What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Posted Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:04 am What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
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Posted Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:51 am Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Preferred how, on a plate or to catch. The Largemouth bass is the most sought after game fish in this country
Posted Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:19 pm Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Bass are the top sporting fish in the world but if your looking for the best eating fish I would go with the walleye or large perch(same family)
I'd say Largemouth Bass
close second...Mountain Trout
Posted Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:30 am Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Largemouth Bass, Crappie, SmallMouth Bass......But to me nothing is better than catching a 30lb or bigger Catfish feels like your fighting with a truck
Posted Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:37 am Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
For eating I prefer rainbow trout or white crappie. For catching I prefer the largemouth bass. For entertainment value nothing beats a bucket of worms and a pond full of Bluegills.
Posted Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:11 pm Re: Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
ha ha i totally agree! get a whole mess of 7 or 8 inch bluegills on a little rod. thats definetly fun! get into the rootballs and stuff is always interesting
"Live Life Loud"
Posted Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:59 am Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, crappie, bluegill/sunfish, trout, pike, catfish, perch...all of them are fun to catch. Largemouth bass is the best though
Posted Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:59 am Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
. One freshwater fish you want to try to avoid are dogfish (bowfin). I caught one once and it made a noise like a bark and it kept snapping at me to try to bite me. If you are looking for some to eat, i would go with bluegil, sunfish, and perch.
Posted Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:40 am Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
1. Large mouth Bass
2. Black Crappie
3.White Crappie
4. Bluegill
5.Smallm outh bass
6. rainbow Trout
7.Brook trout
8.Striper
9.blue Catfish
10. Flathead Catfish
^^ all arein the best fighting fish, not best tasting
Posted Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:00 pm Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
here in maine i love to go bass fishing for lg/sm mouth bass i like going stripe bass fishing also when there running up the rivers
but as for eating there is nothing like catching a 20+inch rainbow or brown trout or even a salmon
but some days i like to go brook fishing here in maine we have a brook trout they are smaller but realy yummie if you know where to find them(wink)
Posted Fri Nov 2, 2007 4:02 pm Re:What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Walleye - a lot of fun on the line, and unbelievable on the plate.
Posted Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:32 am Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
I only enjoy fishing for the brown bullhead, if you ask me it should definitely have a category of its own :O
Im on the water, while you're on the forums
Posted Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:22 am Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
I like to catch Musky & Walleye! Walleye for the eats!YUM YUM
MA
Posted Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:53 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Here in Michigan, its probably Salmon. They grow big and taste good. We have King, Atlantic, Coho, and Pink Salmon. I personally like fishing for "freak" fish, such as gar, burbot, dog fish, sturgeon and other bottom feeders. Catching bass, pike, and walley are good fighting fish, but catching them takes little skill...
Posted Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:49 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
They all have a place and a time.
Fishing 4 Tails
Posted Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:00 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Really depends on what part of the states you are from. Here in SE Tennessee it is LM, SM, Crappie, Catfish, Stripe, Trout, and Bluegill.
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Posted Tue Feb 5, 2008 5:00 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Smallies are good for a fight but those walleye are delicious.
Posted Wed Feb 6, 2008 1:35 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
My Top 3:
Largemouth Bass
Perch
Whitefish(Spring and Winter)
***Fish 4 Life***
Posted Wed Feb 6, 2008 2:53 pm Re: Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Smallmouth
Largemouth
Walleye
Perch
Pike
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Posted Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:32 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
I like catching anything, they are all fun to catch. For eating, crappie, walleye, and flathead catfish. As for catfish, I will eat nothing but flatheads. The old saying, you are what you eat applies heavily to catfish. Flatheads are strictly predators. They only eat living things. This has a major impact on how they taste. Channel cats and blues tend to be predatory but they also scavenge which means they eat any piece of organic garbage they come across and this impacts the flavor of the fish. channel cats taste like crap compared to flatheads. Blues are not so bad but they can not compare to a flathead.
