North American Fishing Club Exotic and Unusual Species Fishing

Sturgeon Fishing

splake17 — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:25:18 GMT

I am going sturgeon fishing on Otsego Lake in Michigan this summer. Can anyone suggest bait and rigs for big lake sturgeon?

Very Odd Largemouth Bluegills

alanders — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:27:59 GMT

I dont know if it is a fluke, or a mutation, or something.... but in the lake i fish at, i have caught a fish that looks to be a mix between a largemouth bass and a bluegill. to be specific, it looks like a largemouth bass but with blue streeks on its face. ill take pictures the next time i get one. I know its not possible, but it is quite interesting.

Snakehead eat BASS?

fisherfanatic — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:57:27 GMT

After watching this video, I realized how monsterous Snakehead truly are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPGmvemG6fk
(please disregard the profanity in the comments and title)
It totally obliderated that bass!

Connecting with Bowfin?

fisherfanatic — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:07:47 GMT

I have been fishing in a body of water with plenty of Bowfin. Whenever I use a sucker (4.5 to 5" long), the fish go crazy over it. They fight for it, tearing it to shreds, until one of the fish gets it in it's mouth. The water is relatively shallow, so I can see the fish taking the bait. Whenever I set the hook, the fish starts shaking it's head and the bait comes flying back at me. I have failed to hook up with any Bowfin multiple times. The hook I am using is about an inch long (red) octopus hook. What am I doing wrong!

bass from the x-men play set

ramseyetcs — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:12:13 GMT

Anyone ever see a bass that looks like this?

What Is The Most Unusual Thing You Have Ever Caught

Bassbum — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:40:20 GMT

I just caught my most unusual today. I was fishing for bass with a Zoom Mega Finese 5 inch worm. I casted into some weeds, felt a tug, and set the hook. Turned out to be a nice sized frog. Hooked through his mouth. I couldn't believe it. I have never caught a frog before. Too bad I'm not a fan of frog legs.
Lifer since 05/08....Ky....Fred

Wierd breeding?

ryfish — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:46:21 GMT

Iwonder what if it could happen, a cross between a catfish and a bass would look like, would it have whiskers, would it be green. How hard would it fight, and how big would it get.

BowFIN???

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:25:20 GMT

what is the best bait for bowfins?? whats the biggest one you have ever caught?
"Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him For a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, Feed Him For a Lifetime"

an odd catch

ryfish — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:19:52 GMT

An eastern spiny soft-shell turtle. the only one ive ever seen

STURGEON TRIP IN RIO VISTA CA

jtaylor23 — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:23:07 GMT

Well we went on our yearly fishing trip to rio vista ca for strippers and sturgeon had a great time (as always) We cought a few strippers and a couple of small sturgeons one guy even cought a green sturgeon (which you can't keep) but my brother-inlaw was the lucky winner catching a 49 in 31 lb sturgeon..We were using ghost shrimp and ell for bait..Fishing in about 40-50 ft of water just out of the main channel.....What a great time we all had and its always better when you and your fishing buddys are catching fish..We are going to go back in the next month for a couple days until then we will be at the lakes for bass and panfish.... JOHN

Weird, True, and not a bass!

fisherfanatic — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:15:53 GMT

I was fishing in Kent Lake, located in Kensington Metro park in southeast Michigan, a few days ago. I was using a texas rigged worm near where the Huron River empties into the lake. All of the sudden it felt like I had a bass, but it wasn't budging. When I got it in I was suprised to find that it was a yellow and green striped tenis ball. Looked like it was on the bottom of the lake for some time. I tooks some pictures but I don't have enough time to post them right now. Has anyone else caught a tennis ball?

Goldfish and Koi Carp (invasives?)

fisherfanatic — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:27:06 GMT

I was fishing about a month ago for Bluegill off a dock and I spotted a bright orange carp! I am assuming that somebody released it into the lake when it got to big for a home aquarium or pond. Since then I have spotted several others, including one Goldfish. I am wondering if anyone has seen or caught an "aquarium" fish in waters that you fish in.

