ok what has been your favorite fish to catch??
your hardest fish to catch? When I say hardest I mean haveing a hard time finding and actually catching it...
what is the easiest fish for you to catch?
what has been the hardest fighting fish for you to catch?
what is the most amount of fish you have ever caught in one day of fishin ?
how many different speicies of fish have you caught?
which kind of water do you prefer to fish rivers, creeks, resivoirs, or lakes or ponds?
what kind of bait do you use most often?
what action of rod is your fave??
what type of reel do you use most often??
this should be kind of interesting to see every ones opinions on all of these see how much the same or different every ones opinions are.. So post honestly and have fun pictures are more than welcom...
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favorite fish to catch... Trout..
favorit water to fish.. Prolly rivers
bait I use most often.. Good old worms..
fave action of rod medium..
type of reel.. Spinning.
hardest fish to catch.. Would have to be a tiger muskie seems how I'm still after one..
easiest fish for me to catch.. Brown trout..
hardest fighting carp..
most amoutn in one day.. A five gallon bucket full of perch for a fish fry..
how many diff speicies.. Rainbow, cutthroat, brown, tiger, brook, bull, rainbow cutthroat hybred trout... Lmb smb.. Channel and mud cats.. White crappie, perch, bluegill, and pumpkinseed,.. Sculpin... Gras common leather and bufalo carp... Utah and large scale sucker.... Utah and peamouth chub.. Steelhead and chinook.
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I forgot walleye I'm sure others but really even though I made this survay thing up I already hate the how many species because really once you start to think about it holy cow
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ok what has been your favorite fish to catch? Salmon up on tyhe Snoqualim (sp) river in WA, any variety
your hardest fish to catch? Masou trout in japan.... took me 2 years to finally get my first..
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what is the easiest fish for you to catch? rainbows stocked in roy pond
what has been the hardest fighting fish for you to catch? Steel head
what is the most amount of fish you have ever caught in one day of fishin ? 150+ almost all brown trout on the Arkansas River in CO
how many different speicies of fish have you caught? tons?
which kind of water do you prefer to fish rivers, creeks, resivoirs, or lakes or ponds? still water, rivers when they are capped
what kind of bait do you use most often? Flies
what action of rod is your fave? Medium Fast/Fast
what type of reel do you use most often? Fly reel
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favorite fish --- Small Mouth Bass
Favorite Water --- Causey Resevoir
Bait most often used ---- worms
Rod action --- medium
Reel ---- spinning
Hardest Catch ---- Tiger Muskie(took all summer)
Easiest Catch ---- Tiger Trout or Rainbows
Hardest Fighting ----- Wiper
Most in a day ----- Don't really know don't keep a good count
Diff Speceis ---- Tiger trout, cuthroat, rainbow, SMB, LMB, Perch, Walleye, Blue Gill, Pumpkin Sead, Black Crappie, Tiger Muskie, Carp, Sucker, Mud Cat, Channel Cat
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ok what has been your favorite fish to catch?? [#000080]
I do love the salmon of Western Washington. I haven't fished the Snoqualmie River, but I have a lot of others. Now it is whatever the fish of the day is -- how much time I have and how far I want to travel. [/#000080]
your hardest fish to catch? When I say hardest I mean haveing a hard time finding and actually catching it...
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That would probably be steelhead and salmon![/#0000bf]
what is the easiest fish for you to catch?
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what has been the hardest fighting fish for you to catch?
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Fresh from the ocean Salmon[/#0000bf]
what is the most amount of fish you have ever caught in one day of fishin ? [#0000bf]
I have no clue as I don't count, and I can't count that high anyway![/#0000bf]
how many different speicies of fish have you caught?
[#000080][font "Arial"][size 3]Again I have been around too long and can't really count. I grew up on the coast with ocean fishing. There you never know exactly what you will get! Some of the ugliest and strangest I never knew the names of. Dog fish and Ling cod are certainly ugly, and strange ones like surf perch that bear live young at your feet can be a different experience.[/size][/font][/#000080]
which kind of water do you prefer to fish rivers, creeks, resivoirs, or lakes or ponds? [#000080]
Mostly I like to fish the small streams and high mountain lake best. [/#000080]
what kind of bait do you use most often? [#0000bf]flies[/#0000bf].
what action of rod is your fave?? [#0000bf]Depends on the fishing -- usually medium to fast action. Love the lighter 3 weights.
