Bucket List Fish

[MoCarp]

prob more I can put on my list...but for me in no particular order

Brook Trout

Flyer

Lake Trout

Sauger

Atlantic Salmon

Burbot

Suwannee Bass

Red Eye Bass

Red Breast Sunfish

Sacramento perch

 

[Ozarks Chillbilly]

Freshwater:

• McCloud River Rainbow
• Grayling
• Brook Trout
• Muskellunge

Saltwater:

• Tarpon
• Giant Trevally
• Redfish
• Any type of game shark

 

All on the fly, please!

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

My bucket list is really simple.   Just one more...(It keeps updating).

[Flysmallie]

1 minute ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

My bucket list is really simple.   Just one more...(It keeps updating).

 

Agreed. Yesterday on my lunch hour I ran out to Fellows to catch some bucket fish.

 

Had a freaking blast doing it too. They decided to live in a nicer environment for the winter. 

 

[mzrealfish]

Guapote

 

Central America.  My dad just bought a place in Costa Rica.  I'm hoping to cross this 1 off my to do list next year.  

[Johnsfolly]

15 hours ago, mzrealfish said:

Guapote

 

Central America.  My dad just bought a place in Costa Rica.  I'm hoping to cross this 1 off my to do list next year.  

That's a great looking fish! Would love to see any photos if you actually catch one!

Now I might have another to put of the list!

[Johnsfolly]

I know that this will sound funny to many on this site, but this is a hard question for me to answer. Each year I set fishing goals that include things like numbers of a given species, areas to fish, targeted species, numbers of new species, or numbers of different species. So I don't often think about a true "bucket" list that often. I do find that I gravitate towards watching certain types of fishing shows that show certain species. Anyway here is a list of fish that in the back of mind come up time and again as ones that I want to catch:

Roanoke bass (to finish out catching all species of rock bass)

Guadelupe bass

Suwannee River bass

And the four new bass species that were formerly considered red eye bass that I have not caught yet to finish out catching all species of black bass

Coppernose bluegill

hand-painted bluegill

Peacock bass

sturgeon (lake or white)

flathead catfish

Northern pike

Complete a Wyoming Cutt slam (now possibly a Utah cut slam as well - thanks BH )

Arapeima

Short list for Marine species

blue or black marlin (>400 lbs)

roosterfish

Mako shark

Hammerhead shark (>400 lbs)

thresher shark

Pacific Halibut

Bluefin tuna (>200 lbs)

Goliath Grouper

Giant Trevaly

Swordfish

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Better get a good airline CC with frequent flier miles

[Flysmallie]

44 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Hammerhead shark (>400 lbs)

 

Was on a boat with a guy that caught one around 125. Eat your wheaties.

[moturkey]

Saltwater: tarpon, redfish, marlin, swordfish, and Goliath grouper. 

 

Freshwater: any of the salmon species, Muskie, smallie over 20", LMB over 7 lbs.

Crossed off pike (although it was a little one) and brown trout on a recent trip to Colorado.