what species of fish do you target one or all

[mrpike1973]

just wondering do most of you fish for just one type of fish or all of them. i like sunnies i was going to do pike but that may not work for me. i know some peaple are just walleye guys etc thanks just curious

[Jack Peterson]

Bluegills and walleyes are the main species that I target.

[Esox_Magnum]

I'm easy during ice season mainly whtever I can get to bite, mostly panfish and perch but target eyes when I can.

[MinnetonkaMan]

I usually target crappies with the jigging equipment and set tip up for eyes/pike if structure is close enough for it to be legal.

[LeeMB]

I am almost exclusivly an eye guy. I use jiggin type lures almost exclusivly. No live bait or tip ups.

[deadeye]

I take whatever mother nature gives me. If there is good fishing for something why not go for it? If I were to try for something initially I like walleyes and perch the best. Crappies are always high on the list too. However if there happens to be a hot bite for tullibies I will go after them. I try to roll with the punches, so to speak.

[Steve Foss]

No. 1: Lake trout.

No. 1.5: Pike (I'll label no fish No. 2)

No. 3: Salmon.

No. 4: Crappie, sunfish and perch. Of the three, perch taste the best, but not by much, and a nice crappie fillet off a 12-inch fish makes a dandy sourdough toast/pink onion/mayo/crappie sandwich.

No. 5: Anything else.

No. 428: Walleye. It's the white bread of fish.

[Cyberfish]

Panfish!

[bogeyman1]

I hit the walleye bite early in the ice season then when that bite gets tough I switch to panfish and I like to fish tip ups for northerns.

[bobbymalone]

I mostly fish for crappies but that's because I do most of my fishing around the edges of the metro and the crappie are pretty easy to find and catch.

That said, I'm not adverse to fishing for walleye or pike and I am ALWAYS after new species for the lifelist or just through the ice. Hopefully I can add a channel cat this winter and i would really like to ice a laker.

Foss-Man - #428 - Ha! I've never understood the causes of walleye fever, but I must be immune to it.

[mrpike1973]

this is very interesting to hear the differences, i like sunnies because there usually easy to catch and there fun when they auger in circles up the hole. i dont fish much when its dark so i rarely fish for walleye

[Brad B]

during the ice season it would have to be this order.

crappie

bluegill

channel catfish

Northern

[Ed Carlson]

1 - Walleye. (80% of my ice time, or more)

2 - Perch

3 - Catfish

4 - Pike / Trout

5 - Crappies and Gills

6 - Than anything else that is in the mood to bite.

[JigginIsLife]

1. Walleye/Sauger

2. Crappie (very close 2nd)

3. Jumbo Perch

4. Sunfish

55460641335163131063184468631619465163030320316516320323542035. Northerns

Not a large fan of catching those snotrockets, yuck

[reinhard1]

panfish, perch, walley and when trout ice opener arives of course trout. usualy have a tipup for pike going also. good luck.

[JIvers]

I start out targeting bluegill and the occasional crappie because that is what we have in the small ponds down here in southeast Iowa.

When Lake Macbride outside of Iowa City freezes up, I can go after walleye and wiper; when they don't bite there are plenty of crappie.

Back in Minnesota, bluegill, crappie, and Northern in the Mississippi backwaters, and walleye and sauger below the dams when/if they freeze up.

Basically, I'd like to fish for walleye, but when that is not an option I'll happily go after panfish.

[NoWiser]

1. LAKE TROUT

2. Everything else (including eelpout)

3. Northerns

[OnAFly]

Equal opportunity angler!

Ice it's crappies, pike, and walleye

Open water its what ever is currently biting. From Pike to carp to crappies, fly rods and spinning rods, I just love to catch fish.

[DTro]

If I had my choice and proximity was not a factor, I'd be chasing Lake Trout every single day. There is something to be said about peering down a hole with 1 lb line and a micro jig trying to entice a 9" panfish, but I prefer a fish that pulls drag.

But because the good Trout waters are at least 5hrs away, the last few years, catching channel cats has occupied 75% of my ice time. I never get sick of the fight.

[jwhjr]

Mainly crappies, but also pike sometimes.

[OnAFly]

Cats on ice sounds like a blast. I assume you spend a lot of time on the Croix?

[Koepper08]

Crappies and Walleyes!

[bigbad401]

Whatever hits the jig, but mainly pan fish.

[Jameson]

Whatever is around. With two lines I'm usually doubling up on species. During the day I'll be jigging for sunnies, and be spearing or tip-upping for pike. When darkness falls I'll switch to crappies and a tip-up or deadstick for walleyes.

[Brad B]

Cats on ice sounds like a blast. I assume you spend a lot of time on the Croix?

alot of us cat guys fish the horseshoe chain on the sauk river by coldspring and richmond.