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what type of reel do you use most often?? [#0000bf]Fly reels -- different ones from Abel to Cabellas[/#0000bf]
this should be kind of interesting to see every ones opinions on all of these see how much the same or different every ones opinions are.. So post honestly and have fun pictures are more than welcom...
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I haven't seen that many questions since the SAT's....a long time ago....and my brain imploded![laugh]
So, randomly:
I eat Dorado, Tuna and Swordfish...[
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I like to catch Brownies, Rainbow's, Cutt's and Brookies!
oh, yeah...Carp too!
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Great ?'s though Jeremy, just wanted to have some fun!
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Favorite fish? Pike or lots of perch when the bite is on. Nothing like a trout on a dry fly though.
Favorite place? Wherevever I am fishing it seems at sunset.
How many species? Most freshwater game fish.
Hardest Fighting? Carp could be...most ariel has been some trout I have caught.
Best day? Perch bite was on with the family one day.Some lazy summer day... Lots of great days.....
Best Fish? 3-4 pound Brookie...x2
Hardest to catch? The Muskie I haven't caught after 3 trips to Muskie waters.
What did I miss?
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favorite fish to catch... salmon or steelhead
favorit water to fish.. rivers or streams depending on the time of year
bait I use most often.. jigs, flies, worms
fave action of rod... ultralight... i use a medium mainly but love my ultralight
type of reel.. Spinning.
hardest fish to catch.. i would have to say walleye it took me over a year to land my first
easiest fish for me to catch.. rainbow trout..
hardest fighting fish... chinnook salmon or yellow fin tuna
most amoutn in one day.. not sure i have ever kept count but i am sure i have had 200 pluss brook trout in a day
my best fish... this one was my hardest. i have landed 50 lb tuna... a 40 inch chinnook. but i think my favorite fish would have to be a bulltrout i landed out of alturis lake as a kid never got a picture, length nothing just thanked the fish for the fight and turned her loose. i caught it on an ultralight with 4 lb test i would have guessed the fish to weigh 12 lb but was probly more like 8 to 10.
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Definitely covering the gamut with these!
a) Favorite fish to catch: good basic wild rainbows
b) Easiest fish to catch: 1) stunted mountain brookies and 2) hungry bluegill
c) 1)Hardest fish to find and catch: for me to find - a bull trout, but once found easy to catch
2)easy to find, but for me the hardest to catch - a carp on a fly
d) Hardest fighting: it's relative to the tackle, but I'll say Alaskan Silvers on a 7 wt
e) Most # fish caught in a day: I never count past 30
f) Different species: without going into subspecies, off the top of my head I count at least 32
g)Favorite places to fish: high mountain lakes, but I am getting real interested in reading about these small streams of CPierce's
h) Favorite bait: my go to fly - a size 12 black GBH woolly bugger
i) rod action: medium fast
j) reel: disc drag fly reel
Fun stuff to think about!
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I must say way too many questions for one post, but I will play along.
ok what has been your favorite fish to catch?[#000080]
[/#000080]I love smallmouth.
your hardest fish to catch? When I say hardest I mean haveing a hard time finding and actually catching it...
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[/#0000bf]Halibut over 100lbs
what is the easiest fish for you to catch?
bluegill
what has been the hardest fighting fish for you to catch?
Mahi Mahi, King Mackeral, Strugeon
what is the most amount of fish you have ever caught in one day of fishin ? [#0000bf]
[/#0000bf]I don't know, but I can say I caught 121 brookies in the same number of casts in the Windrivers.
how many different species?
I am more worried about my bucket list of fish that I want to catch. Like others have said, once you get a chance to fish the ocean the number of species can go up fast.
which kind of water do you prefer to fish rivers, creeks, resivoirs, or lakes or ponds? [#000080]
[/#000080]Anywhere remote. I love high mountain lakes and streams.
what kind of bait do you use most often?
I am not sure. I still ice fish a lot, but have taken up jig fishing for bass, and I ice fish with hardware.
what action of rod is your fave??
It all depends on what I am doing. I try to match the rod to the situation.
what type of reel do you use most often??
Probably fly. I only own a couple of expensive reels since my kids beat the heck out of them.
Windriver
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I only fish for trout and salmon. Those 2 fish are what I like to fish for. So those are my hardest and easiest to catch. lol. .
I like to fish rivers but I know bigger fish are easier to get in a lake/reservoir and if its calm and cool, I prefer a lake over a river. My favorite place to fish was strawberry Reservoir in Utah. Im still trying to find a local place that has some big fish that is within an hours drive from Boise.
