smalliestalker 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2009 smallmouth rule the warm water....i do however have a love for fish with teeth....pickerel on top water with a zoo cougar, or bass bug....oh my....the water explodes and the fight is on.....walleye....nothing like seeing those glowing eyes coming up from the depths with a streamer hanging out of it's mouth full of spikes......i have yet to go for muskie or pike.....maybe soon... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gillfan51 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2009 Bluegills! #1 LMB. #2 Anything that bites. #3 As far as the "exaggeration" of needing a 9wt to land a 4# 'gill, if it IS exaggerated, it's not by much! Best fight for the pound of any fish I've ever fought. With 58 years and many different species of fish behind me, I'd rather catch a big 'gill than anything else that swims. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigDaddyHub 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2009 Can't believe this thread is still going after 6 years....almost brings a tear to my eye... :cry: Man, I'm getting old! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smokinprice 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2009 I voted, but just for you old man. I picked bass but really its river fish for me in the summer. All river fish, inlucding creek chubs, kill the popper here so what I get is fine with me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigDaddyHub 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2009 Hey, Jeff, never look a gift chub in the gills! Took a huge chub last fall that hit a craw pattern. Fought just as hard as any trout of the same size! Good to see you on the board, Jeff. Work slowing down a bit? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smokinprice 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2009 Not in the slightest. I keep meaning to call you but last week and this week I am in firearms instructor school. So i am busy as crap and working my butt off. We need to chat at some point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smokinprice 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2009 O and I have taken a 17 inch chub on a popper before. Good times! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColonelMeyer 0 Report post Posted September 28, 2009 Smallies so far, Kentuckyies a close second because its so hard most times to find them. I hear brown trout can be tough. Those river/creek/current swimming fish definitely my favorites. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyboY 0 Report post Posted September 28, 2009 whoooo!!!!! pike all the way! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
day5 0 Report post Posted September 30, 2009 Smallies then smallies and if I cant find smallies I look for smallies! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickjc 0 Report post Posted October 1, 2009 Oh yes Smallies, but I wouldn't turn down a monster carp. Rick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airbornemike 0 Report post Posted October 3, 2009 King of the river the small mouth bass! runner up carp. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
javicruzito 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2009 Definitley the Peacock Bass,he beats them all!....there no other fish more ferocious and aggressive than the Peacock Bass and it is not a Bass family is a Cichlid family.And many others freshwaters fish fron Central and South America! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
travis.gardner 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2009 Man I wish we had Peacock Bass or even smallmouth bass in KC. My favorite is White bass or Crappie. I've just bought an 8wy and am looking to start after Hybrids and Carp. One of the local ponds in KC had a 10lb class hybrid wash up dead on the shore, and you can see them chasing shad into a circle. I am really interested in Carp. I tied into a 15lb one on a medium weight wal mart special, best fight of my life!! Ruined that cheap reel but man was that fun!! I know that the streams around my house are absolutely loaded with carp, and this summer I am going to spend some time chasing them. Happy holidays, Travis. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eugward 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2010 My first love is bluegills. Then it would have to be pickerles. :headbang: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites