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Peter Collins' thread on states and provinces got me to thinking about
how many species of fish (loosely speaking) I've caught. On the fly: rainbow trout cutthroat trout brown trout brook trout lake trout mountain whitefish coho salmon pink salmon chinook salmon (fry only) sockeye salmon (kokanee only) bull trout dolly varden arctic char (probably) grayling largemouth bass smallmouth bass bluegill punkinseed (sunfish) striped bass bonefish trevally puffer tarpon yellow snapper mutton snapper jack crevalle pudding wife squirrel fish barracuda by other means: walleye northern pike white perch yellow perch gar carp croaker eel I'm sure I've missed some, including various reef fish in Belize that I couldn't even identify. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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rainbow trout cutthroat trout brown trout brook trout cuttbow palomino trout lake trout mountain whitefish Eastern Whitefish coho salmon chinook salmon landlocked salmon bull trout grayling largemouth bass smallmouth bass "kentucky" spotted bass bluegill punkinseed (sunfish) striped bass walleye Northern Pike Channel Catfish Bullhead black crappie chain pickerel white perch white bass white sucker redfin sucker buffalofish carp grass carp mackerel yellow perch flounder longnose gar many types of chubs and fallfish and I think I caught a muskie fingerling once. Pete Collin |
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On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 05:58:19 -0700, rw
wrote: Peter Collins' thread on states and provinces got me to thinking about how many species of fish (loosely speaking) I've caught. On the fly: rainbow trout & steelhead brown brookie bull landlocked atlantics carp sucker chub pike largemouth smallmouth striper bullhead walleye chinook pumpkinseed bluegill rock bass crappie Peter turn mailhot into hotmail to reply |
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rw wrote: Peter Collins' thread on states and provinces got me to thinking about how many species of fish (loosely speaking) I've caught. On the fly: Fly: Rainbow Trout Great Lakes Steelhead King Salmon Silver Salmon Brown Trout Brook Trout Cutthroat (as stocked in Arkansas ) LM Bass SM Bass Redfish Various Perches, Bluegill, and Crappie Catfish Walleye Redeye Bass Striped Bass Muskie (ate the Rainbow I was attempting to land in NY state but started out as a #16 BWO) Pike Various Suckers and *coarse fish* Other Tackle Blue Marlin White Marlin Sailfish Tuna Bonita Hammerhead Shark Tiger Shark Sand Shark King Mackeral Spotted Seatrout White Seatrout Long Nosed Gar Snook Tarpon Dolphin (the fish, not the mammal) Blue Fish Grouper Red Snapper and other smallish SW fish. |
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"rw" wrote in message ... Peter Collins' thread on states and provinces got me to thinking about how many species of fish (loosely speaking) I've caught.... Rainbow, brown, brook and cutthroat trout. Do hybrids such as the cutbow count? Rocky mountain whitefish Bluegills, pumpkinseed and various other unidentified allies. Rock Bass Smallmouth bass Largemouth bass Northern Pike Muskie Black and white crappy White bass Walleye pike.....and probably sauger.....not at all sure I could tell them apart. Yellow perch Coho salmon Chinook salmon Channel cat Bullhead Bowfin Various "suckers" Sundry, "minnows".....dace and other unidentified tiny fish Sculpins of one sort or another Myriad "chubs" All of the above except the bowfin on flies......most of them also with bait and/or hardware. I've also gotten grouper, red snapper, snook and others that I never identified or have forgotten with a spear gun. Also, many thousands of smelt with nets. Wolfgang |
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Also, many thousands of smelt with nets.