What do I use? Lures. Real bait kills more fish, so I stick with the continuous casting of the lure
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Lucky Peak and Arrowrock hold some nice trout and kokanee, and are not too far from Boise. If you don't mind driving an hour, CJ Strike is fishing well for trout right now.
The local ponds are stocked, but are pretty much put and take for 10" planters due to high fishing pressure and the fact that most of them get too warm for trout in the summer. The one exception might be the C&R, lure only trophy pond at Wilson Springs in Nampa, though I've heard the fish are regularly poached out.
As for my preferences:
Favorite fish to catch - Anything that's big enough to put up a good fight and smart enough to be choosy about what it eats. I get just as excited over a 10" bluegill or 14" perch as a 22" trout.
Hardest fish - Salmon.
Easiest fish - Hatchery trout. Seriously, they'll bite on anything that looks remotely edible.
Hardest fighting fish - King salmon.
Most fish in one day - I caught over 100 crappies one day last spring at CJ Strike. Kept about half. Went out and bought an electric fillet knife after that.
Different species - Freshwater: Bass (largmouth, smallmouth), bluegill, catfish (bullheads and channel cats), crappie (black, white), trout (cutthroat, rainbow), yellow perch. Saltwater: Halibut, lingcod, rockfish, salmon (kings, coho, pinks), surf perch.
Preferred water - Mid to large sized lakes and reservoirs.
Bait - Worms or a piece of cut bait.
Rod action - Moderate to fast. I like rods with some backbone.
Type of reel - I only use spinning gear.
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ok what has been your favorite fish to catch??
Smallmouth Bass
your hardest fish to catch? When I say hardest I mean haveing a hard time finding and actually catching it...
Whatever I'm fishing for.
what is the easiest fish for you to catch?
Any of the panfish.
what has been the hardest fighting fish for you to catch?
Smallmouth Bass are the toughest pound for pound, but striped bass pull the hardest.
what is the most amount of fish you have ever caught in one day of fishin ?
I've been fishing for over 70 years, and can't remember what day it is today. My wife gave me a counter to record my river trips and I did have one morning with over 50 smallies.
how many different speicies of fish have you caught?
Again... I have no idea, but I have caught several Muskies.
which kind of water do you prefer to fish rivers, creeks, resivoirs, or lakes or ponds?
I'm not sure about those "resivoirs" but I love to fish rivers. They are alive and constantly changing.
what kind of bait do you use most often?
Soft plastics: tubes, grubs, worms, jerk baits, frogs, etc
what action of rod is your fave??
Medium Light, Fast
what type of reel do you use most often??
Baitcasters
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Favorite fish to catch? Steelhead
favorite waters to fish? Rivers
bait used most often? Depends on the targeted species.
favorite rod action to use? Depends on the targeted species
hardest fish to catch? tiger muskie (still havnt landed one)
easiest fish to catch? planter rainbows out of mann lake.
hardest fighting? chinook.
most fish in one day? 115+ trout on the south fork of the snake (gotta love when the big bugs come out.)
species? its easier to count the ones i havnt caught then the ones i have.
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favorite fish to catch... Silver salmon, crappie, perch, steelhead, walleye, lake trout and small mouth bass. Really any fish
favorit water to fish.. Where the fishing is good
bait I use most often.. hopefully the one that works, flies, crank baits or live baits
fave action of rod.. fast action
type of reel.. depends on rod, i use spinning, casting, fly
hardest fish to catch.. plus 30 lb lake trout (still trying)
easiest fish for me to catch.. Carp or slimmers (planter rainbows)
hardest fighting- Silver salmon on a fly rod, small mouth bass for size to power
most amoutn in one day.. 100 plus
how many diff speicies.. Wow that make me think, LMB, SMB, White bass, spotted bass, gar, rat fish, all kind of rock cod, sand shark, blue shark, all speicies of salmon, halibut, red snapper, skate, artic char, dolly varden, lake/brown/brook/rainbow/cuthroat/cutbow/lepard bow/snake cut/green cut/ boneville cut/yellowstone cut, grayling, common carp, many different types suckers, bear lake white fish, mountian white fish, bull trout, chub, walleye, perch, crappie, pumpkin seed, blue gill, mud cat, channel cat, wiper, sheep head, steel head, sea run cutthroat, bear lake cut throat, cisco, pike, muskie, I am sure there is more, but that is enough for now.
It is cool to see what each person likes and uses.
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Favorite fish to catch: Probably smallmouth, but largemouth are close behind and a lot more common around here.
