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[Lure]

Fish the Grand with worms or minnows, not that rare at all there.

 

Alfie.

I will target grand ... put this on my list.

[Lure]

ya I think the fight would be fun because I've heard they are really strong. But I think they are really ugly looking. They look like a lamp ray IMO and Ive heard they really destroy your lures. They also have the ability to breathe air which kinda creeps me out lol.
If I ever hook into one I hope you are around Alfie!!

 

Flounder, skate, and dogfish were all caught bottom fishing squid and clams. Pickerel was using a small white spinnerbait. The whitefish was bottom bouncing nymphs. Bonefish was shrimp flies. The bluerunner and snapper was a 1/2 oz jig and hermit crab. And the bass was using crankbaits.

you fish top middle and bottom .... I fish them all too.

[Lure]

ya I think the fight would be fun because I've heard they are really strong. But I think they are really ugly looking. They look like a lamp ray IMO and Ive heard they really destroy your lures. They also have the ability to breathe air which kinda creeps me out lol.
If I ever hook into one I hope you are around Alfie!!

we will put alfie in your tackle box and make him come up like genie in the bottle  pufff !      

[Lure]

I will target grand just for this species ... been to grand many times but did not get the chance to catch this, maybe this fish swipe out or in the graveyard shift.

[PikeHunter]

Caught: Brown trout Brook trout Rainbow trout Pike Walleye Carp Catfish Sucker Crappie Bluegill Perch Largemouth bass Smallmouth bass Chinook salmon Sun rising on horizon Sun setting on horizon Cold after fishing in the rain My cousin caught a string of giftmas lights Bra - empty lol To Catch List: Steelhead Musky Sturgeon Sockeye salmon Coho salmon Lake trout Any Fish On Caught List Love to just get out in nature, catching fishing is just icing on the cake!

[Alfiegee]

we will put alfie in your tackle box and make him come up like genie in the bottle  pufff !      

Make sure there is a beer or 2 for me in that tackle box, OK ? .

Kleiner, Bowfin are not that ugly when you land one and lay it on some grass to take a pic. I don't catch a lot of them, they come as incidental catches mostly at places I fish, but they are strong and put up a fight. I have heard they have something resembling a lung and can breath air but mine never stay out of the water long enough for me to find out. I have to admit my first siting of a Bowfin kind of creeped me out though. When I was about 10 I was standing on a bridge with my brother looking down at the water and a bunch of Sunfish and Perch getting ready to fish when a huge dark shadow darted out from a weed bed and grabbed one of the Perch or Sunfish. An old man who was standing on the bridge with me told me it was a Dogfish, which is what some call a Bowfin. He also told me that their flesh was poisonous. Don't know about the flesh thing, I rarely keep fish. But my brother and I did make it a point of catching Perch to use for Dogfish bait ( legal back then ). We had a great time catching those Dogfish and it turned out there was some huge Pike in that river too that liked perch.

 

Alfie, now to work on my list. I have til the Ticats game starts .

[Alfiegee]

My list of fish caught.

 

Ontario.

Trout, Brookies, Rainbow/Chrome, Browns, Lakers, Splake and Aurora.

Bass, Smallies, Largies, Rockies and Silver or White.

Perch, Yellow and Silver or White.

Kitties, Channels, Yellow and Brown Bullheads.

Pike.

Walleye.

Musky.

Bluegill, Pumpkinseeds and all other Sunfish.

Salmon, Chinooks, Cohoes and Pinks.

Sturgeon.

Gar.

Bowfin.

Carp.

Drum/Sheephead.

Mooneye.

The whole array of various Chubbs, Suckers, Shinners and Darters Sticklebacks. Those don't really count. Suckers maybe. .

American Eel.

Snapping Turtle.

I probably left something out.

 

Outside Ontario but still in Canada.

 

Atlantic Salmon.

 

Pickeral real Picks,Chain, Grass and Redfin.

Trout, Dollies and Cuts when I lived out west.

Arctic Char.

 

Salt water, Canada, Florida and Barbadoes.

 

Mackeral and King Mackeral.

Halibut.

Flounder.

Sharks, Hammerhead, Shovelnose, Bull and Tiger.

Cod.

'cuda

Various Groupers.

Various Skates and Rays.

Various reef dwelling fish on deep sea charters.

