What species do you prefer to try to catch?

Joe S. · 02-17-2011, 01:50 PM

Do you like to fish for a particular species of fish, or do you like to just hang out your line to try to catch "whatever"? What species do you prefer to try to catch?

ChadTower · 02-18-2011, 03:12 PM

Smallmouth bass. Great fight for the size and they're invasive/predatory so no guilt about not throwing them back. Taste great, too.

Qweetzy · 02-18-2011, 07:28 PM

Large or smallmouth bass. I love the flavor of them. I usually smoke them over the grill. Great deep fried with hushpuppies too. They are the preferred fish of most of the people in our fishing area.

dhoyle · 02-20-2011, 05:06 PM

If it swims I'll chase it.

JollyRogers · 03-05-2011, 02:00 AM

I mainly go as an excuse to get out and enjoy the scenery. If something bites the end of my line I'll reel it in and let it go again.
I don't understand people who get so upset when they don't catch fish. It's called fishing. It is not called catching for a reason.

Grandpa · 03-05-2011, 08:57 AM

I don't understand people who get so upset when they don't catch fish. It's called fishing. It is not called catching for a reason.

Right on Jolly. "Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he might not eat for a week"

BCBabe · 03-06-2011, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhoyle

If it swims I'll chase it.

No matter if it's fresh or salt water.... I'll second that.

Mind you, if I'm fishing salt water, I'll like have a crab trap or two lurking nearby: with 2 types of crab on the Pacific Coast (north of 49), that's my guarantee I don't get 'skunked'. Even if I don't land a fish or two, I know the trap(s) will yield dinner anyways.

HikingGuy · 03-06-2011, 09:54 PM

I like any type of fishing, but for eating I prefer Rainbow Trout, they have such a nice taste and they taste so lovely done up on the barbeque, I like Mackerel as well, both are plentiful around here.

Sophia · 03-07-2011, 06:03 AM

I am not much of a fisher, and I just like to go for the fun of it. Of course, I don't like to come back empty-handed, so I am pretty much happy with whatever I catch.

ChadTower · 03-07-2011, 10:19 AM

Up here in MA the yellow perch are so pervasive it's the fallback option. Much like the crabtrap above. Even if you can't catch anything else that day if you have worms you can fill a bucket with yellow perch. Hell having so many of those suckers is probably why it is so hard to catch anything else the last few years.

02-17-2011, 01:50 PM	#1
Joe S. Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 93	What species do you prefer to try to catch? Do you like to fish for a particular species of fish, or do you like to just hang out your line to try to catch "whatever"? What species do you prefer to try to catch?

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02-18-2011, 03:12 PM	#2
ChadTower Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 345	Smallmouth bass. Great fight for the size and they're invasive/predatory so no guilt about not throwing them back. Taste great, too.

02-18-2011, 07:28 PM	#3
Qweetzy Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 82	Large or smallmouth bass. I love the flavor of them. I usually smoke them over the grill. Great deep fried with hushpuppies too. They are the preferred fish of most of the people in our fishing area.

02-20-2011, 05:06 PM	#4
dhoyle Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: No Oregon Posts: 67	If it swims I'll chase it.

03-05-2011, 02:00 AM	#5
JollyRogers Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 39	I mainly go as an excuse to get out and enjoy the scenery. If something bites the end of my line I'll reel it in and let it go again. I don't understand people who get so upset when they don't catch fish. It's called fishing. It is not called catching for a reason.

03-05-2011, 08:57 AM	#6
Grandpa Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Idaho Posts: 357	I don't understand people who get so upset when they don't catch fish. It's called fishing. It is not called catching for a reason. Right on Jolly. "Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he might not eat for a week"

03-06-2011, 09:54 PM	#8
HikingGuy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 163	I like any type of fishing, but for eating I prefer Rainbow Trout, they have such a nice taste and they taste so lovely done up on the barbeque, I like Mackerel as well, both are plentiful around here.

03-07-2011, 06:03 AM	#9
Sophia Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 90	I am not much of a fisher, and I just like to go for the fun of it. Of course, I don't like to come back empty-handed, so I am pretty much happy with whatever I catch.

03-07-2011, 10:19 AM	#10
ChadTower Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 345	Up here in MA the yellow perch are so pervasive it's the fallback option. Much like the crabtrap above. Even if you can't catch anything else that day if you have worms you can fill a bucket with yellow perch. Hell having so many of those suckers is probably why it is so hard to catch anything else the last few years.