Your favorite warm water fish ?

attila · Mar 4, 2012

Mine is river smallmouth bass

opcorn: This should have a poll but I dont see that option on my iphone,sorry. Mods feel free to add a poll please. Thank you.

bucktail · Mar 4, 2012

Carp just because I love sight fishing but pike is a close second, great thread.

-Bucktail

gatortransplant · Mar 4, 2012

I'm in agreement on sight fishing for carp. I haven't targeted smallmouth yet, so until then it'll stay with the ol' golden bones.

attila · Mar 4, 2012

Thanks,I have yet to hook a carp on fly gear. They're soo spooky but they fight great in my experience with reg tackle.

fire instructor · Mar 4, 2012

The fun thing about fishing river smallmouths is that they are almost ALWAYS hungry! They are largely indiscriminate eaters, pouncing on most any worthy morcel of food that drifts or swims their way.... They are also pretty hardy, so you rarely see one floating belly-up after being released following a long fight. For catch & release fun, with lots of action, some leaps, and some strong runs, they are hard to beat as a relatively abundant gamefish.

jml43 · Mar 4, 2012

would have to say panfish. Bluegills, Shellcrackers, crappie, pumpkin seed, and goggle eye/warmouths. Never know which one and on light tackle they are fun.

jhammer · Mar 4, 2012

It's a toss-up between Freshwater Drum and Channel Cats. They both readily take a fly, they're strong, and they get big! :biggrin:

wabi · Mar 4, 2012

Bluegills!
The big ones are seldom easy to catch, but the little ones can salvage a bad day of fishing.

pa dave · Mar 4, 2012

Smallmouth for me. They just are a lot of fun to find and fight. Tied for second are channel cats and carp, mostly for the amazing fight.

chuck s · Mar 4, 2012

Which ever is closest but some I really love are big Carp, Muskies and Northern's in the spring, and for sure Crappies, White Bass in the spring and Bluegills anytime! Come to think of it Smallies rate high too.

banjominnow · Mar 5, 2012

Whitebass......aggression, numbers and decent fight. Smallmouth, panfish then carp tops out the list.

bluedaksi · Mar 5, 2012

attila said:
Mine is river smallmouth bass opcorn: This should have a poll but I dont see that option on my iphone,sorry. Mods feel free to add a poll please. Thank you.

X2 - Without a second thought, there's no other fish that gets my blood pumping faster than a river smallie!

50fish · Mar 5, 2012

Smallies!!!! Though I do enjoy throwing small popping bugs to bluegills with a 2 wt.

jor fly · Mar 5, 2012

Smallmouth, with rock bass being a close second,

ted4887 · Mar 5, 2012

No gar yet? Cmon guys!

Carp for this guy.

grassonfly · Mar 5, 2012

large mouth bass

mvarley84 · Mar 5, 2012

By far, smallmouth bass. Nothing fights harder pound for pound. Most of the smallies I catch are out of rivers, so add in the current and a 4lb smallie feels like a monster.

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ted4887 said:
No gar yet? Cmon guys!

Carp for this guy.

Ok, I'll say it...Gar is my second favorite. But I do not have a boat, so accessing them is a little difficult in my area. Nothing beats watching a gar chase a bunny leech in 1 foot of water on a hot july day.

Rip Tide · Mar 5, 2012

As Dr. James Henshall said in his 1881 Book of the Black Bass, the smallmouth is

inch for inch, pound for pound, the gamest fish that swims.

bucktail · Mar 5, 2012

ted4887 said:
No gar yet? Cmon guys!

Carp for this guy.

Ya know I would have wrote that but I havent had the pleasure of catching one yet. Thats one of my goals for this season, an dsince im moving to texas in the spring ill be able to add it.

Tight lines,
Bucktail

wt bash · Mar 5, 2012

Smallmouth hands down. Carp can be fun but after bronze backs bluegills come second.

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