Favorite Fish - Page 2

ArkansasHunter · 10-10-2007, 07:13 PM

That sea monster in the picture billy posted, is it really a fish that people eat ?
I can not believe something that dangerous looking is in waters people swim in !!!!
I thought maybe some south american made that thing.
Do they bite and attack people ???

gunney_m · 10-10-2007, 08:01 PM

Yea, is it real?

Oxford · 10-10-2007, 09:43 PM

I'll be fishing again tomorrow morning for more crappie. My favorite spot for catching them is up close to a concrete bridge pier where the water is about 20 ft deep. In the past three weeks the water temperature has dropped from around 80 deg. F to around 73 deg. F. This makes those crappie more active and by using medium length minnows and some good luck I'll bring home my limit of 15 crappie again, all 9" or longer, which is the legal requirement at Smithville Lake, here in NW, MO.

So...knightrider...it's more Harold Ensley Batter, eggs and milk, boiling deep fat, and tarter sauce. They're gonna be good eat'in, for sure.

Dookiebutt · 10-11-2007, 06:17 AM

Catching: steelhead

Eating: Lake Erie Perch

BamaBowTie · 10-11-2007, 09:08 AM

Well, being a southern boy, catching and eating catfish is in my blood. Since my Mom and Step-Dad moved to florida I have tried Red Snapper and Hammer Head and I gotta say they are my new favorite to eat.

Big Dog · 10-11-2007, 05:41 PM

I grew up eating stronger-tasting fish - Mullet, Black Bass and Grunts in saltwater, and the bream and muddy catfish in fresh water.
So, things like Whiting, Tilapia and other 'white fish' taste bland to me. Shark is okay - I like it for the fact there are no bones. Taste is uninspiring though.

These days, fish that Dad and I used to throw away as trash are selling for big money! We sold our Mullet for 35cents a pound in the early eighties - now it's bringing three bucks or more a pound in the stores! And it often isn't true Mullet - some Asian crapfish they are mislabeling.

jerry · 10-11-2007, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

That old pond gots some big Catfish in it !!! That one looks to be 10 to 12 lbs

They can get large. Too big and they aren't too good eati'n though.

SPOCAHP ANAR · 10-11-2007, 06:36 PM

Love catching shark!

Nothing like standing on the second rail to get your line over the pylons so he doesn't wrap around it and break the line. Then the fun begins when you try to remove the hook.

Mooseman684 · 10-11-2007, 08:59 PM

Halibut Fishing Hands Down...Best eating and I love the fight of a "Barndoor", My biggest has been 200 lbs. Lots of them 35 to 150 lbs.I did hook one that almost took me overboard, but my friends grabbed me and held on while I cut the drag loose a bit...Ended up breaking the hook...He was a $10,000 dollar fish .
We have a Derby every year in Valdez for the Largest Sport caught 'but !
Rich

Lng Rng · 10-12-2007, 01:27 PM

Moose is right, halibut fishing is a blast, and they taste great. A freind of mine caught one out of Homer last year that weighed 330lbs. Huge fish.

freakingout · 10-12-2007, 02:14 PM

My favorite to catch is definitely largemouth bass. Here's one I caught before I left for training this summer. She was just shy of seven pounds. Right after my friend's brother pulled in another six pounder. I love that pond. Very productive. Good place for bass, bream, and crappie.

jerry · 10-12-2007, 04:08 PM

Nice bass indeed

Oxford · 10-12-2007, 06:38 PM

Bass are strong fighters when you're trying to land them, as compared to the crappie that I've been catching.

freakingout · 10-12-2007, 06:48 PM

Haha. I love the fight. And then she hit topwater. A topwater catch has to be my favorite. Gets my adrenaline flowing. Good stuff. Going out tomorrow morning. May have some more pictures for you guys.

newhunterette · 10-22-2007, 11:06 PM

a nice beautiful chrome STEELHEAD fantastic fish to fight

Sturgeon - another of my favourite to fish for - this one was caught on the weekend on the Fraser River - took 4 guys 1.5 hours to bring up - 10.5' length and 5.5' girth - I have caught 6 and 7' sturgeon but that one would be a dream

mrbassantlers · 10-24-2007, 12:55 PM

Love to bass fish, but will fish for whatever's biting.
Love to eat about any fish I can get someone else to cook for me.

toolman · 10-24-2007, 01:24 PM

I like catching them all, but my favorites for eating would have to be crappie for freshwater and Flounder for saltwater.

RockB · 10-24-2007, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blaster

but for eating you cant beat a small scamp grouper about 10 lbs.

+1

SGT. SHLITZ · 10-24-2007, 04:06 PM

Jellyfish.
J/K
I don't fish much, but I sure do loves to eat Whitefish from the U.P.

irish murphy · 10-26-2007, 06:57 PM

My favourite fish to catch is a hard one.I love catching all fish.Trout would be my favourite,followed by the Murray cod,then golden perch(yellowbelly),redfin are also lots of fun to catch on lure.Carp are top fighters.And these are only fresh water,dont get me started on salt water fishing.

10-10-2007, 09:43 PM	#23
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 12,981 Trader Rating: (0)	I'll be fishing again tomorrow morning for more crappie. My favorite spot for catching them is up close to a concrete bridge pier where the water is about 20 ft deep. In the past three weeks the water temperature has dropped from around 80 deg. F to around 73 deg. F. This makes those crappie more active and by using medium length minnows and some good luck I'll bring home my limit of 15 crappie again, all 9" or longer, which is the legal requirement at Smithville Lake, here in NW, MO. So...knightrider...it's more Harold Ensley Batter, eggs and milk, boiling deep fat, and tarter sauce. They're gonna be good eat'in, for sure. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

10-11-2007, 09:08 AM	#25
BamaBowTie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alexandria, AL Posts: 226 Trader Rating: (0)	Well, being a southern boy, catching and eating catfish is in my blood. Since my Mom and Step-Dad moved to florida I have tried Red Snapper and Hammer Head and I gotta say they are my new favorite to eat. __________________ "They call you paranoid until the worst happens, and in the aftermath they call you a hero." -Me

10-11-2007, 05:41 PM	#26
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,067 Trader Rating: (0)	I grew up eating stronger-tasting fish - Mullet, Black Bass and Grunts in saltwater, and the bream and muddy catfish in fresh water. So, things like Whiting, Tilapia and other 'white fish' taste bland to me. Shark is okay - I like it for the fact there are no bones. Taste is uninspiring though. These days, fish that Dad and I used to throw away as trash are selling for big money! We sold our Mullet for 35cents a pound in the early eighties - now it's bringing three bucks or more a pound in the stores! And it often isn't true Mullet - some Asian crapfish they are mislabeling. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

10-11-2007, 06:36 PM	#28
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,025 Trader Rating: (0)	Love catching shark! Nothing like standing on the second rail to get your line over the pylons so he doesn't wrap around it and break the line. Then the fun begins when you try to remove the hook. __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

10-11-2007, 08:59 PM	#29
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,266 Trader Rating: (0)	Halibut Fishing Hands Down...Best eating and I love the fight of a "Barndoor", My biggest has been 200 lbs. Lots of them 35 to 150 lbs.I did hook one that almost took me overboard, but my friends grabbed me and held on while I cut the drag loose a bit...Ended up breaking the hook...He was a $10,000 dollar fish . We have a Derby every year in Valdez for the Largest Sport caught 'but ! Rich __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

10-10-2007, 07:13 PM	#21
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,521 Trader Rating: (0)	That sea monster in the picture billy posted, is it really a fish that people eat ? I can not believe something that dangerous looking is in waters people swim in !!!! I thought maybe some south american made that thing. Do they bite and attack people ???

10-10-2007, 08:01 PM	#22
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931 Trader Rating: (0)	Yea, is it real?

10-11-2007, 06:17 AM	#24
Dookiebutt Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,021 Trader Rating: (0)	Catching: steelhead Eating: Lake Erie Perch

10-12-2007, 01:27 PM	#30
Lng Rng Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 944 Trader Rating: (0)	Moose is right, halibut fishing is a blast, and they taste great. A freind of mine caught one out of Homer last year that weighed 330lbs. Huge fish.

10-12-2007, 02:14 PM	#31
freakingout Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Opelousas, LA Posts: 118 Trader Rating: (0)	My favorite to catch is definitely largemouth bass. Here's one I caught before I left for training this summer. She was just shy of seven pounds. Right after my friend's brother pulled in another six pounder. I love that pond. Very productive. Good place for bass, bream, and crappie. Last edited by freakingout; 10-12-2007 at 02:24 PM.

10-12-2007, 04:08 PM	#32
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,760 Trader Rating: (0)	Nice bass indeed __________________

10-12-2007, 06:38 PM	#33
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 12,981 Trader Rating: (0)	Bass are strong fighters when you're trying to land them, as compared to the crappie that I've been catching. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

10-12-2007, 06:48 PM	#34
freakingout Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Opelousas, LA Posts: 118 Trader Rating: (0)	Haha. I love the fight. And then she hit topwater. A topwater catch has to be my favorite. Gets my adrenaline flowing. Good stuff. Going out tomorrow morning. May have some more pictures for you guys.

10-22-2007, 11:06 PM	#35
newhunterette Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 353 Trader Rating: (0)	a nice beautiful chrome STEELHEAD fantastic fish to fight Sturgeon - another of my favourite to fish for - this one was caught on the weekend on the Fraser River - took 4 guys 1.5 hours to bring up - 10.5' length and 5.5' girth - I have caught 6 and 7' sturgeon but that one would be a dream __________________ "a real Proud southern Canadian Beaver but have always adored my American neighbours" Last edited by newhunterette; 10-23-2007 at 11:01 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

10-24-2007, 12:55 PM	#36
mrbassantlers Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: north central Oklahoma Posts: 84 Trader Rating: (0)	Love to bass fish, but will fish for whatever's biting. Love to eat about any fish I can get someone else to cook for me. __________________ Never try to teach a pig to sing.... it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

10-24-2007, 01:24 PM	#37
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,356 Trader Rating: (0)	I like catching them all, but my favorites for eating would have to be crappie for freshwater and Flounder for saltwater. __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

10-24-2007, 04:06 PM	#39
SGT. SHLITZ Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Camp X-Ray Posts: 18 Trader Rating: (0)	Jellyfish. J/K I don't fish much, but I sure do loves to eat Whitefish from the U.P.

10-26-2007, 06:57 PM	#40
irish murphy Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canberra,Australia Posts: 1,028 Trader Rating: (0)	My favourite fish to catch is a hard one.I love catching all fish.Trout would be my favourite,followed by the Murray cod,then golden perch(yellowbelly),redfin are also lots of fun to catch on lure.Carp are top fighters.And these are only fresh water,dont get me started on salt water fishing.