crankbait2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 obviously when you go out fishing you are in hopes of landing LM/SM bass. sometimes you get other fish instead of the bigguns you intended for. my question is this. when you go fishing for bass, what types of fish do you pull in other than bass, unintentionally? i actually get crappie biting on my lure rather than bass. i caught one bass and one crappie my last time out. Quote
Walz Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Lately on the river the 'others' have been walleye, and catfish. The walleye are usually pretty small, but I still enjoy catching them. I really don't mind the catfish as they sometimes put up quite a good fight. The pond that I fish usually produces scores of bluegills, crappie, and some red ears. Those are quite fun as well. This pond has some huge ones. The largest so far has been a 14" crappie. Quote
Mottfia Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Lately I have been loading up on catfish. I caught a twenty pound giant a month ago along with four other cats. I have also caught bream, skipjack, shad, gar, bowfin....can I stop now :-/ Mottfia Quote
Super User grimlin Posted June 18, 2009 Super User Posted June 18, 2009 I voted "others" and that would be... walleye Apparently they like tubes and white spinnerbaits too. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted June 18, 2009 Super User Posted June 18, 2009 obviously when you go out fishing you are in hopes of landing LM/SM bass. sometimes you get other fish instead of the bigguns you intended for. Not really, I'm fishing for peacocks. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted June 18, 2009 Super User Posted June 18, 2009 We catch a variety on the Tennessee River: White bass, Kentucky bass, crappie, striper, flathead and blue cats, sauger, drum, buffalo, rock bass, bluegill, skipjack, threadfin and gizzard shad, turtles and gar. 8-) Quote
Super User RoLo Posted June 18, 2009 Super User Posted June 18, 2009 In Florida, there are a few animals that will strike a bass lure, among them: > Bowfin > Chain Pickerel > Large Crappies > Large Bluegills > Florida Gar > Alligators > Turtles Roger Quote
BUCKEYEone Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Reds- I'd bet there are not many of us on this site that accidently load up on Saugeye ! Quote
crw Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Not uncommon to reel in a Channel Cat or Chain Pickerel when using spinners or crankbaits. Quote
crw Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 In Florida, there are a few animals that will strike a bass lure, among them: > Bowfin > Chain Pickerel > Large Crappies > Large Bluegills > Florida Gar > Alligators > Turtles Same in Southwest Georgia, especially bowfin and gar. Roger Quote
tritz18 Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Farther north we tend to catch yellow perch, chain pickeral, and blue gill Quote
driftingrz Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 only things i seem to bring in other than some kind of bass would be catfish of somesort. and the infamous fish shaped like a tree branch Quote
crankbait2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Posted June 18, 2009 Reds- I'd bet there are not many of us on this site that accidently load up on Saugeye ! i totally agree, buti have heard a lot of people catch these things so i added it to the list. it looks like there are a lot of people that catch fish other than bass. at least im not the only one Quote
brandonmccray Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 I tend to pick up redbreast, green sunfish, and white bass mostly. Quote
ptomacbass Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Snakeheads Catfish Gar Gizzard Shad Striper Great Blue Heron Blueback Herring Crappie Sunfish and Walleye Quote
bass or bass ? Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Here it's either black crappie or striped bass/white bass. Happy fishing. ~B.A.S.S.~N.A.F.C.~BoatU.S.~N.R.A.~ Quote
Super User Hammer 4 Posted June 19, 2009 Super User Posted June 19, 2009 On spinnerbaits, and worms..channel cats and rainbow trout.. : Quote
Super User CWB Posted June 19, 2009 Super User Posted June 19, 2009 I catch alot of Musky and Pike and some pretty decent Rockbass. Just out of curiosity, why did you list LM/SM as an option if that's what you're fishing for? Quote
crankbait2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Author Posted June 19, 2009 i mainly did that cause maybe there are some anglers out there that only catch what they are fishing for and nothing more. like bass, i go out in the hunt for bass but bring something else in instead. Quote
Super User CWB Posted June 19, 2009 Super User Posted June 19, 2009 i mainly did that cause maybe there are some anglers out there that only catch what they are fishing for and nothing more. like bass, i go out in the hunt for bass but bring something else in instead. Gotcha. Just confusing cause in the title you put fish other than bass and in the poll one of the options is bass. Seems to be getting alot of votes though! Quote
Super User Muddy Posted June 20, 2009 Super User Posted June 20, 2009 I voted other: Those &^!*(!*ING PICKREL > Quote
Super User whitwolf Posted June 20, 2009 Super User Posted June 20, 2009 Lately I have been loading up on catfish. I caught a twenty pound giant a month ago along with four other cats. I have also caught bream, skipjack, shad, gar, bowfin....can I stop now :-/ Mottfia Ditto on the bream and bowfin.....Ocassionally a pickeral. stiper, and hybrids. I will say a bowfin will fight as good as any freshwater fish around, toothy critters to be sure. Quote
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