Survey: How many different kinds of fish have you caught??

[Northman]

I was daydreaming here at work and started thinking about the different kinds of fish I have caught. I have jotted down 38 kinds so far (includes salt water). They vary from sailfish in Mexico, halibut
in Alaska, brook trout in the Rockies to walleyes in Saskatchewan. All the different species have an interesting story and special experience.
Do you fellow walleye fisherman on WC "fish around" like I do?
Northman

[TM]

18

[crash]

oh man, how much time do you got?

no paticular order....


Walleye
Yellow perch
white perch
weakfish
Striped Bass
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Spotted Bass
rock bass
redeye bass
sea bass
bluefish
bluegill
pumpkinseed
warmouth
black crappie
white crappie
porgie
chain pickeral
northern pike
tiger muskie
muskie
king salmon
Brown Trout
Lake Trout
Brook Trout
Rainbow Trout
Channel Catfish
Brown Bullhead
Black Bullhead
white catfish
American eel
Burbot
Bowfin
Buffalo
carp
chub
golden shiner
sucker
bergal
sea robbin
herring
Tautog (blackfish)
clearnose skate
sand shark
fluke (summer flounder)
flounder
smelt

I'm sure I missed a few. Plans for this year have me adding several larger tuna species (Bluefin, Yellowfin, Bigeye) and sharks (Mako, Thresher, Blue) to the list. I've just gotten started with the saltwater so give me some time...

I want a goliath tiger fish :)

[brushpile]

IN-fish had an article on this about 6 months ago--so this is a pretty easy one for me. My life list, as they called it includes 49 different species of fish. all from fresh water.

Most people who are worth their weight in 6 lb mono should be able to hit 25 with ease. Almost half of these came as a youngster soaking a worm in a creek that wound through the town I grew up in.

This brings back many fond memories.

[brushpile]

Crash Here are a few you missed but have probably caught.
sauger
saugeye
drum
flathead catfish
steelhead
coho

This is quite an impressive list--didn't want you to forget any!

[crash]

Nope none of those, other then steelhead, I include it with rainbows...

I have my list somewhere, I got the idea from that same In-fish article.."life list"

Dace I forgot...

do snapping turtles count?

[crash]

shad
menhaden


and I've snagged just about every clam and crab off the bottom of the sea......

[Rickk]

What? No one here ever catch a Wahoo?!

[Hawgeye]

How about a Tulibee or a Sturgeon?

[Two Dogs]

I think the better question would be how many different species have you caught on the same day on the same lake?
Walleye
Perch
White Bass
Smallmouth
Blue gill
Crappie
Bullhead
Catfish
Alewife
Northern
Wiper

[Northman]

Had some more time to daydream at work today and thought of 13 other
kinds of fish (mostly caught when I was a young pup) so my total is up to 51.
I must have waay too much time on my hands or spring is not coming fast enough.
Northman

[Skillz]

you missed a mooneye and goldeneye. I managed to catch both of these while catfishing on the minnesota river by mankato. Weird looking fish.

skz

[crash]

Here its called the the "too warm for ice, to cold on the water, everything good is outta season, might as well see what trash I can catch, don't have nuttn better to do then think about fish" blues.

I sure in the heck can't stand another fishn show....

[Kevin/CO]

23 species and counting. But I got what a lifetime to catch up to crash? Watch out here I come.

[Steve(CO)]

Well guys, my count is up to 62 but would be higher because I don't know the names of some saltwater fish I have caught and I've probably forgotten some others. Here goes (remember that this is almost a 60 year compendium from living on the east coast, inland, and travelling, so you young'uns have time to catch up). Following that is what INTEND to catch before I'm done.

Smallmouth
largemouth
Walleye
Northern pike
chain pickerel
yellow perch
white bass
wiper
bluegill
rock bass
punkinseed
green sunfish
black crappie
white crappie
bullhead
yellow cat
bowfin
burbot
lake trout
brook trout
brown trout
rainbow trout
Steelhead (separate from rainbow?)
cutthroat trout (several varieties including Yellowstone, Snake, Colorado, west coast sea run, etc. Counted category as 1 only
Pink salmon
Chum salmon
king salmon
coho salmon
sockeye salmon
Landlocked (Atlantic) salmon
Smelt (on rod not just netted)
Dolly varden char
Grayling
chub
Fallfish
Carp
sucker
buffalo
whitefish (rky mt)
halibut
ling cod
sea robin
blowfish
Irish lord
Sand shark
Other sharks, kind??
skate
Rays, kind??
blue runner
weakfish, Sea trout
Tautog
Sea bass (east coast)
Black sea bass, Alaska
Begall
flounder
fluke
kingfish
Cod, Alaska
Pollack, Alaska
albacore tuna
Bluefish


Future catches I hope to make
bonefish
permit
tarpon
roosterfish
redfish
barracuda
striped bass
musky
tiger musky
sailfish
marlin
and more....

[tj1n]

I'm sure I haven't caught 60 species buy I know I've caught a bunch- maybe I missed em' but did some of you miss:

ling or drum - these may not be the correct names, but were what I was taught.

