Your Dream fish

BassFeverJohn · 06-08-10, 04:29 AM

We all love bass, and where ever we may roam, we will always return to them. But...

I know a lot of us have that one dream fish we would love to land, and may even be planing a future trip to try for it. For me it is the Arapaima. Considered by many to be the largest fresh water fish in the world, they can reach nearly 10 feet in length, and weigh almost a thousand pounds. The live in a handful of rivers and tributaries in the Amazon basin. There are many fish I want to catch, Peacock Bass, Flathead Carp, Tarpon, Jewfish (Goliath Grouper), even the Lemon Shark, but the Arapaima is at the top of my list!

Not my fish... lol

What is your dream species? And maybe you have even caught it, if so please share the experience!

BigBassin144 · 06-08-10, 09:11 AM

I'd love to catch a 60" musky. For those of you who don't know musky, you're good when you make it to the 50" club.

Either that or a 18-20lb Steelhead, although I don't think they get that big in Ohio. Gotta go up in Michigan, and even then that's a huge fish. Although we get more fish here than in Michigan.

BB

Jrob78 · 06-08-10, 09:33 AM

I would be totally thrilled to catch a 5 or 6lb Smallmouth or maybe a Shoal Bass. They are such beautiful fish and we don't have many of them in Texas. You northern guys should consider yourselves lucky.

I would love to catch big Redfish in the Gulf, Tarpon in Florida, Peacock Bass in S.A, heck I would love to catch a Largemouth over 10 lbs.

walkeraviator · 06-08-10, 10:56 AM

South American Peacock Bass or a big a$$ tarpon... always wanted to go to canada and fish for northern pike just once...

Shake n' Bake · 06-08-10, 11:02 AM

Always wanted to catch a big lake trout in the Adirondacks.

WaffleJaw · 06-08-10, 11:26 AM

Realistic goals would be a smallmouth or walleye...
And I would love to learn flyfishing and hit trout out of a stream while smoking a cigar...The ciger is optional.

nofearengineer · 06-08-10, 12:08 PM

I would love to hook into a 1,000 lb Bluefin Tuna.

rodnreel · 06-08-10, 12:09 PM

My dream species would be a Bluefin Tuna. I'd probably get my butt kicked, and probably wouldn't even be able to handle the entire fight, but landing one of those beasts sure looks like it would be fun!

Bassboss · 06-08-10, 01:30 PM

Yup! I'm with no fear! A big 'ol tuna would be a blast! Caught a bunch of small boneies. But nothing much as far as size goes!

zooker · 06-08-10, 02:29 PM

me i've caught alot of kinds of fish..short of a 1000 pound hammerhead shark or a gaint blue marlin i don't really have a dream species..

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Originally Posted by rodnreel

My dream species would be a Bluefin Tuna. I'd probably get my butt kicked, and probably wouldn't even be able to handle the entire fight, but landing one of those beasts sure looks like it would be fun!

they aint fun it's more like but draggin work..first they troll for blue fins at around 20 mph. the blue fin has a burst speed of 60mph average speed is around 40mph during a fight.they can turn on a dime at those speeds..6 hour fights are common. weve hookup to a BIG finner for 5 hours just to have him kick it and break off the hook...in the winter i know of boats heading out charging $100 a head 6 man limit to pursue blue fin. i have never boated a fin with just one man in the chair.it too 3 of us to boat my 800+ pound blue fin-he was tagged and released- be ready to not be able to lift your arms above your shoulders for a week..

zooker

WTL · 06-08-10, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jrob78

I would be totally thrilled to catch a 5 or 6lb Smallmouth or maybe a Shoal Bass. They are such beautiful fish and we don't have many of them in Texas. You northern guys should consider yourselves lucky.

I would love to catch big Redfish in the Gulf, Tarpon in Florida, Peacock Bass in S.A, heck I would love to catch a Largemouth over 10 lbs.

I forget where in Texas you are, but there are some smallmouth and guadelupe bass in the center or the state, rivers and such.

I want to catch a quality Atlantic Salmon somewhere in the British Isles or perhaps Russia.

I would also like perhaps a Marble trout from say Slovenia.

WTL · 06-08-10, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BassFeverJohn

We all love bass, and where ever we may roam, we will always return to them. But...

I know a lot of us have that one dream fish we would love to land, and may even be planing a future trip to try for it. For me it is the Arapaima. Considered by many to be the largest fresh water fish in the world, they can reach nearly 10 feet in length, and weigh almost a thousand pounds. The live in a handful of rivers and tributaries in the Amazon basin. There are many fish I want to catch, Peacock Bass, Flathead Carp, Tarpon, Jewfish (Goliath Grouper), even the Lemon Shark, but the Arapaima is at the top of my list!

Not my fish... lol

What is your dream species? And maybe you have even caught it, if so please share the experience!

I wanted to fish the amazon, but then I saw a TV show with a guy who fishes worldwild where he detailed the story of a south american man who apparently had a fish swim inside him while he was peeing in the water. I then crossed south america off the list.

BassFeverJohn · 06-08-10, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by WTL

I wanted to fish the amazon, but then I saw a TV show with a guy who fishes worldwild where he detailed the story of a south american man who apparently had a fish swim inside him while he was peeing in the water. I then crossed south america off the list.

LMAO...

There is a very simple solution to that problem. They make candiru proof underwear...

I call them underwear, because lets face it, no one wants to see those on the average male body...

Captmikestarrett · 06-08-10, 03:12 PM

This year I plan to fish for black fin tuna on the fly in CT.

Next year I go to CANADA for pike on the fly on a fly in trip.

The bucket list is getting smaller the nice thing is "I can always add trips"

Capt Mike

rodnreel · 06-08-10, 03:48 PM

Wow, Zook, I knew they were bad to the bone, but didn't realize a fight would last that long. I was thinking 2 hours or so. I guess FUN was the wrong word...maybe I should have said rewarding. Either way, I'd still like to see what it feels like.

Jrob78 · 06-08-10, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by WTL

I forget where in Texas you are, but there are some smallmouth and guadelupe bass in the center or the state, rivers and such.

I'm in Dallas. There are a few lakes in Texas that have Smallmouths, Texoma and Belton off the top of my head. That goal is pretty obtainable.

WaffleJaw · 06-08-10, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jrob78

I'm in Dallas. There are a few lakes in Texas that have Smallmouths, Texoma and Belton off the top of my head. That goal is pretty obtainable.

I just found out Lake Grapevine holds Smallies

Guy from ''Ft worth'' posted ''Vine smallie''with a pic on TFF...Im assuming thats gansta slang for grapevine lake.
I know Lake Whitney does do.

Smallmouth is a reasonable distance..Maybe an hour or so..Guaps and Walleye is a 5hr to 7hr trip.

bassinbob · 06-08-10, 06:41 PM

I'd really like to go out to Cal. and catch one of them 19 or 20 lb. bass. Or here in Pa a 40 or 50 lb musky or the state record bass. Really I'd like to catch one of them big ol kowalsky's I always hear about.

bamabassman · 06-08-10, 09:33 PM

my "dream" fish would be the marlin. but i ain't going out there to get it so..........

BassFeverJohn · 06-08-10, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bamabassman

my "dream" fish would be the marlin. but i ain't going out there to get it so..........

Why not BBM?

bamabassman · 06-08-10, 09:39 PM

hahaha, man i ain't going out in NO KIND OF WATER where i can't see land. sorry, just ain't gonna do it. i had plenty of chances when we lived 30 miles north of gulf shores, but NOPE, NADDA, DIDN'T AND AIN'T HAPPENING. lol.

BassFeverJohn · 06-08-10, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bamabassman

hahaha, man i ain't going out in NO KIND OF WATER where i can't see land. sorry, just ain't gonna do it. i had plenty of chances when we lived 30 miles north of gulf shores, but NOPE, NADDA, DIDN'T AND AIN'T HAPPENING. lol.

I think there are places you can go in south Florida that you can get 'um in sight of land. But really, getting out in the open ocean away from everything is half the fun bro!

bamabassman · 06-08-10, 10:26 PM

naaaa bro. i seen jaws 1,2 and 3d....moby dick, the other sea monster movies.........naaa. lol. there IS something out there bigger than the boat i would be on. and i ain't crazy about seeing waves OVER the boat. i will tell you like i told my wife years ago......NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, I AIN'T GOING OUT THERE. hahahahaha.

BassFeverJohn · 06-08-10, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bamabassman

naaaa bro. i seen jaws 1,2 and 3d....moby dick, the other sea monster movies.........naaa. lol. there IS something out there bigger than the boat i would be on. and i ain't crazy about seeing waves OVER the boat. i will tell you like i told my wife years ago......NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, I AIN'T GOING OUT THERE. hahahahaha.

Seems like you have psyched yourself out pretty good. I'll send you a post card from the middle of the Atlantic next time we go out...

tim4081 · 06-08-10, 10:41 PM

I've had the opportunity to catch some great fish including large walleye, northern pike, smallmouth, steelhead, trout, salmon etc. But a couple I would love to catch....a 60" musky would be on the list as would be a large tarpon but topping my list would be one of those giant 15 to 20 pound LMBs!!!!