Hardest to catch: Large channel cats or walleye. I've caught some, but not consistently. I guess I just need to put more time into those species as I seldom target them specifically.
Easiest fish to catch: Probably bluegill or small largemouth
Hardest fighting: Bluefish
Most fish in a day: I think it was around 240 and then I got tired of catching them and did something else
I actually made a list a while back. Some of them are subspecies, hybrids or variations of a species, but I included them anyway. I had also added whether I caught them on flies, lures, or bait.
1. Rainbow Trout-FLB
2. Bonneville Cutthroat-FLB
3. Colorado River Cutthroat-F
4. Snake River Cutthroat-F
5. Yellowstone Cutthroat-FLB
6. Cuttbow Trout-F
7. Brown Trout-FLB
8. Brook Trout-FLB
9. Tiger Trout-F
10. Albino Trout-F
11. Lake Trout-F
12. Golden Trout-F
13. Mountain Whitefish-F
14. Common/Mirror Carp-FLB
15. Comet Goldfish-F
16. Channel Catfish-B
17. Black Bullhead Catfish-LB
18. Brown Bullhead Catfish-LB
19. Golden Shiner-FB
20. Red Fin Shiner-FB
21. Red Shiner-F
22. Utah Chub-F
23. White Sucker-B
24. Northern Hogsucker-B
25. Creek Chub-FLB
26. Horny Head Chub-B
27. Largemouth Bass-FLB
28. Smallmouth Bass-FLB
29. White Bass-FL
30. Striped Bass-L
31. White Perch-LB
32. Rock Bass-FLB
33. Pumpkinseed Sunfish-FLB
34. Bluegill Sunfish-FLB
35. Redbreasted Sunfish-FLB
36. Warmouth Sunfish-B
37. Green Sunfish-FLB
39. Green/Bluegill Hybrid-F
40. Black Crappie-FLB
41. Chain Pickerel-FLB
42. Grass Pickerel-FLB
43. Northern Pike-LB
44. Tiger Muskie-L
45. Yellow Perch-FLB
46. Walleye-FL
47. Bluefish-LB
48. Sea Robin-B
49. Atlantic Cod-B
50. Winter Flounder-B
51. Splake-F
If I'm fishing for trout I overall fish creeks and small rivers the most. I probably fish for bass more than anything lately, so reservoirs are also a favorite.
As for baits, that really varies a lot. For stream trout I mostly fish a dry/dropper set up with something like a Turk's Tarantula on top, and a tungsten head dropper of some sort underneath. Trout in lakes, leech imitations. Bass: It varies greatly depending on conditions. I really like jerkbaits, lipless cranks, deep diving cranks, weightless plastics when they're up in cover, shakey heads and dropshots when they're deep and non aggressive. For pure fun though, nothing beats throwing poppers on the fly rod.
Rod action once again depends. I mostly use a 3/4wt for my stream fishing, 6wt for stillwater trout and smallmouth. 8wt for larger bass/musky. I really have a soft spot for throwing small hard baits for bass, so I use ultralight and light action spinning rods a lot. I use a medium light for a lot of shallower mid size hard baits as well as grubs, tubes, dropshots and shakey heads. My mediums get used for deep diving crankbaits, larger hardbaits, jigs, texas rigged plastics, fishing up in cover.
Reels, I have a baitcaster, but it seems like it's a lot harder to use out of a float tube, so I mostly use spinning and of course fly reels. I'm especially fond of Pflueger spinning reels.
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hey this is coming along nice keep them coming it is very neat to see all of the posts and hey it gets you thinking when you fish so much you kind of forget about most of this as it has became a part of your every day life and then all of a sudden you have to think of it
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Favorite fish to catch = Any fish that tugs on my line (I like to eat good red meated fish so thats a plus).
Hardest fish to catch = Probably Steelhead.
Easiest = Planter Rainbows (in a way thats all steelhead are [sly]).
Hardest fighting = I would say chrome sockeye (yep I think they fight harder than even steelhead, I've never caught a chrome steelhead tho).
Most amount = hard to say, I caught over 50 kings and chum salmon in one afternoon on the Nushigak river once, I also caught over a hundred rainbows on the snake in a couple hours. I usually get skunked tho.
Different Species = Nothing rare just all the standard fish we have around here and all the freshwater fish in Alaska.
Kind of water = Any
Bait = I probably use worms the most but I use everything.
Rod action = medium fast.
Reel = whatever is in my hands.
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