fishing for bass 2025
crankbait2009 reply :
obviously when you go out fishing you are in hopes of landing LM/SM bass. sometimes you get other fish instead of the bigguns you intended for.
my question is this. when you go fishing for bass, what types of fish do you pull in other than bass, unintentionally? 
i actually get crappie biting on my lure rather than bass. i caught one bass and one crappie my last time out. 
Walz reply :
Lately on the river the 'others' have been walleye, and catfish. The walleye are usually pretty small, but I still enjoy catching them. I really don't mind the catfish as they sometimes put up quite a good fight.
The pond that I fish usually produces scores of bluegills, crappie, and some red ears. Those are quite fun as well. This pond has some huge ones. The largest so far has been a 14" crappie.
Mottfia reply :
Lately I have been loading up on catfish. I caught a twenty pound giant a month ago along with four other cats. I have also caught bream, skipjack, shad, gar, bowfin....can I stop now :-/
Mottfia
grimlin reply :
I voted "others" and that would be...
walleye
Apparently they like tubes and white spinnerbaits too.
SirSnookalot reply :
Quoteobviously when you go out fishing you are in hopes of landing LM/SM bass. sometimes you get other fish instead of the bigguns you intended for.
Not really, I'm fishing for peacocks.
roadwarrior reply :
We catch a variety on the Tennessee River:
White bass, Kentucky bass, crappie, striper, flathead and blue cats,
sauger, drum, buffalo, rock bass, bluegill, skipjack, threadfin and
gizzard shad, turtles and gar.
8-)
RoLo reply :
In Florida, there are a few animals that will strike a bass lure, among them:
> Bowfin
> Chain Pickerel
> Large Crappies
> Large Bluegills
> Florida Gar
> Alligators
> Turtles
Roger
BUCKEYEone reply :
Reds-
I'd bet there are not many of us on this site that accidently load up on Saugeye !
crw reply :
Not uncommon to reel in a Channel Cat or Chain Pickerel when using spinners or crankbaits.
crw reply :
QuoteIn Florida, there are a few animals that will strike a bass lure, among them:
> Bowfin
> Chain Pickerel
> Large Crappies
> Large Bluegills
> Florida Gar
> Alligators
> Turtles
Same in Southwest Georgia, especially bowfin and gar.
Roger
tritz18 reply :
Farther north we tend to catch yellow perch, chain pickeral, and blue gill
driftingrz reply :
only things i seem to bring in other than some kind of bass would be catfish of somesort. and the infamous fish shaped like a tree branch
crankbait2009 reply :
QuoteReds-I'd bet there are not many of us on this site that accidently load up on Saugeye !
i totally agree, buti have heard a lot of people catch these things so i added it to the list.
it looks like there are a lot of people that catch fish other than bass. at least im not the only one
Sam reply :
caught a pike today. 
brandonmccray reply :
I tend to pick up redbreast, green sunfish, and white bass mostly.
MN Basser reply :
if its Minnesota, its northerns
ptomacbass reply :
Snakeheads
Catfish
Gar
Gizzard Shad
Striper
Great Blue Heron
Blueback Herring
Crappie
Sunfish
and Walleye
bass or bass ? reply :
Here it's either black crappie or striped bass/white bass. Happy fishing.
~B.A.S.S.~N.A.F.C.~BoatU.S.~N.R.A.~
swilly78 reply :
walleye more than any other i suppose.
Hammer 4 reply :
On spinnerbaits, and worms..channel cats and rainbow trout.. :
CWB reply :
I catch alot of Musky and Pike and some pretty decent Rockbass.
Just out of curiosity, why did you list LM/SM as an option if that's what you're fishing for?
crankbait2009 reply :
i mainly did that cause maybe there are some anglers out there that only catch what they are fishing for and nothing more. like bass, i go out in the hunt for bass but bring something else in instead.
CWB reply :
Quotei mainly did that cause maybe there are some anglers out there that only catch what they are fishing for and nothing more. like bass, i go out in the hunt for bass but bring something else in instead.
Gotcha. Just confusing cause in the title you put fish other than bass and in the poll one of the options is bass. Seems to be getting alot of votes though!
Muddy reply :
I voted other: Those &^!*(!*ING PICKREL >
whitwolf reply :
QuoteLately I have been loading up on catfish. I caught a twenty pound giant a month ago along with four other cats. I have also caught bream, skipjack, shad, gar, bowfin....can I stop now :-/Mottfia
Ditto on the bream and bowfin.....Ocassionally a pickeral. stiper, and hybrids. I will say a bowfin will fight as good as any freshwater fish around, toothy critters to be sure.
Black Water Basstard reply :
Snake Heads, Bowfin, and Bull Heads, but mostly Gar
Bankbeater reply :
Usually catfish and crappie. Every once in a while I'll get a muskie or green sunfish.
dman reply :
Pickerel and more Pickerel
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