 

  As I said I may have left out a few but so be it.

 

Alfie.

[Lure]

Caught: Brown trout Brook trout Rainbow trout Pike Walleye Carp Catfish Sucker Crappie Bluegill Perch Largemouth bass Smallmouth bass Chinook salmon Sun rising on horizon Sun setting on horizon Cold after fishing in the rain My cousin caught a string of giftmas lights Bra - empty lol To Catch List: Steelhead Musky Sturgeon Sockeye salmon Coho salmon Lake trout Any Fish On Caught List Love to just get out in nature, catching fishing is just icing on the cake!

outdoor is the best .... catching fish is the trophy.

[Lure]

outdoor is the best .... catching fish is the trophy.

I caught turtle a lot too ....annoying .... makes me feel like throwing them in the grill sometimes like survivorman.

[Lure]

Make sure there is a beer or 2 for me in that tackle box, OK ? .

Kleiner, Bowfin are not that ugly when you land one and lay it on some grass to take a pic. I don't catch a lot of them, they come as incidental catches mostly at places I fish, but they are strong and put up a fight. I have heard they have something resembling a lung and can breath air but mine never stay out of the water long enough for me to find out. I have to admit my first siting of a Bowfin kind of creeped me out though. When I was about 10 I was standing on a bridge with my brother looking down at the water and a bunch of Sunfish and Perch getting ready to fish when a huge dark shadow darted out from a weed bed and grabbed one of the Perch or Sunfish. An old man who was standing on the bridge with me told me it was a Dogfish, which is what some call a Bowfin. He also told me that their flesh was poisonous. Don't know about the flesh thing, I rarely keep fish. But my brother and I did make it a point of catching Perch to use for Dogfish bait ( legal back then ). We had a great time catching those Dogfish and it turned out there was some huge Pike in that river too that liked perch.

 

Alfie, now to work on my list. I have til the Ticats game starts .

mudfish = bowfin .... a lot in asia .... and some people makes this a delicacy ..... haven't tried this fish yet .... but look's like It's  good with beer ...... I would for $30.00 ...... would you for a beer?

[Kleiner]

mudfish = bowfin .... a lot in asia .... and some people makes this a delicacy ..... haven't tried this fish yet .... but look's like It's good with beer ...... I would for $30.00 ...... would you for a beer?

I've heard they are a plank fish - you cook them on a cedar plank soaked in beer, throw out the fish and eat the plank lol.

Alfie - that's quite the list you got there, good for you!

[Alfiegee]

mudfish = bowfin .... a lot in asia .... and some people makes this a delicacy ..... haven't tried this fish yet .... but look's like It's  good with beer ...... I would for $30.00 ...... would you for a beer?

What? Bowfin aren't from Asia, they are native, have been here for 10 thousand years.

 

Alfie.

[bullshark]

Freshwater:   

cisco

sheepshead

longnose gar

sm and lm bass

rock bass

peacock bass

rainbow trout

lake trout

brook trout

Chinook salmon

coho salmon

pink salmon

northern pike

white bass

black crappie

white sucker

walleye

yellow perch

pumpkinseed

white crappie

blue gill

*musky*  (largest freshwater fish, 46 inches)

goby

redhorse sucker

 

Wanna catch a carp.

 

 

Saltwater:  (important species only)

king mackerel

little tunny

blackfin tuna

reef shark

blacktip shark

sandbar shark

dusky shark

*bull shark* (largest fish by weight, 450 pounds)

*tiger shark* (largest fish by length, 10 feet)

spinner shark

lemon shark

common snook

great barracuda

bluefish

redfish

dolphin

tarpon

greater amberjack

mutton snapper

gag grouper

black grouper

red grouper

goliath grouper

 

Wanna catch a mako shark.

 

I am up to 115 species.  Yes, some people say I have a fishing problem...

[Lure]

What? Bowfin aren't from Asia, they are native, have been here for 10 thousand years.

 

Alfie.

not from asia ... but there are bowfin aka mudfish in asia

[Lure]

Freshwater:   

cisco

sheepshead

longnose gar

sm and lm bass

rock bass

peacock bass

rainbow trout

lake trout

brook trout

Chinook salmon

coho salmon

pink salmon

northern pike

white bass

black crappie

white sucker

walleye

yellow perch

pumpkinseed

white crappie

blue gill

*musky*  (largest freshwater fish, 46 inches)

goby

redhorse sucker

 

Wanna catch a carp.

