What’s your favorite fish ?

[League Champion 1,926]

11 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Doing a fly-in fishing trip to Canada is at the top of my bucket list.  Was hoping to do it for my 40th birthday this year but the wife and I are going to Mexico.

Look me up if you ever find yourself in Coastal South Carolina. I'll take you out on the 24' Scout for some serious shizz. 

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

10 minutes ago, Bert said:

If you will be on the Pacific, September is prime marlin season.  

Opposite side in Playa del Carmen.  I'm hoping to find a way to fish from the shore there.

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

Just now, League Champion said:

Look me up if you ever find yourself in Coastal South Carolina. I'll take you out on the 24' Scout for some serious shizz. 

You have your own boat for fishing off the coast?

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2 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

You have your own boat for fishing off the coast?

I recently got a Scout, haven't used it much. Been offshore twice. Mainly been in the harbor and marshes 

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

1 minute ago, League Champion said:

I recently got a Scout, haven't used it much. Been offshore twice. Mainly been in the harbor and marshes 

Sounds awesome.  I've only been fishing on the ocean once when we were vacationing Acapulco.  Not the greatest experience.

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Just now, Hawkeye21 said:

Sounds awesome.  I've only been fishing on the ocean once when we were vacationing Acapulco.  Not the greatest experience.

We do a lot of shark fishing as well. 

[Engorgeous George 2,332]

19 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Most of my fishing is in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota but I have fished the Boundary Waters before.  I've also done some fishing in South Dakota, Missouri and Louisiana.

Doing a fly-in fishing trip to Canada is at the top of my bucket list.  Was hoping to do it for my 40th birthday this year but the wife and I are going to Mexico.

Used to do the fly in thing every year for about a dozen straight years.  We lost our pilot and then the group sort of faded away.

 

I love the BWCA.  Spent some time there for maybe six years straight from 15 to 21. Hope to return one more time before I die.  Maybe after the Bella Coola one more time and the Orinoco once more.  I would also enjoy seeing Ankor Wat from the riverr and wetting a line there. Not to eat, but just to see what bites.

[Engorgeous George 2,332]

10 minutes ago, League Champion said:

Look me up if you ever find yourself in Coastal South Carolina. I'll take you out on the 24' Scout for some serious shizz. 

Fishing ocean flats, like for tarpon makes sense to me.  Trollinmg deep water at 20 mph or more is simply strange to me.  That fish are that fast and even three times that fast does not compute to this boy raised on inland lakes and streams.

[Engorgeous George 2,332]

I'd like to handline the Zampezi but realistically that will never happen.  Hell the necessary innoculations alone would probably kill me at my age.  

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3 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

Fishing ocean flats, like for tarpon makes sense to me.  Trollinmg deep water at 20 mph or more is simply strange to me.  That fish are that fast and even three times that fast does not compute to this boy raised on inland lakes and streams.

See, I don't like trolling. I'd rather jig a wreck or structure. 

[Engorgeous George 2,332]

Just now, League Champion said:

See, I don't like trolling. I'd rather jig a wreck or structure. 

I understand working structure.  I was taught as a young boy to look for structure, points, weed bed edges, drop offs, fallen trees, piers, etc.  Same in rivers where i look for eddys behind rocks or bank cuts.  Speed trolling for marlin, tuna, and sailfish strikes me as wierd.  Still, the fish that can hit on those lines are really the top of the evolutionay chain. 

[kozmiq 70]

38 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Most of my fishing is in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota but I have fished the Boundary Waters before.  I've also done some fishing in South Dakota, Missouri and Louisiana.

Doing a fly-in fishing trip to Canada is at the top of my bucket list.  Was hoping to do it for my 40th birthday this year but the wife and I are going to Mexico.

Regardless, thanks for beating Indiana last night propelling Maryland Terrapins into 2nd place in the Big 10 Standings.

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

7 minutes ago, League Champion said:

See, I don't like trolling. I'd rather jig a wreck or structure. 

I get bored with trolling and jigging.  This is why I'm not much for ice fishing or walleye fishing.  I prefer casting and picking apart cover for bass.  I'm also a sucker for a great top water bite.

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

1 minute ago, kozmiq said:

Regardless, thanks for beating Indiana last night propelling Maryland Terrapins into 2nd place in the Big 10 Standings.

[iam90sbaby 2,727]

Best fish I ever had was fried halibut when I was in Alaska.

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

Just now, iam90sbaby said:

Best fish I ever had was fried halibut when I was in Alaska.

I would imagine the food in Alaska is amazing.  Plenty of seafood, freshwater fish and wild game.  Love it.

[League Champion 1,926]

2 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

Still, the fish that can hit on those lines are really the top of the evolutionay chain. 