SQUAWFISH

Captain Quantum — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:11:36 GMT

Whether you call them Squawfish or Northern Pike Minnow, (political correctness aside) the majority of fishermen can agree, this is not the fish you wanted when you casted out! There is nothing more frustrating and humiliating than pulling in a big ol' Squawfish. Especially when your buddys are around. It's more aggravating because, since they fight so hard, you thought you had a 5 pound bass! Listening to the snickers as you remove the hook from the slimy bottom dweller, you must now decide what to do with him. Gut and kill him? Throw him on the shore? Turn him in for the reward? Or let him go, so he can steal your bait another day? And thats where things get tricky. In some parts of the country, including mine, there is a bounty for these aquatic invaders. The bounty is around 3 or 4 dollars a fish. The reason being, Squawfish are an incredibly disruptive and invasive species of fish. They consume the spawn of threatened gamefish like Salmon and not to mention they are hardly edible at all (I am not going to address the issue of Squawfish consumption here because, quite frankly, I find it disgusting. If you don't mind eating polluted, garbage fish than thats your prerogative.) So my question is, what do you do with your (Northern Pike Minnow) Squawfish?

Warmouth Bass

fisherfanatic — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:45:47 GMT

Has anyone caught one of these pesky critters? The other day, I caught one that was pretty good sized off a Rebel Bumble Bug. I was mainly fishing for spawning sunfish when I saw a what looked to be a very large sunfish on a bed. I cast towards it and, as soon as I began to reel in, the fish hammered it. Only after I got it out of the water did I realize that it was a Warmouth. I've caught Warmouth before, but this one was my personal best. Five days later, a fishing derby was held at that same body of water. I wasn't catching anything, so I snooped around to see what other people were catching. To my surprise, the contents of their buckets consisted of mainly Warmouth Bass, which was highly unususal, considering that Bluegill and other sunfish are highly abundant in that waterway.

Anyway, this is a topic intended for stories about catching Warmouth and to share the pictures of the ones you've caught.

If you want to see the picture of the Warmouth I mentioned in my story, please visit this link:

http://anglerslodge.weebly.com/other.html

It's the last fish at the bottom.

How do you catch sucker and redhorse?

fisherfanatic — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:30:37 GMT

I was fishing for bass in the Huron River, MI, a few days ago. I the fishing for bass was slowing down so I decided to go after another species. There is a large population of sucker-type fish in the river and I want to know how to catch them by my next trip there in a few weeks.

Didymosphenia geminata, more commonly known as "didymo"

ramseyetcs — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 06:22:30 GMT

Does "Exotic and Unusual Species" include didymo (invasives)?

http://www.ctfishfinder.com/phpBB2/evil-didymo-invades-connecticut-t4072.html

Paddlefish

zknutson1 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:04:09 GMT

Anyone know how to catch a paddlefish?

Exotic Catfish Species (invasives?)

fisherfanatic — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:16:18 GMT

I've heard stories about people catching exotic catfish in American waters. I'm not talking about Walking Catfish, either. That's old news! I was wondering if anyone has caught an exotic catfish from any American waters. If you have a picture, please post it! Also include the state you caught it in and the size of the fish!

Fishing for Freshwater Drum

fisherfanatic — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:02:30 GMT

A lake near where I live seems to have a good drum population and I was wondering what you can catch them off of. I already know that live shiners work, as one of my friends has told me.

Zander in North America?

fisherfanatic — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:09:50 GMT

Zander:
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spe...&AT=zander

I was reading one of my In-Fisherman magazines from a few years ago and I read an interesting article. It seems that several years ago, Zander were experimentally stocked into Spiritwood Lake (North Dakota) in 1989. Fear of that they would escape the lake and move into other waterways led to efforts to remove them a few years later. In 2006 someone caught and released a Zander that measured over 30 inches long and had a 20 inch girth (a North American record)!

Does anyone ever gotten the chance to fish for these fish? What is your opinion on stocking these fish in North America?