 

 

Saltwater:  (important species only)

king mackerel

little tunny

blackfin tuna

reef shark

blacktip shark

sandbar shark

dusky shark

*bull shark* (largest fish by weight, 450 pounds)

*tiger shark* (largest fish by length, 10 feet)

spinner shark

lemon shark

common snook

great barracuda

bluefish

redfish

dolphin

tarpon

greater amberjack

mutton snapper

gag grouper

black grouper

red grouper

goliath grouper

 

Wanna catch a mako shark.

 

I am up to 115 species.  Yes, some people say I have a fishing problem...

we all have a fishing problem bro.  ....... this is what other people don't understand, many are interested but don't know how to start with. 

[MuskieBait]

not from asia ... but there are bowfin aka mudfish in asia

 

I am not aware of any bowfin in Asia. I think you may be confusing with Northern Snakehead, Blotched Snakehead or Striped Snakehead...which looks similar, but completely different family of species. Love to be corrected if I am wrong with some scientific documentation.

[MuskieBait]

Sorry for digging up an old post...but while I was searching for "snakehead" on the internet, I came across this topic. I also saw some mentioning of my name here prior to me joining this site. I thought I would chime in.

 

Thus far, I caught 386 species of fish, but 7 species are missing good pictures. I still counted them but I would love to catch those 7 species again some day for photographic record.

 

The list is too long to post here (I tired and it said my post was too long )...so I can only leave you with the link to the lifelist on my blog and you can see all the pictures and categorization of the the species.

 

http://muskiebaitadv...ecies-list.html

 

There are 32,000+ species of fish in the world and I have barely even scratched 1% of them...my "wanted" list is too long to post as well...but I'll just say there are a few regions of the world I would like to fish. It is my goal to fish all seven continents before I die...yes...all seven...including Anarctica!

 

Areas on the top of my bucket list to fish, both for diveristy of species and quality of specimens...

 

East Cape, Mexico

Exmouth, Australia

Amazon and Pantanal, Brazil

Isle of Man, UK

Lake Tanganyika and Zambezi River, Zambia

Madagascar

New Zealand

Japan

[chinooky]

My bucket list:

 

got em

Trout: rainbow/steelhead, brown, brook, lake, dolly varden

perch, pike, mooneye, goldeye, sauger, walleye, lake and mountain whitefish, small and largemouth bass, suckers

Salmon: chum, coho, chinook, pink, sockeye

animal fish: bullhead, catfish. dogfish, ratfish, sea-snake, snapping turtle, red-eared turtle (well...the turtles bit but i didnt really wanna get close to them lol)

Halibut, flounder, all kinds of rockfish, rock crab, crayfish, lingcod

flying fish, skipjacks, striped marlin, dorado, wahoo, barracuda, snapper

 

need em!

atlantic salmon

carp

muskie

bluefin

sailfish

blue/black marlin

grouper

 

Catching your first of any kind is always magic, especially when it is targeted and you have worked hard for it

[OCDComputing]

For Carp...hit the Grand..there are some very healthy sized Carp there that will rip line off of you!

[BowSlayer]

 

 

ONTARIO FISH SPECIES:

 

Lake sturgeon 

Longnose gar

Bowfin

Atlantic salmon 

Chinook salmon 

Coho Salmon

Brown trout

Rainbow trout

Brook trout

Aurora trout 

Lake trout 

Lake whitefish 

Cisco or lake herring

White sucker

Carp

Channel catfish

Brown bullhead

Northern pike

Muskellunge

Burbot

Yellow perch

Walleye

Sauger

Smallmouth bass

Largemouth bass

White bass

Rock bass

Pumpkinseed

Black crappie

round goby

Sheephead

creek chub

blue gill

shinner

 

 

 

This are Ontario's fish species ..... marked in blue are the one I caught in the past ..... the browns next on my lists .... black will follow after. Shark will be my last. .... Post your fish species fisherman ..... other fisherman would like to see what's your interest in catching next, maybe you don't have some fish species on their list ... and they don't have what's on your list ... switch spots and add more fish on your belt.

 

every one on the list, except aurora trout, had a couple break me off up north though. some more too but don't feel like writing right now, lol.