What's your favorite kind of fishing?

[bigride]

I am from Missouri. I enjoy fishing for big cats. The blues and flatheads can get pretty good size. I also enjoy catching slabside bluegill on ultralight tackle with 2 pound test. I can't think of many fish that have more fight in them though than a smallmouth on 6 or 8 pound test.

What's the biggest fish you have caught on the lighest line? I was fishing for bait fish in the shallows at Lake of the Ozarks with an ultralight spinning combo with 2 pound test line. Line started peeling off. I ended up with a 12 pound carp. I did not use him for bait or for food.

My brother caught a 45 pound flathead pitching a crawfish bait for bass with 8 pound test line. When he got it to the boat he asked me to grab it. I told him, "You caught it. You grab it." He laughed and asked if I was afraid of a fish. I told him that's not a fish; it's a dinosaur.

And let's try to avoid "fish stories" when sharing your fish stories please, gentlemen...and gentlewomen.

Just pretend this is witty.

 

[pawncop]

Pond or slow flowing creek. I want it to be relaxing.

 

[M3Stuart]

The most relaxing kind; trot lines...

While I shoot nearby.

 

[Stevens]

Coastal and inshore saltwater which around here means Redfish, Speckled Trout, Black Drum, with the occasional Sheephead and Flounder thrown in. All excellent eating fish too. With bait casting and spinning tackle from my 1981 Boston Whaler Montauk usually with live "Cockahoe" AKA Mud Minnows or plastic bait.
Steve W

 

[bigride]

Coastal and inshore saltwater which around here means Redfish, Speckled Trout, Black Drum, with the occasional Sheephead and Flounder thrown in. All excellent eating fish too. With bait casting and spinning tackle from my 1981 Boston Whaler Montauk usually with live "Cockahoe" AKA Mud Minnows or plastic bait.
Steve W

I have never been saltwater fishing. Sounds like a good time...and good eating.

Just pretend this is witty.

 

[carpriver]

Float fishing from the bank of a river, trying to catch brass, perch, blue gill. I said trying catch fish, if I was caught fish it would be called catching.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Northern Pike or Muskie. Both are fighters.

 

[gunnails]

1 Steelhead
2 Salmon
3 Trout

Biggest fish I ever caught was a 60# paddle fish

 

[Drm50]

Instant Fishing
Very relaxing and productive. Can be done from boat or bank, works on all
species.

 

[arjay]

Done a lot of flyfishing in the mountains and spinning for bass on the prairie.My current favorite is kayaking a very small lake at 10,000' dragging a streamer behind me with a fly rod.13-14" cuttbows and rainbows in that little spot.

 

[Peak53]

Dry fly fishing a #16 Caddis on a clear mountain stream for browns, rainbows, brooks, and the occasional cutthroat. I use the glass Fenwick my Dad gave me for my birthday 47 years ago. It gives me great joy to unlimber that rod every Spring. Last Summer I landed a 4 1/2 lb. rainbow on a 6x tippet. That's about 1.5 lbs strength. I had spotted the fish the previous day and came back with observers. Hold my beer and watch this! He (she?) struck on my first cast and stole the fly. I tied on another, calmed down, and carefully presented again. To my surprise, I got a second hit, hooked it, and brought it to hand. A quick picture, then back in the water for another day.

 

[arjay]

One of my favorite fishing story's happened up near north park.Standing on a sandbar,facing downstream changing a fly,heard something behind me.It was big and brown and fuzzy til I put my glasses back on.It was a bull moose wanting my spot.My only way out was downstream in deep fast current.When he got within 30',I started waving my arms above my head (I'm not going swimming dammit).He stopped and stared for quite a few minutes before turning back and to the side a few yards giving me enough room to sneak past.Went up to the truck on the bluff,grabbed a quick smoke,strapped on my 45 and grabbed my phone for some pics and headed back down.Didnt catch a single fish [emoji1]

 

[chief38]

Costco!

When friends ask me to come along with them for a days fishing I just bring a good cigar, a nice beverage and some eats. While I do eat fish I have little desire to personally catch them. Don't mind watching others reeling them in while puffing on a nice Partagas though.........

Strange - since I love Pheasant Hunting so much; just never caught the fishing bug. Love being out on the ocean for the day though.

 

[Fire75]

1 Steelhead
2 Salmon
3 Trout

2 thumbs up!

Blues are some of the greatest fighters also! Hit a feeding schools blues and your arms wear out!

 

[doublesharp]

shellcrackers when they are on the bed.

 

[Narrowback]

There's a small river not 10 mins from my house that is catch & release. It's wadable most of the year and has some big browns and in the spring some nice native brookies. Nothing more beautiful than a native brook trout.

I tied a hatching mayfly a few years ago that was an interesting design. I wanted to see how it floated, whether it was partially submerged and rode upright. I tied it on, and flicked it out maybe 5 feet away so I could get a good look at it. Apparently a 3lb brookie liked it real well and sucked it off the surface. Once hooked, it went crazy up & down the current, trying to get off. I finally landed it and it was the best day I had had in a long time. I just sat on a rock for awhile and smiled after I released it. Great memory that will stay with me for a long time.

 

[Engineer1911]

When the fish are biting my lure or bait.

 

[e3mrk]

Fresh Water Fishing is My favorite,I dont care what it is I just like to catch Fish. Carp are fun to catch but Sheepshead are like catching a dead Log.

 

[RobertJ.]

I've been a trout fisherman since I was 9 and we lived in SE Alaska. I've caught lots of others, I even has a job when I was a teen as a deck hand on a charter boat, but trout fishing a remote mountain stream is still my favorite. I use ultra light spinning tackle, and my go to lures are the Mepps Aglia, the Panther Martin, and the Rapala Minnow.

When we vacation somewhere tropical, I have a 9' surf rod that breaks down into 5 pieces and fits my suitcase. I use lures that work on salmon around here (I make my own spinners), and fish off the rocks. Once, I caught a small barracuda in the Bahamas with a salmon spinner I made myself. In Aruba, I caught a 3' needle fish with a spinner I made, and then gave it (the lure) to a German tourist who was fishing nearby and interested in what I was using. It turned out he was a naval officer on vacation with his family.

I forgot to list my biggest fish with lightest line. In Idaho, years ago, I brought in a 5 pound Brown trout on 4# test and an ultra light rod.

 

[captorquewrench]

Anywhere I can put a line in the water, sit quietly, and drink something cold. Usually off jetties at Texas City or a,pier, or hopefully now I can find a,spot at somerville lake, a mile or so from school.