This time of the year at any given time we can sit on her dock and watch Tarpon roll right in front of us. 
 

 

 

Mike

Yes we live in the state with the best fishing and we do not have to travel far for world class fishing opportunities. The fish we take for granted sometimes are fish others spend thousands of dollars to catch. For example, you have tarpon in the river next to your daughter's house, I have tarpon within walking distance of where I live, along with peacock bass, snook, largemouth bass, and other fish. I have caught my fair share of these fish, but I still like catching them since they are awesome gamefish. With that said, I still like to drive far for some of my fishing trips, since I like the change of scenery, for me fishing is more than catching fish, I enjoy seeing the beauty of nature around me as much as I enjoy fishing.

[Mike L]

36 minutes ago, soflabasser said:

Yes we live in the state with the best fishing and we do not have to travel far for world class fishing opportunities. The fish we take for granted sometimes are fish others spend thousands of dollars to catch. For example, you have tarpon in the river next to your daughter's house, I have tarpon within waking distance of where I live, along with peacock bass, snook, largemouth bass, and other fish. I have caught my fair share of these fish, but I still like catching them since they are awesome gamefish. With that said, I still like to drive far for some of my fishing trips, since I like the change of scenery, for me fishing is more than catching fish, I enjoy seeing the beauty of nature around me as much as I enjoy fishing.

Well Said

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Mikr

[DogBone_384]

A two week trip with @Fishing Rhino, @Saltysmalljaws, @Mr. Aquarium, and any other members that want to meet along the way.

 

Pickwick, Lake Fork, the Great Lakes, and any others that come to mind while on the road.

[slonezp]

9 hours ago, Catt said:

What Is Your Dream Fishing Trip?

 

Taking my grandkids ?

 

 

On the opposite side of the spectrum. Went fishing with dad a few years back in Sturgeon Bay. We caught a ton of bass. Dad was catching his PB smallie one after the other. Every fish was bigger than the last. I caught my PB as well.

 

[BrianMDTX]

When I was a kid, I watched an episode of American Sportsman about two college kids (well, young men, and most definitely men to me at the time I watched it) that canoed completely around Great Slave Lake in the NWT. They fished places that never saw an angler, and lived off of lake trout and grayling, and caught some monster pike. I saw that episode likely 50+ years ago and it stuck with me ever since. 
 

That’s a dream. As is fly fishing for trout in Montana. But a “realistic” dream is to find a place locally that I can access in my inflatable and holds bigger bass than what I’ve been catching lately.