Bucket List Fish

[Haris122]

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And I have no interest whatsoever in saltwater fish.

Just wondering, but why's that Al?

[fishinwrench]

On 9/21/2017 at 7:57 PM, Al Agnew said:

have no interest whatsoever in saltwater fish.

Me either.  The main reason is because if I did it and fell in love with it then I'd have to move there, and I absolutely do not wanna live on (or even near) the coast. 

2nd reason is that nearly everything that lives in Saltwater can and will kill and eat you.   I watched Flipper when I was a kid and there was always the possibility of imminent human death in every episode.  If it wasn't for Flipper the whole cast would have been eaten and the show wouldn't have lasted a week and a half.

[Quillback]

I lean more towards bucket list locations rather than species.  I would like to fish Lake Fork, Toledo Bend, Door county Wisconsin, upstate New York, New Zealand would be cool to visit, but I doubt I'll ever put that one together, too far and too expensive.

 

[Ozarks Chillbilly]

On 9/28/2017 at 5:15 AM, Quillback said:

I lean more towards bucket list locations rather than species.  I would like to fish Lake Fork, Toledo Bend, Door county Wisconsin, upstate New York, New Zealand would be cool to visit, but I doubt I'll ever put that one together, too far and too expensive.

 

NZ would be legendary.

[Johnsfolly]

On 9/20/2017 at 12:48 PM, Johnsfolly said:

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

 

I have to add an addendum to my bucket list:

100+ lb alligator gar from the Trinity River!