03-11-2014, 08:01 PM
First and foremost; Trout. Any and all species. Sometimes it's as much for where they are as it is for any other reason. Even a 12 inch, "finless freddy" has more fight than any perch, and most Walleye.
Second, Kokanee.
Third, Wipers, Stripers.
Fourth, other bass.
Fifth, Walleye. They fight like sh@t, but they taste okay. As one guy I know puts it: It's not that they taste all that great, they actually have very little flavor of their own, but they make a great vehicle for the assorted spices used to cook them in. I used to fish for them a LOT. They aren't all that challenging. They are either biting, or they're not. And once you've figured them out, they are simple to catch. Dragging a worm harness is almost as difficult as lobbing out a gob of power bait. If you've got an arsenal of tackle for trout and that's all you've ever fished for then Walleyes represent a new challenge. But if you've got the tackle and a boat for Walleyes it's a matter of putting the lure in front of them.
Sixth. ANYTHING that isn't a perch. Yellow Perch are a plague. If they would grow bigger than your typical 8 inch 'dink' then they'd rank right up there with Walleye. But if they're able to spawn and reproduce they wind up overpopulating and you have nothing worth bothering with.
I don't fish to have fish for dinner. I fish to go fishing.
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Second, Kokanee.
Third, Wipers, Stripers.
Fourth, other bass.
Fifth, Walleye. They fight like sh@t, but they taste okay. As one guy I know puts it: It's not that they taste all that great, they actually have very little flavor of their own, but they make a great vehicle for the assorted spices used to cook them in. I used to fish for them a LOT. They aren't all that challenging. They are either biting, or they're not. And once you've figured them out, they are simple to catch. Dragging a worm harness is almost as difficult as lobbing out a gob of power bait. If you've got an arsenal of tackle for trout and that's all you've ever fished for then Walleyes represent a new challenge. But if you've got the tackle and a boat for Walleyes it's a matter of putting the lure in front of them.
Sixth. ANYTHING that isn't a perch. Yellow Perch are a plague. If they would grow bigger than your typical 8 inch 'dink' then they'd rank right up there with Walleye. But if they're able to spawn and reproduce they wind up overpopulating and you have nothing worth bothering with.
I don't fish to have fish for dinner. I fish to go fishing.
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