Ohh no doubt. I'm not that hardcore but I do love to hook up on tarpon, Barracuda and shark. That's about as crazy as I get. Throw a live Jack out and your bound to get something. 

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

Any of you fish from a kayak?

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3 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Any of you fish from a kayak?

I used to do a lot of Kayak fishing. It's been a while, I probably need to get back at it 

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

5 minutes ago, League Champion said:

I used to do a lot of Kayak fishing. It's been a while, I probably need to get back at it 

I fish out of a NuCanoe Frontier 12 with a MotorGuide GPS trolling motor on the bow.  I love it.

[Twinsdad 66]

2 hours ago, wiffleball said:

This is a little story I like to tell when it comes to fish.

 

The Patagonian toothfish was an absolute trash fish. Even the Japanese wouldn't eat the damn things they're that ugly and gross.

 

So, bunch of guys hired a New York advertising firm and they renamed it Chileian sea bass. It's not generally found in chile. And it's nowhere near a bass. But God damn, change the name, market it a little bit, get a fancy Chef to talk it up?

 

Damn thing is now on the cusp of being overfished.

 

I forget the name of it, but there's a another fish they're trying to push these days. Commonly harvested around the philippines. Apparently it's a lot easier to farm in large quantities for commercial purposes. Got to look that up.

Tilapia?  I've heard a similar story for those.

 

[League Champion 1,926]

7 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I fish out of a NuCanoe Frontier 12 with a MotorGuide GPS trolling motor on the bow.  I love it.

Damn, respect. That kicks ass. I'm just a paddling jobber catching junk fish.

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

Just now, League Champion said:

Damn, respect. That kicks ass. I'm just a paddling jobber catching junk fish.

I started with a Pelican Catch 120 and just paddled.  I won some money fishing tourneys out of it and upgraded to the NuCanoe after a couple years.  Won some money again and added a pedal drive to it.  Won some money again and then added the trolling motor.  The next addition will be forward facing sonar but I need to win some more this year.

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1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I started with a Pelican Catch 120 and just paddled.  I won some money fishing tourneys out of it and upgraded to the NuCanoe after a couple years.  Won some money again and added a pedal drive to it.  Won some money again and then added the trolling motor.  The next addition will be forward facing sonar but I need to win some more this year.

That's fun, I'd love to get into that. 

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

2 minutes ago, League Champion said:

That's fun, I'd love to get into that. 

If you want to learn more about it, check out the Hobie Bass Open Series, Bassmaster Kayak Series, Kayak Bass Series and All American Kayak Series.  These are the four biggest kayak bass series right now.  They fish all the popular locations.

[Gepetto 1,482]

Orange Ruffy

Halbut

Tilapia

Cod

Red Snapper

Tuna

Walleye

Crappie

Trout

I need to try flounder some day.

[League Champion 1,926]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

If you want to learn more about it, check out the Hobie Bass Open Series, Bassmaster Kayak Series, Kayak Bass Series and All American Kayak Series.  These are the four biggest kayak bass series right now.  They fish all the popular locations.

I'll definitely check that out, thank you 

[Engorgeous George 2,332]

37 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I get bored with trolling and jigging.  This is why I'm not much for ice fishing or walleye fishing.  I prefer casting and picking apart cover for bass.  I'm also a sucker for a great top water bite.

I like floating a likely shoreline with lots of cover.  I cast for bass into the cover while keeping an eye on a line sunk to the bottom with a shiner up maybe 18 inches.  I get action from bass in the cover, or maybe from a northern as i real in quickly for my next cast, and if a walleye happens to take the shiner on what amiunts to a slow troll as the wind blows me along the shoreline, well they are great eating.  Still, I get you. i have had more fight out od a one pound bass than from a ten pound walleye.  Walleye are just not that much fun to catch, but they do eat well.

[Engorgeous George 2,332]

38 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Any of you fish from a kayak?

Almost exclusive now in my old age.  I like the quite and the solitude, and I am getting old for walking rivers.  The waters in the reserviors out on the Colorado plains will be opening soon.  The high country lakes, not until late May but during the summer you can find me on Grand lake and Shadow Moutain lake most weekends, and occassionally you can find me still walking the headwaters of the Fraser or the Blue, or a few others.  Somwetimes, maybe once a year, you can still find me hiking the Poudre canyon.  Also I get back to wisconsin for opening day up on Lake Owen every few years.  

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7 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

Walleye are just not that much fun to catch, but they do eat well.

That's here with Catfish. It's impossible to drop a chicken liver and not catch a 5lb Catfish. They are everywhere. 