I fish almost every day of the year. I like to catch anything that is biting at the time. I will even catch a bunch of bluegill if nothing else seems to be grabbing my lures. When I do fill the livewell with bluegill, I will fillet them, season them, then put them in the dehydrator or smoker. They make fantastic jerky. Bluegill jerky is a great item to have in the boat. I rarely get any in the boat though because my children seem to eat it all before I have time to get any in the boat. If you have never tried bluegill jerky, I highly recommend you try it soon. You will be extremely pleased and have a new treat to keep on the boat or snack for the children.
Trace
Posted Thu Feb 7, 2008 3:52 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
For eating: HANDS DOWN Crappie, unless it's a crappy crappie then it's all really crappy, not crappie. For fun I'd say Bass. But Catfish on light tackle is a BLAST!!! It's pretty close but I'd go with my light tackle cats.
Got R Did!
Posted Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:08 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Id say my favorite fish to catch is smallmouth bass in summer. But spring fishing definatley a trophy rainbow trout Out of the local deerfield river here in western massachsuetts. The largemouths around here are lazy and let you drag them in :/
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Posted Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:19 am Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
If it has fins and swims it's a target to me ;)
Cory
Posted Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:20 am Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Give me fish with teeth and I will stay happy as long as I am catching them...preferably pike, but I love me some larry fishing.
GET YOUR SWAMP DONKEY ON!!!
Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:23 am Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
You guys are all missing the boat on this one IMO.
Sturgeon would rank #1 in eating and fighting. Nothing like seeing your rod screaming line out as a 200lb fish comes completely out of the water doing tail walks and is splashing both sides of the river banks in the process. However here in BC we can no longer keep them but a few years back we could.
Dead eye
Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:57 am Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
I just finished reading TGF’s post, mouth hung open. I’ve never caught a sturgeon...
R
Posted Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:21 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
BROOKIES!!
They're populations in the Appalachian Trail keep declining, making them a very prized and sought after fish to catch. Not to mention their insane colors!
Luke Keener
Posted Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:34 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Brookies are beauties!! They are a rare one and awesome to catch in my waters!
Smiley!!
MA
Posted Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:26 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
I'm a bass fisherman, but the only fish that I will eat is Walleye, especially the cheeks. They are rare in Truman Lake, MO, but when you catch one its big. About 10 years ago, I was killing the bass on spinnerbaits on a summer morning. Then, I caught a walleye that took both hands to get around. But I wasn't hungry for Walleye, I doubted that it would live in a livewell in the summer and I was anxious to catch more bass. So I threw it back without weighing it. My next biggest Walleye was 7.5 lb. that I caught in Arkansas in the late 1970's. This Walleye was much bigger than that one.
Walleye will hit most bass lures including plastic worms, but not topwater.
Posted Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:53 pm Re: Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
Hey JP~! Are you flooding bad right now! I saw it on the news! Looks real bad! How are you fairing out? Hope all is well!!!
Smiles Always!
MA
Posted Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:26 am Re: Re: Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
I live in mid-St. Louis County and have a vacation home on Truman Lake, MO which is just west of Lake of the Ozarks and closer to KC than StL. The flooding in St. Louis County is in way southwest county on the Meramec River, which is loaded with Smallmouth Bass. Truman Lake is rapidly rising, but my house is at the top of a big hill. So I am not near the flooding. Flooding in Pacific and Eureka, MO is nothing new.
In the 1970's the Corp of Engineers planned a dam on the Meramec to stop the flooding. However, the environmentalist killed the dam by finding an endangered minnow in a cave that would have been flooded by the lake and thus threatening the minnow.
Posted Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:51 am Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
If it has fins its tops to me!!!
Mike :)
Better to be loose then tight!
Posted Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:55 am Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
LMBass and Trout all the way!
I would rather be fishing!
Posted Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:15 pm Re: What are the top perferred freshwater fish?
yeah it entirely depends on wher eu live in the states. here iin WA we dont have much of anything besides trout, bass, catfish and perch. for fighters i absolutlesy LOVE hooking a monster rainbow on a fly rod! theres nothing better! for eats i like em too. but if you can snag a real nice bass or perch or catfish in the swamps its a hoot. all of them are delicious, but trout and perch are the best!
"Live Life Loud"
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