03-14-2003, 05:31 PM
[cool]I ain't no purist and I ain't no specialist. I'm an equal opportunity kind of guy. My favorite fish is the one that just jumped on my lure and is bending my stick and stretching my string. I still get a rush out of hooking bluegill on flyrods or light tackle.
But, like most fisherfolk, I do have favorites...not just one. For beautiful fish in beautiful surroundings, I go for steelhead along the northwest coast.
For power and stamina, it has to be yellowfin tuna. In fresh water, the nod goes to big old flathead catfish. Maybe even big carp.
For finicky and simultaneous good eating...it's walleyes.
For gathering up the fixin's for a fish fry, I vote for yellow perch, white bass or channel cats.
For challenging but exciting and satisfying, I go with largemouth. For a tougher fight, in a smaller fish, I vote for the smallie.
For aerial display, it's a rainbow...with shallow water largemouth being right there with them.
For a combination of finesse, size, ferocious...and both toothy and toothsome...it's gotta be inshore halibut, on light tackle. (Any dissenting opinion Kiyo?)
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But, like most fisherfolk, I do have favorites...not just one. For beautiful fish in beautiful surroundings, I go for steelhead along the northwest coast.
For power and stamina, it has to be yellowfin tuna. In fresh water, the nod goes to big old flathead catfish. Maybe even big carp.
For finicky and simultaneous good eating...it's walleyes.
For gathering up the fixin's for a fish fry, I vote for yellow perch, white bass or channel cats.
For challenging but exciting and satisfying, I go with largemouth. For a tougher fight, in a smaller fish, I vote for the smallie.
For aerial display, it's a rainbow...with shallow water largemouth being right there with them.
For a combination of finesse, size, ferocious...and both toothy and toothsome...it's gotta be inshore halibut, on light tackle. (Any dissenting opinion Kiyo?)
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