How many species?

"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
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...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

Wolfgang wrote:

"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
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...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

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.

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Most of the usual freshwater above, still have fish to catch in the
salt.
For unusual freshwater fish;
Sacramento Perch and Hitch

Wolfgang wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
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...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.

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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.

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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)

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

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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

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oh ya, if we're not talking fly caught, add bowfin, musky

Peter

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"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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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.

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

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