Wolfgang If you didn't leave the nets in the sun so long, they wouldn't have smelt. -- Frank Reid Euthanize to respond |
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Knew I'd forget as few:
rock bass sheepshead |
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Peter Charles wrote:
rock bass crappie Damn! I knew I'd forgotten a couple. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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OK, I don't usually respond to "polls", but this one got me thinking. The following have been caught by various means, from bait to lures to flies. Largemouth bass Spotted bass Smallmouth bass Guadalupe bass Striped bass White bass Carp (bait only) various suckers (bait only) Gar Pike Gaspergou (freshwater drum) (bait only) Bowfin (bait only) Channel catfish Blue catfish (bait only) Yellow catfish (bait only) Bluegill Green sunfish Readear sunfish Black and white crappie Red drum Hardheads (sal****er catfish) (bait only) Speckled trout (sal****er "trout") Black drum (bait only) Rainbow trout Brown trout Brook trout |
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Wolfgang wrote:
Do hybrids such as the cutbow count? Well, I didn't include palomino rainbow trout or the nearly dead chum salmon I foul hooked in Alaska, but everyone has to follow their own consciences. :-) -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message ... ...Carp.... Oh, yeah. Bow and arrow on the Lake Michigan shore......many years ago. Oddly, perhaps, I don't recall ever catching one on a hook. Wolfgang |
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Wolfgang wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message ... ...Carp.... Oh, yeah. Bow and arrow on the Lake Michigan shore......many years ago. Oddly, perhaps, I don't recall ever catching one on a hook. And of course I also remembered some mo rock bass, "pumpkinseed" and warmouth. Chuck Vance |
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rw wrote: Peter Collins' thread on states and provinces got me to thinking about how many species of fish (loosely speaking) I've caught. On the fly: rainbow trout cutthroat trout brown trout brook trout lake trout mountain whitefish coho salmon pink salmon chinook salmon (fry only) sockeye salmon (kokanee only) bull trout dolly varden arctic char (probably) grayling largemouth bass smallmouth bass bluegill punkinseed (sunfish) striped bass bonefish trevally puffer tarpon yellow snapper mutton snapper jack crevalle pudding wife squirrel fish barracuda by other means: walleye northern pike white perch yellow perch gar carp croaker eel I'm sure I've missed some, including various reef fish in Belize that I couldn't even identify. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. Most of the usual freshwater above, still have fish to catch in the salt. For unusual freshwater fish; Sacramento Perch and Hitch |
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Wolfgang wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message ... ...Carp.... Oh, yeah. Bow and arrow on the Lake Michigan shore......many years ago. Oddly, perhaps, I don't recall ever catching one on a hook. When I was about 14 years old I killed two spawning carp with one big rock. It was one of the most pointless, shameful things I've ever done. BTW, for you guys in Baltimore, in was in Montebello Reservoir. I lived nearby, so I used to fish for largemouth bass there. It was illegal, but I could go down a steep bank and get behind a reed bed were no one could see me. Anyway, if you're 14 and broke, WTF? What are they going to do? Throw you in jail? My best day at Montebello was two five-pound (honest) bass. Spawners. I really wish I still had that photo. I put them in the freezer and my mother threw them away about a year later. That was also one of the most pointless, shameful things I've ever done. But I was 14, so cut me some slack. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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Conan The Librarian wrote:
And of course I also remembered some mo rock bass, "pumpkinseed" and warmouth. Another I forgot: Squaw Fish, aka Pike Minnow for the politically correct among us. Speaking of politically correct, the "official" name of the jew fish is now the goliath grouper. OK, fine. But David the Hebrew slew Goliath the Philistine, so this is a slap in the faces of Jews. The official namers argue that "goliath" doesn't refer to the Biblical giant in person, but only to the common lower-case meaning of the word. That makes no sense at all. The lower-case "goliath" derives from Goliath the giant Philistine warrior, and no one would remember Goliath the person if it hadn't been for David the Jew. David MADE Goliath's reputation, by killing him and thereby getting him a mention in the Bible. If they had to change the name they could have called it the great grouper, or the gargantuan grouper, or the stupendous grouper, or the humongous grouper, or the superduper grouper. But no, they had to insult the Jews, as if they haven't been though enough already. Willi and I saw a "goliath grouper" while snorkeling in Belize. It must have been 300 lbs, easy. Maybe much bigger. It was resting on one side of a rock, and a big nurse shark was on the other side. Very cool. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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Jonathan Cook wrote:
[big snip just to get to this] Northernmost place fished: athabasca river near jasper. Caught rainbow and brook trout Interesting. When SWMBO and I traveled through that area, I had my doubts about what the fishery was like. We were there in early September, and the water was almost milky-colored from glacial silt. What time of year did you fish it? Chuck Vance (who wouldn't mind fishing that area the next time he's there) |
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On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:10:18 -0700, rw
wrote: Peter Charles wrote: rock bass crappie Damn! I knew I'd forgotten a couple. and I forgot perch Peter turn mailhot into hotmail to reply |
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On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 10:15:16 -0500, Peter Charles
wrote: On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 05:58:19 -0700, rw wrote: Peter Collins' thread on states and provinces got me to thinking about how many species of fish (loosely speaking) I've caught. On the fly: rainbow trout & steelhead brown brookie bull landlocked atlantics carp sucker chub pike largemouth smallmouth striper bullhead walleye chinook pumpkinseed bluegill rock bass crappie Peter turn mailhot into hotmail to reply oh ya, if we're not talking fly caught, add bowfin, musky Peter turn mailhot into hotmail to reply |
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"Frank Reid" wrote in message ... Also, many thousands of smelt with nets. Wolfgang If you didn't leave the nets in the sun so long, they wouldn't have smelt. Doesn't matter. In the years when I pursued them.....mostly the early 60s through mid 70s.....the stench of millions of tons of rotting alewives pretty much drowned out everything else. :( Wolfgang |
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Hmmm.... Difficult.
