What is your bucket list fishing trips?

[Devan S.]

As the title implies, what is your bucket list fishing trips separated into 2 categories. One category is thing you want to do and likely can do just need to make it happen. The second being the trip you want to do but have significant barriers(time or $$$) that prevent you. 

My likely ones are spending time fishing Lake Fork for a big bass or going back to Mississippi Delta for Crappie and jigging them in waders. Followed by Musky at Pomme and/or Striper at Beaver. Canada is always on my mind too along with Missouri/Mississippi river cats. 

Least likely is Artic Char in that deep red color and/or Alaska fishing in general second may be Sturgeon in the northwest. Probably wont ever happen until the little one is grown and gone but will never say never. 

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Could do. Northern smallie trip.  Alaska for salmon.    Will do soon   

Want to do.  Seychelles for GTs and bones.  Pirates will keep me out of there. 

[jdmidwest]

Still need to do a Canada trip.  Going to dip my tip in some saltwater next month if hurricanes stay away.  Going to have to see Yellowstone and fish there.  New Zealand has always looked interesting.  Alaska will happen again...

Fishing all of the major systems of TN and the TN River is gettting worked out.  Added 3 new ones this year.  Scouted a few more.

Life is short, Fish More.

[Gavin]

Marble Trout in Italy, Patagonia, or a week of tarpon, bone/or GT fishing are bucket list trips. Have done allot of travel fishing before kiddos...Alaskan salmon fishing is fun for a couple hours, but rainbow are the star of the show. Make sure you work in a halibut charter for the meat. The scenery on the fly out trips is outstanding. Would love to do a smallie/muskie or pike trip up north next year...Pretty cheap in comparison to guided fly fishing out west or in the salt.

 

[jdmidwest]

26 minutes ago, Devan S. said:

Least likely is Artic Char in that deep red color and/or Alaska fishing in general second may be Sturgeon in the northwest. Probably wont ever happen until the little one is grown and gone but will never say never. 

 

The Dollies are the most under appreciated game fish.  We had a blast on them in Quartz Creek on a self guided trip in Alaska.  They will wear your arm out quick on a fly rod and you can walk into some pretty country quickly off a road in a rental car.  And they are so beautiful, tasty too.

[Gavin]

Have wade fished Quartz Creek and the Russian near Cooper Landing Alaska....Both easy to wade. Hooked a 40lb plus King on the Russian, decided to break it off of my 7wt. Had a couple more miles to wade and one rod.

[Quillback]

Never have fished for redfish, have to do it one of these days.

New Zealand would be neat, but I'll never do it.

Striper fishing in the late fall off the east end of Long Island (from the surf) would be neat to do, but that's another trip I will never probably do.

Surf fishing off the Carolina coast.

Lake Michigan (Wisconsin) for smallmouth.

[frenchbritt]

Would love to go to a fly in camp to fly fish for a big rainbow. Found a great place in Ontario that we have been going to the past few yrs. It is call Witchbay Camp. It has great smallmouth and walleye fishing with Muskie fishing also. Last year I caught a 39in & 48in Muskie. Great food and super nice people.

[Mitch f]

I’d love to play Hemingway and catch a Black Marlin

[Gavin]

Black Marlin...Mitch, have a customer in Key West with a 36' Hinckley Picnic boat if you want to play "Old Man and the Sea". Dude, is a Hemingway fan, looks allot like him. Its a great boat.