MDC Species Challenge

[Johnsfolly]

The headline was that only 2% of MO Anglers could catch the all in a year. Sounds like my kind of challenge but living in Maryland doesn't help me. So I thought I would drop the gauntlet for those intrepid multispecies anglers to take up the challenge 😁. (sorry I had to take a photo of my screen since the MDC file was over 22 MB in size).

Good luck to those that may give this a try in 2024.

FYI I have only caught 2 from this list so far in Maryland.

[fishinwrench]

No points for the lowly Largemouth?  🥴

[snagged in outlet 3]

A lot of hand washing on that list😂

[Johnsfolly]

29 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

A lot of hand washing on that list😂

An added criterion to make this a harder challenge is to catch them with only using a single 12 oz bottle of hand soap 🤣 

[fishinwrench]

It's funny that they have Carp on the list, but no Buffalo..... I had a semi-argument with a MDC agent once that didn't know that Buffalo wasn't the same fish as a Carp. 

He said... "Buffalo is just another name for a Carp".    😳

[Flysmallie]

Not a fan of this checklist. 

[Quillback]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

No points for the lowly Largemouth?  🥴

That's good.  No need for more pressure.  Not that it would make a difference anyway.

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

He said... "Buffalo is just another name for a Carp".    😳

Probably not a biologist 🤣

[tjm]

Should have been all native to Mo fish or they should have titled it something else

[Johnsfolly]

Though carp have been established in Missouri for generations before anyone on this forum, there shouldn't be anything stopping some one from catching some redhorse or white suckers as a substitute for the carp. 

Maybe folks can try and catch all three species of rock Bass aka goggle eye that live in the state. Maybe bantam sunfish or warmouth instead of bluegill and green sunfish.

To me the point is to go out and try and catch something besides largemouth or spotted bass.