I've been having crazy fishing dreams everynight for the past couple weeks, so I too must be getting ansy for the soft water even though I love ice fishing as well. Last night all I caught in my sleep was a darned beaver....hmmmm

Take care~

[exnj]

I borrowed from a previous list and edited to best match what memory serves me. Total = 45 Age = 38. I think keeping the # of species ahead of the age is a good measurement of an avid fisherman who "fishes around -

Smallmouth bass
largemouth bass
spotted bass (kentucky)
Walleye
Sauger
Saugeye
Northern pike
chain pickerel
yellow perch
white perch
white bass
wiper
bluegill
hybrid sunfish
rock bass
pumpkinseed
green sunfish
black crappie
white crappie
bullhead
channel catfish (Only state record held, CO. catch and release 1997)
brook trout
brown trout
rainbow trout
cutthroat trout
Kokanee salmon
chub and all other minnow categories, listed as one.
Carp
sucker
whitefish (rky mt)
ling cod
sea robin
blowfish
Sand shark
weakfish, Sea trout
Bluefish
fluke
Yellow snapper
porgy
mackerel
drum
musky
gar
eel
Unidentified Ugliest sea fish ever on my honeymoon in the FLA Keys

Fish On!
Lou

[crash]

Steve, if you ever in the NYC area hook up with me, I'll get ya that striper...

tj, ling and drum are two different fish, but ya gotta be careful with saltwater names, the same fish will have different names depending what state your in.



If I wasn't here, I'd be fishn.

[Jig Master]

The strangest fish I've ever caught was a "Coelacanth" off the coast of Madagaskar a few years back. I'll never forget that one!:D

[crash]

Yea Jig, I seen that show too...hehehe

Exnj, you got a pic of that mystery fish? I know a board where you'll have your answer in 10min or less....its some sick game to them, ever see a goblin shark? yeeeeeeeeee

If I wasn't here, I'd be fishn.

[Bert]

Workin' on it...

bluegill
rock bass
yellow perch
Walleye
Smallmouth
Largemouth
Northern pike
Rainbow Trout
white bass
black crappie
white crappie
bullhead
bowfin (dogfish)
Brown Trout
Brook Trout
Lake trout
King Salmon
Coho Salmon
Burbot ('Pout)
Steelhead
Cutthroat trout
Sockeye salmon
Dolly Varden
Bermuda Chub
Channel Cat
Carp
Sucker
Tullibee
Sheephead (Freshwater drum)
Lake Whitefish
blackfin tuna
wahoo
sauger
sand bass
spanish mackerel
sculpin
bonefish
pacific jack crevalle
cero mackerel
yellowtail snapper
yellowtail grouper
yellow grunt
squirrel fish ;(
Redfish
hardhead catfish
ladyfish
speckled seatrout
sheepshead (saltwater)
Atlantic jack crevalle
common snook
lizardfish
Gafftop sailcat
mangrove snapper
Jewfish (now goliath grouper ;) )
nurse shark
barracuda
gulf flounder
lemon shark
yelloweye rockfish
pacific halibut
lingcod
pacific bonito
porgy
houndfish
pacific sailfish
chula (striped bonito)
mutton snapper
skipjack tuna
triggerfish
yellowfin tuna
roosterfish

[Bert]

Wahoo?...

Yep, quite a ride, eh?

But I still have give the Fight-You-All-The-Way-To-The-Boat award to the tunas. They just don't understand the word quit.

My arms hurt thinking about it....

[exnj]

Hey crash,
Sorry, no picture. It was reaL small, about 7-8 inches. Caught fishing off grassy key in a boston whaler with the new wife, at the time. It was real ugly and smelled really bad. We caught several of them while fishing for the yellow snappers. Didn't even want to touch them to get them off the hook and throw them back. They were similar to the sea robins I'm sure you've caught in the Atlantic near NY. Send the site to identify it, it would be fun.

Lou from NJ

[Steve(CO)]

Crash
I was born and raised in NYC but found out there was another way to live when I went away to college and I never went back except for a few summers and to visit. My whole family is still there so I do get back to NY on a regular basis. If time allows, I will look you up. Usually those trips are pretty full, but I am retiring after next year and will be more flexible. I spent a number of evenings as a kid with my dad surfcasting the LI beaches for stripers or whatever. I don't recall that we ever caught anything! I did hook up on one big striper on my flyrod off Martha's Vineyard several years ago, but did not land it so I didn't count it. It was big; popped a 12# leader like sewing thread.
I did think of several more fish from the lists given; porgy, mackerel, snapper (Florida kinds), jacks.
Cheers

[Northman]

After looking at the lists some of you have posted, I found 9 more that I did not remember. Now up to 60.
On my wish list to catch:
Sheefish
Marlin (Blue, Black and Striped)
Tarpon
Barramundi
Peacock Bass
Piranha
If I win the lottery this week, I should be able to have a shot at
all the above soon. If not, I'm only 40 so I still have a few years to chase them down. Oops, I forgot about the 3 kids to put through college. That could (will) delay the quest for the above.
Northman

[Magic]

No ones caught a paddlefish. They are huge fish here in the rivers of MT.

[Steve(CO)]

Crash
It looks like the second half of this thread got truncated so I don't know if you saw my response to your offer. I was born and raised in NYC and most of my family is still there, so I do get back regularly. I may well take you up on the offer of some striper fishing but it probably won't be this year as my wife and I are building a new house. Maybe we will meet if you make the Western WC roundup at Glendo this summer.
Steve

[crash]

Hey Steve, anytime man, I've got some sweet spots. Easy on the body too, none of that climbing, clinging, stuff these nutz do these days....MV is a hot spot these days, lots of 30 & 40 pound fish around.

I'm the opposite, I am originally from Michigan...don't ask, it all started with this girl.....:)


If I wasn't here, I'd be fishn.

[Northman]

Since I first posted this question, I now have a list of 63 different kinds of fish. I live in Montana and have found it interesting in all the different fish you guys have caught. I don't go to the salt water that often and have not even heard of some of your catches. We don't have a huge variety of fish here.

It would be interesting to fish in the north-east part of the country where you have more kinds of fish to catch when the Eyes are not biting. During a slow day of walleye fishing, I would like for something to bend my rod and wake me up.

I am not pickey at on a slow day. The following would be be "fine catches" on "One of Those Days": sucker, carp, tumbleweed, plastic bag, clam, partners line, electric motor, rock and last but not least, a trout.
Northman