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 What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
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06/30/11 09:56 PM
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cypher_orange
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What species have you been targeting in freshwater but just cant seem to hook up with. I guess mine would be a nice size striper. I have caught them up to about 20" but never caught a trophy by any means. I want to SEE a paddle fish in the wild but not necessarily catch one. I hear they are pretty fragile and rare.
If you can help someone with advice to land their sought after fish by all means feel free.
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: cypher_orange]
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06/30/11 10:00 PM
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uncle_bagster
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I'm thinking a 3-pound plus crappie.
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: uncle_bagster]
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06/30/11 10:04 PM
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blooper961
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There is no grail except a dd bass.
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: blooper961]
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06/30/11 10:05 PM
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KidKrappie
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: KidKrappie]
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06/30/11 10:17 PM
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nax
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How about keeper-sized fish in general from the boat?! Since getting my first boat back in May, I haven been unable to catch decent fish. I think we've caught maybe 5 keepers total. We;ve caught plenty of undersized fish, but we're lacking in the keeper department. Heck, I can catch more keepers from the bank than I can from my boat!
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: nax]
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06/30/11 10:19 PM
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SteveHummert
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: nax]
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06/30/11 10:19 PM
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cypher_orange
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I hear that nax. Its frustrating sometimes.
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: cypher_orange]
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06/30/11 10:52 PM
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Falken321
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Green Horn
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50+ pound blue cat  one day....one day.... 
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: Falken321]
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06/30/11 11:22 PM
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Captjohn
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20# striper from a Texas lake. Or bigger is cool.
Draggin my way to infamy!!!
USCG license# 900761 (retired)
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: Captjohn]
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07/01/11 12:08 AM
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Comeonfish
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big flathead and a big alligator gar. catch and released.
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: Comeonfish]
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07/01/11 12:40 AM
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lite-liner
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30+ river striper in Tx. Holy Grail material? maybe not, but it's pretty high up there along with a 40" musky & 30" male artic char. maybe a 5# brookie & a 8# river smallmouth, a 20#
smith river steelhead, that 50# blue cat (caught once, not landed...), and thats just north america.....
Peacock, payara, tigerfish, golden dorado, goonch catfish,
atlantic salmon, snakehead, mongolian taimen, bull trout, on & on, man..............
honestly, I'd like to catch a lmb in saltwater. there's places it can be done.
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: lite-liner]
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07/01/11 12:59 AM
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nax
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30+ river striper in Tx. Holy Grail material? maybe not, but it's pretty high up there along with a 40" musky & 30" male artic char. maybe a 5# brookie & a 8# river smallmouth, a 20#
smith river steelhead, that 50# blue cat (caught once, not landed...), and thats just north america.....
Peacock, payara, tigerfish, golden dorado, goonch catfish,
atlantic salmon, snakehead, mongolian taimen, bull trout, on & on, man..............
honestly, I'd like to catch a lmb in saltwater. there's places it can be done. Switch places with me lite-liner? I have a 52lb Blue (R&R), a DD Rainbow, and a DD Brown. I've also caught my fair share of decent steelheads and brookies. The joys of growing up in Idaho (except for the Blue; he was from Lavon).
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: nax]
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07/01/11 01:04 AM
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Quicksilver
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Another 3 lb. crappie chaser here. Have caught many over 2.5 but haven't broke that 3 lb. barrier.... yet
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
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07/01/11 05:17 AM
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crankn101
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1" shy of the magical 50 
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Re: What is Your "Holy Grail" Species in Freshwater?
[Re: crankn101]
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07/01/11 05:30 AM
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ftabangler13
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Huge brown trout on a fly rod. I've had a lot of big rainbows but every brown I've had has been really small.
Gig Em Ags!
Dead BQ, Class of 2013
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