Salmon Seatrout Trout Grayling Pike Perch Roach Dace Carp Crucian carp Goldfish Tench Barbel Bream Burbot Eel Bullhead Garfish Bass Mullet Dab Flounder Cod Haddock Mackerel Whiting Pollack Herring Pouting Weaver Gurnard ( Grey and red) Various bats, ducks, seagulls, frogs, and two sheep. Using bait and various other methods, quite a few more. TL MC |
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"Wolfgang" wrote ... Also, many thousands of smelt with nets. Doesn't matter. In the years when I pursued them.....mostly the early 60s through mid 70s.....the stench of millions of tons of rotting alewives pretty much drowned out everything else. :( Wolfgang Many a fine memory of same. Sitting on the 'horseshoe' at Montrose harbor with Dad at 3 AM. The horrible stench of the alewives was easily drowned out by the stories Dad told about smelting in his youth. Thanks for the flashback... Dan |
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Close to home , I have caught (on the fly)
Rainbow trout Cutthroat trout Bull Trout Brown Trout Brook trout Golden trout (the real kind, not some albino rainbow) Lake Trout Rocky Mountain Whitefish Northern Pike A squawfish or two, but these were accidental red-finned suckers (happens every year during runoff as I dredge the bottom with big nymphs) I have also caught, but not on the fly, and not necessarily close to home: Walleye Chinook Salmon Coho Salmon Sculpins Perch I can't think of any others. Tim Lysyk |
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Peter Charles wrote in
: chub There have been two or three outings where I entertained myself catching chub on dries when little else was going down. I took a chub on a size 4 salmon hook once at Sandy Creek. That was something to see. If I remember, it was on my own concoction that I call a "freddie mercury" Hook: Salmon fly, size 4-6 tail: purple schlappen tag: medium oval tinsel body: Purple ultra chenille rib: fine oval tinsel thorax: Purple lite brite wing: flourescent pink calf tail (reverse tied) Hackle: Purple chickabou I don't remember why I called it a "freddie Mercury", but it seems to fish well in everything from clear to deeply stained water. -- Scott Reverse name to reply |
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Forgot chub and vendace, doubtless a few others as well.
TL MC |
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Mike Connor wrote:
Hmmm.... Difficult. Dab Is that short for something? Pouting Weaver Gurnard ( Grey and red) Never heard of them..... Do you catch weaver on woven body nymphs? |
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On the fly:
rainbow trout large mouthbass white bass Other Artificials: striped bass smalled mouth bass channel catfish (flipping plastics) flathead catfish (inline spinners and jigging spoons) warmouth green sunfish shellcracker bluegill walleye black crappie white crappie threadfin shad white perch tilapia Bait or Bait tipped Artificial: most of the above plus gobie yellow perch carp sheephead bulhead catfish callico bass barracuda sculpin mackeral eel (species unknown) -- -- Bob La Londe http://www.YumaBassMan.com |
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Jonathan Cook wrote:
Shad (L,B) How could I have forgotten shad? -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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"Daniel-San" wrote in message .. . "Wolfgang" wrote ... Also, many thousands of smelt with nets. Doesn't matter. In the years when I pursued them.....mostly the early 60s through mid 70s.....the stench of millions of tons of rotting alewives pretty much drowned out everything else. :( Wolfgang Many a fine memory of same. Sitting on the 'horseshoe' at Montrose harbor with Dad at 3 AM. The horrible stench of the alewives was easily drowned out by the stories Dad told about smelting in his youth. Must be a hell of a story that would drown out alewives. A Dad worth keeping, I'd say. Thanks for the flashback... De nada.......flashbacks are free. :) Wolfgang |
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Caught most all of the fresh water fish mentioned so far.