06-08-10, 04:29 AM	#1
BassFeverJohn BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Middleburg, Flawda Posts: 548	Your Dream fish We all love bass, and where ever we may roam, we will always return to them. But... I know a lot of us have that one dream fish we would love to land, and may even be planing a future trip to try for it. For me it is the Arapaima. Considered by many to be the largest fresh water fish in the world, they can reach nearly 10 feet in length, and weigh almost a thousand pounds. The live in a handful of rivers and tributaries in the Amazon basin. There are many fish I want to catch, Peacock Bass, Flathead Carp, Tarpon, Jewfish (Goliath Grouper), even the Lemon Shark, but the Arapaima is at the top of my list! Not my fish... lol What is your dream species? And maybe you have even caught it, if so please share the experience! __________________ Ish?

06-08-10, 09:11 AM	#2
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	I'd love to catch a 60" musky. For those of you who don't know musky, you're good when you make it to the 50" club. Either that or a 18-20lb Steelhead, although I don't think they get that big in Ohio. Gotta go up in Michigan, and even then that's a huge fish. Although we get more fish here than in Michigan. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

06-08-10, 09:33 AM	#3
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	I would be totally thrilled to catch a 5 or 6lb Smallmouth or maybe a Shoal Bass. They are such beautiful fish and we don't have many of them in Texas. You northern guys should consider yourselves lucky. I would love to catch big Redfish in the Gulf, Tarpon in Florida, Peacock Bass in S.A, heck I would love to catch a Largemouth over 10 lbs. Last edited by Jrob78; 06-08-10 at 10:02 AM.

06-08-10, 11:26 AM	#6
WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	Realistic goals would be a smallmouth or walleye... And I would love to learn flyfishing and hit trout out of a stream while smoking a cigar...The ciger is optional. __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com]

06-08-10, 12:08 PM	#7
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	I would love to hook into a 1,000 lb Bluefin Tuna. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

06-08-10, 10:56 AM	#4
walkeraviator BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 1,119	South American Peacock Bass or a big a$$ tarpon... always wanted to go to canada and fish for northern pike just once...

06-08-10, 11:02 AM	#5
Shake n' Bake BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 58	Always wanted to catch a big lake trout in the Adirondacks.

06-08-10, 12:09 PM	#8
rodnreel BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Jamestown, OH Posts: 310	My dream species would be a Bluefin Tuna. I'd probably get my butt kicked, and probably wouldn't even be able to handle the entire fight, but landing one of those beasts sure looks like it would be fun! __________________ "If you become a jack of all bass fishing trades but a master of none, you're setting yourself up for mediocrity." - Denny Brauer

06-08-10, 01:30 PM	#9
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Yup! I'm with no fear! A big 'ol tuna would be a blast! Caught a bunch of small boneies. But nothing much as far as size goes! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

06-08-10, 03:12 PM	#14
Captmikestarrett BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: Accokeek MD Posts: 3,315	This year I plan to fish for black fin tuna on the fly in CT. Next year I go to CANADA for pike on the fly on a fly in trip. The bucket list is getting smaller the nice thing is "I can always add trips" Capt Mike __________________ Capt Mike Starrett light tackle guide Potomac River http://www.indianheadcharters.com

06-08-10, 03:48 PM	#15
rodnreel BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Jamestown, OH Posts: 310	Wow, Zook, I knew they were bad to the bone, but didn't realize a fight would last that long. I was thinking 2 hours or so. I guess FUN was the wrong word...maybe I should have said rewarding. Either way, I'd still like to see what it feels like. __________________ "If you become a jack of all bass fishing trades but a master of none, you're setting yourself up for mediocrity." - Denny Brauer

06-08-10, 06:41 PM	#18
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	I'd really like to go out to Cal. and catch one of them 19 or 20 lb. bass. Or here in Pa a 40 or 50 lb musky or the state record bass. Really I'd like to catch one of them big ol kowalsky's I always hear about. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

06-08-10, 09:33 PM	#19
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	my "dream" fish would be the marlin. but i ain't going out there to get it so.......... __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-08-10, 09:39 PM	#21
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	hahaha, man i ain't going out in NO KIND OF WATER where i can't see land. sorry, just ain't gonna do it. i had plenty of chances when we lived 30 miles north of gulf shores, but NOPE, NADDA, DIDN'T AND AIN'T HAPPENING. lol. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-08-10, 10:26 PM	#23
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	naaaa bro. i seen jaws 1,2 and 3d....moby dick, the other sea monster movies.........naaa. lol. there IS something out there bigger than the boat i would be on. and i ain't crazy about seeing waves OVER the boat. i will tell you like i told my wife years ago......NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, I AIN'T GOING OUT THERE. hahahahaha. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-08-10, 10:41 PM	#25
tim4081 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Spring Lake, Michigan Posts: 195	I've had the opportunity to catch some great fish including large walleye, northern pike, smallmouth, steelhead, trout, salmon etc. But a couple I would love to catch....a 60" musky would be on the list as would be a large tarpon but topping my list would be one of those giant 15 to 20 pound LMBs!!!!

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