Affair With Another Fish?

[Bass_Akwards]

Just curious how many of you are pulling a "Tiger Woods" and have affairs with other fish species besides LMB.  SMB don't count as I already know many of you fish for them.

I'd also love to know how fishing for, and catching your "other fish" compares to fishing for and catching LMB specifically.   

Is the other species as fun to hunt for and catch?  Does the other species fight and attack like a LMB etc. etc.

[Goose52]

Well, I always considered myself to be a "fisherman" - not necessarily only a "basserman." The 11 little lakes that I fish are not real productive and I'm pleased to catch fish, not only bass. The 20lb channel cat that I caught in September on a 5.5' light power rod w/6lb test was a FUN fish. A 1.5lb shellcracker on an ultra-light rod is fun.

Just yesterday, I was tossing an inline spinner slow and deep and had a rainbow trout, about 18", follow the spinner back to the bank - twice. I'm getting ready to drive back over there and see if I can find him again

It's all good.

[salmicropterus]

For me it would be the Peacock Bass, which of course is not really a bass but a cichlid. To pursue this affair, not unlike the governor of SC, I have gone to South America twice and I fish for them regularly here in South Florida.  Peacock are like smallmouth on steriods. They are fierce fighters and pursue baitfish in packs. It is common to see a hooked peacock have a pack of others trying to get the lure away, thus with this species you get a lot of multiple fish on one lure. They don't just eat bait, they punish it and crush it. I have had peacocks hit a topwater, knock it several feet in the air and then hit it again. When they hit a topwater it is like someone dropped a cinder block in the water

[Uncle Leo]

Water is hard here and this is the only time of the year I target panfish for the fry pan.

Need to do some hole drilling, cabin fever and the wife is starting to look good again, boy I hope see does not see this.   

[Thefishy1]

Redfish when they come through, and in jan/feb I go catch the big American shad as they swim up the rivers. 7lb shad on 2lb test, now theres a fight.

[D4u2s0t]

I enjoy catching any kind of fish.  I mostly bass fish because that's what's most dominant in my lake.  But i'll take a pike, pickerel, musky, trout, etc. any day of the week.  When the bite is real slow, time for ultra lite and panfish!

[bowfish12]

I crappie fish quite a bit, and bowfish for gar and buffalo in the spring and summer and anytime the river gets out of it's banks.

[Bass_Akwards]

For me it would be the Peacock Bass, which of course is not really a bass but a cichlid. To pursue this affair, not unlike the governor of SC, I have gone to South America twice and I fish for them regularly here in South Florida. Peacock are like smallmouth on steriods. They are fierce fighters and pursue baitfish in packs. It is common to see a hooked peacock have a pack of others trying to get the lure away, thus with this species you get a lot of multiple fish on one lure. They don't just eat bait, they punish it and crush it. I have had peacocks hit a topwater, knock it several feet in the air and then hit it again. When they hit a topwater it is like someone dropped a cinder block in the water

Never seen one before but HOLY MAMA!  Peackock bass are absolutely beautiful!  I'm blown away!

http://www.mexico-bass.com/images/g31.jpg

[grimlin]

Walleyes,yellow perch and bluegills.Thought about dipping my toes and doing some Carp fishing.We got some pretty nice sizable carps around here.

[J Francho]

Northern Pike.  Very similar to bass fishing, bigger baits, heavier gear, a little more predictable.  Bite turns on and off like a light switch, though.

King Salmon, during the spawning run.  Very seasonal, they are biting out of agitation, not hunger, since they can't really feed.  Getting bit is like shooting fish in a barrel, staying hooked up with a 30+ lb. fish is another story.

Brown trout, easily my favorite salmonoid, and very similar to smallies in open water.  Fun as hell in spring on c-rigged tubes.  My favorite is spooning in current, though.  Amazing and powerful strike.

Rainbows - when its the dead of winter, and all the lakes are frozen over, small stream rainbows will keep you entertained on light tackle.

Steelhead, genetically the same as a rainbow, but physiologically different, are probably the one fish that makes more fuss on the end of a line than a smallmouth.  That they are often in the double digits, well you get the idea.  They pose a challenge in that they often are line shy, making you use very light leader, but they are crazy when hooked.

[roadwarrior]

Great pics!

Merry Christmas!

[SirSnookalot]

My glamour fish are tarpon and snook caught off the beach on light tackle.  Offshore the jumps and runs from sailfish and dolphin are nothing short of spectacular.

When the bite isn't happening in saltwater it's peacocks all the way, freshwater version of a jack crevelle.

[NorCalFishinguru]

Definitely, I'm not too proud to fish for minnows as long as it's fishing. Fishing for several species with different tackle also helps you become an overall better angler. I caught my first surf perch the other day.

[seyone]

I consider myself to be primarily a bass fisherman but I do fish for other species. I really enjoy stripers, they are one of my favorites. I am also willing to fish for crappie, bluegill, chain pickerel or what ever else is around. Someday I need to get me a peacock bass.

[bass or bass ?]

Besides LMB, I also target stripers and catfish, both channels and flatheads. LMB , stripers, and white bass are often schooled together in a mixed bag here at Lake Pleasant. A couple years ago I caught a 25 pound flathead on my bass baitcasting rig. Took @ 15 minutes to boat it. WOW!!!

[endless]

catfish, croakers, crappie, pickerels

last year i got into drum. and and at times i manage to pull in some big american snapping turtles. i want to get into blues and strippers. me and some buddies might be gettings us a charter boat and im pose to be hitting up va beach sometime in jan to fish off beach. never fish in ocean during winter.

[rat-l-trapper]

Lately I've been trout fishing since I'm having a hard time with bass. Usually I Prefer to throw spinners and spoons in rivers, but I've been fishing with worms in a lake since it's so close to where I live. I figure I'd rather bait fish and catch trout than fish with artificials and not catch anything.

[.dsaavedra.]

i love fishin for bluegill on the fly rod and ultralight. sometimes i catch some other assorted sunfish this way like redears and warmouth.

[looking4structure]

When the bass bite is slow I go after catfish.It's hard to beat em rolled in some Cajun fish fry and dropped in some hot oil.

[SW Florida Kid]

I fish for speckled trout, snook, redfish, spanish mackerel, ladyfish, oscars, bluegill, etc.

I've caught anything and everything in the waters I've fished. I just love catching fish.

[Bass_Akwards]

Very cool stuff.  I wish this post didn't get moved here and was allowed to stay in the General bass fishing section.  I think we'd have gotten a TON of responses and learned about a lot more people.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

JFrancos not kidding about the steelhead and winter trout, a real rush. I'm trying my hand at shad fishing when they run up the Delaware this spring.

[bocabasser]

peacocks only if the big mouths aren't biting. snook and tarpon. nothing like jumping an 80-120 pound tarpon on spinning gear and have that fish pull you all over the bay.

[seyone]

JFrancos not kidding about the steelhead and winter trout, a real rush. I'm trying my hand at shad fishing when they run up the Delaware this spring.

That is a lot of fun, also catching herring on a sabiki rig is great for kids and is great bait for the striper run.