Fishing Index

[gatorhunter]

All caught in Manitoba and Minnesota.

Smallmouth Bass - 22

Catfish - 39.5

Carp - 25

Sturgeon - 53

Northern - 44

Panfish - 9

Lake Trout - 33

Walleye - 33

Perch - 13

Total - 271.5

[hanson]

Bass - 20" (Chequamegon Bay)

Catfish - 45" (Minnesota River)

Carp/Sturgeon - 58" (Rainy River)

Crappie - 15" (Upper Red Lake)

Musky - 48" (Cass Lake)

Northern - 40" (Lake of the Woods)

Trout - 24" (Burntside Lake)

Walleye - 29" (Minnesota River, Mille Lacs, Lake of the Woods... got big ones from all 3 of those bodies of water)

Fish Index Total = 279

Can (should) improve in the Sturgeon category and with the right trout trip, 30" shouldn't be too hard. I've definitely got room for another 12 points easy.

Over half those fish are through the ice as well!

[harvey lee]

Bass-21.0 TeTonka

Catfish-47 Minnesota River

Sturgeon-58 Rainy River

Crappie-15.5 Washington

Muskie-45 Waconia

Northern- 39 LOW

Walleye- 31.5 Pool 5

Trout-26 Gunflint

281.5

Yes, I could produce photo's for most of these fish.

[Jim Hudson]

Bass= 22.75" (Chequamegon Bay SmallMouth)

Catfish= 20" Channel (St. Louis River)[rough guess, as I did not measure it, never have fished cats before]

Sturgeon= 63" (Chequamegon Bay)

Muskie= 54" (Bayfield County Lake)

Pike= 44" (Chequamegon Bay)

PanFish=Crappie= 16.25" (Bayfield County Lake)

Walleye= 32" (Chequamegon Bay)

Trout= 46" (Lake Trout-Chequamegon Bay)

298"

[hanson]

Hmmmm... me thinks some of you are cheating a bit.

Original poster mentioned the 8 species categories found on FM and no more.

Even though you added a couple as well Jim, your # is unbelievable. Get you on the right catfish and I don't think anyone will touch your score!

[traveler]

Let's open it up to all species...get my saltwater fishes in there and we can start measuring in feet instead of inches!

[DTro]

I believe the idea was

Bass

Catfish

Carp/Sturgeon

Panfish (only one species)

Musky

Northern

Trout

Walleye

[Jim Hudson]

Oh,ok.. I dropped my Bluegill measurement..

Yeah.. I want to catch a big CAT!!! Bring em on Hanson.. And, am sure there are folks out there that can go well over 300.. I know a few... But, by looking through this, some impressive sized fish all FMers catch.. Great job!!

Well time to go hunt for more big fishes..

[LPCrowRiverFisherman]

Bass-19"

Catfish-28"

Carp/Sturgeon-31"

Panfish (only one species)-13.5"

Musky-NONE

Northern-40.5"

Trout-8"

Walleye-30"

Total-170"

[fishuhalik]

Geez, JKH, spend much time on Chequamegon? I think that bay shouldn't be allowed!

I must be one of the only guys on this site that hasn't broken the 28" mark on the walleyes. You'd think with all the time I spent on Winnie that'd be an easy mark.....

[Tully]

Bass-20"

Catfish-30"

Carp/Sturg.- 24"

Crappie- 15.5"

Musky - 0

Northern - 40"

Trout - 30"

Walleye - 31.5" (In my Avatar)

191"

I need to catch a Musky and a big Sturg. ;-)

[hunterjoe]

First off, a couple questions...

For trout, do salmon count? Also, does bowfishing count for carp? Will change my totals.

Bass - 23

Catfish - 34

Carp/sturgeon - 30 (37 bow)

Northern - 37.5

Muskie - 45

Panfish - 13.5

Trout - 26 (38 salmon)

Walleye/perch - 32

Total 241 (260)

[DTro]

I don't think there are any "official" rules, but if we are comparing apples to apples, I think a trout is a trout and bow is not a fishing pole.

[Cooter]

After the revision for the flathead - I'll ad the locations also:

Bass - 23.5(Lake Hallie, WI)

Catfish - 37(Lake Wissota, WI)

Carp/Sturgeon - 48(Chippewa River, WI)

Northern - 44.5(Lake Hallie, WI)

Musky - 49(Eagle L, Ont)

Panfish - 14.5(Lake Wissota, WI)

Trout - 21(Yellowstone L, WY)

Walleye/perch - 26.5(Lake Wapogasset, WI)

Total: 264

Those that guide on Chequamegon should be banned!

