Favorite fish to catch?

[pescado loco]

Just wondering what is everyones favorite fish to catch and why do you enjoy this so much. Mine probaly is the marlin because the fight and the show they put on.

[babalaza]

losing = billfish

catching = triggerfish on very light tackle

[Anngler]

Inshore - I love striper fishing! For an inshore fish, they put up a great fight and they're good eating!

Offshore - It's hard to say. I like tuna because they always fight well. I've only caught one billfish, but I agree they put on quite a show.

[matey8941]

By far my favorite fish to catch is a striped bass.....I love fishing the cape may rips, usually non stop action and it never gets booring like chunking because of the short drifts in the rips

stripers put up a great fight, i only use my flounder pole so its alot of fun...also my top 3 favorite to eat fish

[Fishin Fool]

BIG BILLFISH, just because they can go on for hours, testing your endurance, while dancing all over the ocean.

Big tuna give a great fight, but you don't see them tail walk.

[ckonkol]

Offshore for me is a tie between tuna, swordfish and Mahi. Tuna and Swords have so much power and the mahi are a lot of fun on light tackle.


Inshore either fluke or Blackfish. Fluke is fun all around and put up a good fight. Tautog take a lot of skill and really test my patience and give a good fight as well.

[flatbottom]

inshore - xl fluke, xl rock

offshore - xl mako shark

[Randy Stinchcomb]

....Wahoo offshore & Stripers inshore
'Hoo's are so powerfull, fast and tasty grilled
and Stripers(rockfish) also put-up a good fight & taste great stuffed wth crabmeat and baked


I would have said Sail's offshore but I've only caught a few of them vs the Wahoo's but an Atlantic Sail on light tackle is a close second

[clt_capt]

40 lb stingray on 8 pound spinning tackle

For light tackle Offshore - BIG Mahi - they spend a lot of time in the air and the way they plane their bodies makes for a good fight.

Not much beats a Blue Marlin for overall fight - especially on moderate tackle - They'll run off a bunch of line, maybe go deep and bulldog you as well!!!

[christopherkeene9]

Swordfish and YFin Tuna.

Redfish for inshore.