Kinger Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Say for some hypothetical reason you could only fish for one species for the rest of your life. I'm interested to hear your responses. What species would you choose? Why? What method do you prefer to catch them? I will start with my choice. I may be a little bias due to my location but Atlantic Salmon gets my vote. Kings of all chrome. I would fish them only and be quite happy. Preferred method: 11 + foot rod/float reel. Salmo Salar ftw! Whats yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelie hunter Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Steelhead!!!! 13 ft rod and float reel, I could do it everyday!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinger Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Steelhead!!!! 13 ft rod and float reel, I could do it everyday!!!!!! I know that is gonna be a popular response hehe, and with good merit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Largemouth bass, one of the most aggressive fish in freshwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 LMB... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Nipigon brookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darsky Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 tarpon 15-40 lbers on spinning rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankbait Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Cash is King! I mean Bass is King! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbosh1980 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 bighead carp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapshooter Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 (edited) Without a doubt, Muskie. Edited December 8, 2009 by BenBeattie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettiop Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 My new love the steelie! With the rod and reel in the photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigdritchie Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Probably walleye. I world become bored if I were stuck to just one fishing scenario for the rest of my days, and that's why walleye would be my choice. For starters, I can fish for them year-round -- you don't have to drive too far to find good walleye fishing 12 months a year. And there's no end to how you can fish for them. I can jig the shallows in spring as post-spawn fish settle into emergent weeds, or cast twitchbaits along shoreline points, or work spinners over offshore saddles and reefs. Or bottom-bounce fast currents in rivers, if I want to break out my waders. I can huck suspending minnowbaits off a pier, or even fish sunken timber with weedless jigs or a little Senko, just for something different. In summer I can troll big open water with 'riggers or boards, or Lindy Rig mid-lake flats with leeches or crawlers, or throw out a drift sock and toss slip floats or drop-shot rigs. In early summer I can even catch them on topwaters. Rip-jigging the heavy veggies is always fun, or I can wet wade a big river and sneak a few out of the shallows in evenings by casting floating Rapalas. I can drive farther north and fish remote back lakes where walleyes have never seen Shad Raps or Rattle Traps. Or pull spinner rigs over sand flats, in the Kawarthas or on the Great Lakes. Heck, I can even catch them on flies if I really get bored. Come fall I can target the big girls as they hit up neck-downs and deep weedlines with crankbaits and huge minnowbaits. Or I can tip prop-jigs with shiners and finesse tough fish off of main basin points. Or hit the dams and lake narrows for some night action with swim baits. Or break out those waders again and hit the marsh at night for giants in only inches of water. I look at ice fishing the same way I look at clogged toilets, letters from Revenue Canada and objects on the bottom of my shoe that I can't identify, but if push came to shove I could even bring myself to once again fish for walleyes through the hard stuff -- again using a huge variety of baits and techniques. I can catch walleye on pretty much every rod and reel I own -- spinning rods, baitcasters, centrepin rigs, fly outfits, ultra-lights, rigger sticks, even straight graphite crappie poles (don't knock it till you try it!!). None of my tackle would gather dust. I admit that most walleye fight like a plastic bag, and are about as smart as a bag of rocks, but if nothing else, they're adaptable. So if I was stuck to only fishing for one species for the rest of my days, I'd probably fish for walleye. There's no shortage of different ways to catch them, and nothing else tastes as good when it's fried up in Fish Crisp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skud Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Pike, cause that's the only thing I can catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Largemouth bass, one of the most aggressive fish in freshwater. me2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 (edited) Think I'm hooked on these for a while.... few and far between, but they keep you thinking... Edited December 8, 2009 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT8 smoker craft Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Chromers on the pin !!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 It would have to be something available all year...and if I could only fish for this one fish it would have to be a fish I liked to eat. For me that leaves perch, crappie bluegills and walleyes.My 2 favs would be crappie or perch. Bt there is no way I could pick just one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 another vote for nipigon brookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 another vote for nipigon brookies Yah.. I could probably be convinced, pretty easily, to go that way as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perchslayer666 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 It would definitely be sea run Atlantic salmon, none of this great lakes crap…lol The best fighting, and best eating off all game fish period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinnerbaitking Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 SMALLIES all the way & there would always be the odd lmb, pike, ski, eye, perch & any thing else that would hit a tube, jerkbait, crankbait or spinnerbait Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinger Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 The best fighting, and best eating off all game fish period. Testify!!!!! :clapping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 i could spend every day of the rest of my life in a kevlar canoe or on snowshoes chasing big brookies. it's absolute angling and aesthetic perfection. 23 days!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Any fish that looks like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishdawg Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 these guys, no doubt about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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