[hunterjoe]

I don't think there are any "official" rules, but if we are comparing apples to apples, I think a trout is a trout and bow is not a fishing pole.

I can agree with that. Edit below, and I like the location thing so I've added mine in.

Bass - 23 (private pond, MI)

Catfish - 34 (Burke lake, VA)

Carp - 30 (Ackerson Lake, MI)

Northern - 37.5 (Lake Columbia, MI)

Muskie - 45 (Lake St. Clair, MI)

Crappie - 13.5 (Burke Lake, VA)

Brown Trout - 26 (Lake MI, MI)

Walleye/perch - 32 (White Lake, Ontario)

Total 241

[fishuhalik]

Adding the location sounds fun. Here's mine

Bass - 24 1/4 (Dollar Lake, MN)

Catfish - 20 (Mississippi River, CR Dam, MN)

Carp/sturgeon - 54 (Rainy River, MN)

Northern - 39 (Big Trout Lake, BWCA, MN)

Muskie - 40 (Orange Lake, MN)

Panfish - 15 1/4 (*Zipper* Lake, MN)

Trout - 19 (Courthouse Lake, MN)

Walleye/perch - 27 1/2 (Little Trout Lake, BWCA, MN)

Total - 239, and all from MN!!!

[popriveter]

bass-22 (SM Superior, LM from a few lakes)

catfish-24 (Minnesota river)

Carp/sturgeon-20 (mississippi)

panfish-17 (mississippi)

muskie-43 (hit this mark at least 3 times on various metro lakes)

pike-32 (hit this mark at least 3 times also, but my favorite came from chub creek in castle rock)

trout-28 (Superior tributary)

walleye-28 (Superior)

214

I can respect myself with number like that.

[blakeb]

Bass - 21.5 brainerd

Catfish - 47 pool two

Carp/sturgeon - 51 croix

Northern - 37.5 metro

Muskie - 30 metro

Panfish - 16 Canada LOTW

Trout - 28 superior

Walleye/perch - 30.25 pool two

262

[jwmiller33]

you guys forgot salmon! or would you include that with the trout kind of like walleye/perch are combined?

[traveler]

If salmon count with trout I can gain 15 inches or so:)

[A.W.Wolfram]

Bass - 21.5(Chequamegon)

Catfish - 47 (MN River)

Carp/Sturgeon - 60 (Rainy River)

Panfish - 15 (A small farm pond West of the citys 10 years ago )

Musky - 36 (room for improvement)

Northern - 41 (Prior Lake)

Trout - 25 (Keani River AK)

Walleye - 31.5 ( )

FIN: 277

[blakeb]

sheepshead 22inch

redhorse 17 inch

channel cat 32 inch

white bass 17 inch

moon eye 8 inch

sucker 13 inch

creek chub 7 inch

bullhead 13 inch

[tunrevir]

Bass 21.5" Flambeau flowage, wisc

Catfish 36" St. Croix, mn.

Northern 42" St. Croix, mn.

Sturgeon 56" Flambeau flowage, wisc.

Crappie 16.5" Forest Lake, mn.

Walleye 30.5" Mille Lacs, Mn.

Trout 29" Lake Michigan, wisc

Muskie 49.5 Forest lake,mn Flambeau flowage wisc

281

Tunrevir~

[DeBo101]

Bass - 22.25in 6.8lbs not my heaviest though (Lake Louise, SD)

Channel Catfish - 26in?? 8-10lbs (Big Sioux River, SD)

Carp/Sturgeon - 36in Carp 28.4lbs (Lake Poinsett, SD)

Panfish (only one species) - 14.5in 1.9lbs Perch (Reetz, SD)

Musky - 51in (Minnetonka)

Northern - 43.5in (Big Sand Lake, Minaki Ontario)

Trout - 14in (Lake Oahe Tailwaters)

Walleye - 31in 12lbs (Red River, Manitoba)

Index = 238.25 Pending the guess measurement on the cat

Looks like I need to go flathead fishing with my buddy in mankato, head to the rainy for sturgeon, and catch a real trout somewhere. Any decent trout anywhere near mcleod county??

[thatoneguy]

Bass - 22 3/4 (Lake Waconia)

Catfish - never fished for them

Carp/Sturgeon - 47" (some unnamed lake in the BWCA)

Panfish - 14 3/4" perch (One on leech, one on Winnie); 15 1/2" crappie (Leech)

Musky - 50 1/4" (Pike Bay)

Northern - 37 1/2" (Savant Lake)

Trout - 29" (Savant Lake)

Walleye - 28 1/2" (Grace Lake)

FIN: 230.5....guess i need to put a catfish on the board someday!