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fishing user avatarcrankbait2009 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.  :)


fishing user avatarWalz 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.


fishing user avatarMottfia 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


fishing user avatargrimlin reply : 

I voted "others" and that would be...

walleye

Apparently they like tubes and white spinnerbaits too.


fishing user avatarSirSnookalot reply : 
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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.  

Not really, I'm fishing for peacocks.


fishing user avatarroadwarrior 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-)


fishing user avatarRoLo 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


fishing user avatarBUCKEYEone reply : 

Reds-

 I'd bet there are not many of us on this site that accidently load up on Saugeye !


fishing user avatarcrw reply : 

Not uncommon to reel in a Channel Cat or Chain Pickerel when using spinners or crankbaits.


fishing user avatarcrw reply : 
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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

Same in Southwest Georgia, especially bowfin and gar.

Roger


fishing user avatartritz18 reply : 

Farther north we tend to catch yellow perch, chain pickeral, and blue gill


fishing user avatardriftingrz 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


fishing user avatarcrankbait2009 reply : 
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Reds-

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  :)


fishing user avatarSam reply : 

caught a pike today.   :D


fishing user avatarbrandonmccray reply : 

I tend to pick up redbreast, green sunfish, and white bass mostly.


fishing user avatarMN Basser reply : 

if its Minnesota, its northerns


fishing user avatarptomacbass reply : 

Snakeheads

Catfish

Gar

Gizzard Shad

Striper

Great Blue Heron

Blueback Herring

Crappie

Sunfish

and Walleye


fishing user avatarbass 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.~


fishing user avatarswilly78 reply : 

walleye more than any other i suppose.


fishing user avatarHammer 4 reply : 

On  spinnerbaits, and worms..channel cats and rainbow trout.. ::)


fishing user avatarCWB 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?


fishing user avatarcrankbait2009 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.


fishing user avatarCWB reply : 
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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.

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!


fishing user avatarMuddy reply : 

I voted other:  Those  &^!*(!*ING PICKREL >:(


fishing user avatarwhitwolf reply : 
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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

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.


fishing user avatarBlack Water Basstard reply : 

Snake Heads, Bowfin, and Bull Heads, but mostly Gar


fishing user avatarBankbeater reply : 

Usually catfish and crappie. Every once in a while I'll get a muskie or green sunfish.


fishing user avatardman reply : 

Pickerel and more Pickerel




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