I've caught Carp on the fly. Dogged fighters. Noticed that few if any have mentioned Sockeye and Pink Salmon on the fly. Very exciting. A few years back I reported in ROFF catching a Cut/Brown Hybred. Anybody ever get one of those? Also Boanfish on the fly. Great fun! Joel |
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_fly-caught_
Rainbow trout (resident and steelhead) Brown trout Brook trout Cutthroat trout (Yellowstone, Lahontan, Westslope, Coastal) Bull trout Lake trout whitefish Atlantic salmon (landlocked) bluegill pumpkinseed redear sunfish redbreast sunfish largemouth bass smallmouth bass white crappie black crappie yellow perch tilapia carp bonefish redfish _Other means_ channel catfish bullhead flathead catfish northern pike pickerel walleye muskie rock bass spotted bass gar nile perch white sucker chub kingfish ladyfish bluefish sheepshead white grunt mermaid pompano shad weakfish Gulf flounder mutton snapper white bass striped bass spotted seatrout yellowtail stingray some sort of sal****er catfish, species unknown |
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"JR" wrote in message ... _fly-caught_ I have to get out more! I'm still waiting to see a fly caught sturgeon listed. bugcaster |
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"Wolfgang" wrote ... Must be a hell of a story that would drown out alewives. A Dad worth keeping, I'd say. You have no idea. Got lucky in that respect, for sure. We still fish pretty often, though his Vietnam artillery experience left his shoulders mostly frozen, so it's pretty much trolling for salmon, etc. in the 'big pond'. And the every May jaunt to Lake Erie to do our part in the put and take walleye fishing. Can't let them 'put' without taking, I s'pose.... Thanks for the flashback... De nada.......flashbacks are free. :) And one of these days, I expect the 'real' flashbacks. Many Dead shows will do that to ya. Wolfgang Dan |
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"bugcaster" wrote in message ... "JR" wrote in message ... _fly-caught_ (snip) Bugcaster wrote: I have to get out more! I'm still waiting to see a fly caught sturgeon listed. bugcaster Hmmm . . . I saw a guy hook a "surgeon" once with a fly. Is that close enough? :) It wasn't a fair catch though. Didn't hook him in the mouth . . .. just the vest. DaveMohnsen Denver |
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"Peter A. Collin" schrieb im Newsbeitrag .. . Mike Connor wrote: Hmmm.... Difficult. Dab Is that short for something? No it is a flatfish common in the North Sea Pouting Weaver Gurnard ( Grey and red) Never heard of them..... Do you catch weaver on woven body nymphs? Best to avoid catching them at all, they are extremely poisonous. I also forgot chub, char, vendace, and dragonet. TL MC |
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Mike Connor wrote:
"Peter A. Collin" schrieb im Newsbeitrag .. . Mike Connor wrote: Hmmm.... Difficult. Dab Is that short for something? No it is a flatfish common in the North Sea I suppose they're similar to the Pacific sand dab: http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/odfw/fin...acsanddab.html They're delicious: http://www.ochef.com/404.htm -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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"rw" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... snip I suppose they're similar to the Pacific sand dab: http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/odfw/fin...acsanddab.html They're delicious: http://www.ochef.com/404.htm -- Well, they are similar to the extent that they are flatfish, and delicious, but the North Sea dab is Limanda limanda http://www.fishbase.org/images/thumb...n_Lilim_u0.jpg The pacific sand dab is Citharichthys sordidus http://www.fishbase.org/images/thumb...n_Cisor_u0.jpg It seems there is a whole host of fish known as dabs TL MC |
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I caught a Pennsylvania grand slam on a fly once: Brown, brookie,
rainbow and fallfish. On my local trickle, the Dirty Ol' Neshaminy, I'm shooting for a Lower Bucks grand slam: Rock bass, green sunfish, carp and fallfish. The local lake has a slam I'm working on, too: Largemouth, carp, pumpkinseed and pickeral. On a fly, Bow, brown and brookie Carp Smallmouth, largemouth, white, striped, warmouth and rock bass Chub, shiner and alewife Bluefish and weakfish yellow perch, black and white crappie vast varieties of sunfish Steelie (almost) As a dirty little kid with Uncle Josh's eggs some of the above and: Dogfish cutthroat stingray sand dab bullhead croaker |
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I just recalled another fish I would occasionally catch in the
Chesapeake Bay: the oyster toadfish. http://www.fisheries.vims.edu/toadfish.htm It is without a doubt the ugliest fish I've ever caught. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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