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

1 minute ago, Engorgeous George said:

Almost exclusive now in my old age.  I like the quite and the solitude, and I am getting old for walking rivers.  The waters in the reserviors out on the Colorado plains will be opening soon.  The high country lakes, not until late May but during the summer you can find me on Grand lake and Shadow Moutain lake most weekends, and occassionally you can find me still walking the headwaters of the Fraser or the Blue, or a few others.  Somwetimes, maybe once a year, you can still find me hiking the Poudre canyon.  Also I get back to wisconsin for opening day up on Lake Owen every few years.  

I fish the Mississippi River often.  I find myself fishing tournaments more often than fun fishing the last few years.  I'll fish about 10 kayak tournaments this year and we have a league that we have every other Tuesday from April to September.  The league is fishing from a boat and I partner with my uncle.

[Engorgeous George 2,332]

I've caught walleye which I thought were just a weed snag they were so passive.

[wiffleball 4,797]

38 minutes ago, Twinsdad said:

Tilapia?  I've heard a similar story for those.

 

Yeah man, tilapia used to be dirt cheap. I lived on that stuff for a while. Suddenly all the yuppers got wind of it and price skyrocketed.

[Cloaca du jour 2,157]

Orange Roughy is a trash fish that was all the rage.  Nothing beats a well cooked salmon as I have gotted older.

Still like my cod sammich around lent though.  Love to try the different fish frys

[Engorgeous George 2,332]

18 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I fish the Mississippi River often.  I find myself fishing tournaments more often than fun fishing the last few years.  I'll fish about 10 kayak tournaments this year and we have a league that we have every other Tuesday from April to September.  The league is fishing from a boat and I partner with my uncle.

I have never fished a tournament.  I once fished during a tournament I did not sign up for.  I did not realize it was taking place until the reservior filled up unnaturally.  I paddled in around noon and the weigh station was right by my car.  They looked at my stringer and announced over the loudspeaker we have a clear winner.  i laughed and told them i was not a contestant.  They said too bad.  Actually I could not have been as I was legal counsel to a sponsor and would have been prohibited from signing up

 

I can usually get action, but near constant action I see some pros get on T.V., I am not at that level of accomplishment or intensity.   I do recognize the skills of those who seem to know exactly where on a deadfall's shadow, or exactly where on the edge of a weedbed a bass is spoiling for trouble.  I have a fair eye for that, but not a great one.

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

4 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

I have never fished a tournament.  I once fished during a tournament I did not sign up for.  I did not realize it was taking place until the reservior filled up unnaturally.  I paddled in around noon and the weigh station was right by my car.  They looked at my stringer and announced over the loudspeaker we have a clear winner.  i laughed and told them i was not a contestant.  They said too bad.  Actually I could not have been as I was legal counsel to a sponsor and would have been prohibited from signing up

 

I can usually get action, but near constant action I see some pros get on T.V., I am not at that level of accomplishment or intensity.   I do recognize the skills of those who seem to know exactly where on a deadfall's shadow, or exactly where on the edge of a weedbed a bass is spoiling for trouble.  I have a fair eye for that, but not a great one.

The skills they have to local fish is incredible.  It takes a lot of studying and time on the water.  I've been bass fishing seriously for about 8 years now and I'm learning lots of new stuff every year.  Next to my family and friends, there isn't much I care about more than bass fishing or fishing in general.

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[Engorgeous George 2,332]

6 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

The skills they have to local fish is incredible.  It takes a lot of studying and time on the water.  I've been bass fishing seriously for about 8 years now and I'm learning lots of new stuff every year.  Next to my family and friends, there isn't much I care about more than bass fishing or fishing in general.

I get it.  One of my favorite things is when you know you have one on a nest.  It chased your first two casts to cleatr its territory.  It is guarding, not feeding  You know it is not hungry but is being territorial and you have pissed it off.  I love that perfectly placed third cast when it hits the lure simultaneously to the lure hitting the water and it jumps and then races.  Naturally i return those nest sitters to the water.

[Hawkeye21 2,458]

3 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

I get it.  One of my favorite things is when you know you have one on a nest.  It chased your first two casts to cleatr its territory.  It is guarding, not feeding  You know it is not hungry but is being territorial and you have pissed it off.  I love that perfectly placed third cast when it hits the lure simultaneously to the lure hitting the water and it jumps and then races.  Naturally i return those nest sitters to the water.

That's my favorite as well.  I won some decent money the last two years catching bass off of beds.  I like to flip a jig just past them and then run it into them.  I'll just keep hitting them and dropping it on their head until they get pissed and bite it.  It can take up to a half hour but it's worth it in the end.  Always immediate catch and release.

[BeenHereBefore 1,675]

I caught sharks fishing from a dock, trout fished from a kayak and snag fish in Michigan for salmon.