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What is your favorite species to fish for in Colorado?

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Favorite species

45333 Views 196 Replies 132 Participants Last post by  cards25
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Hmmm... My favorite is stocker trout! J/J ;D

Ok, I'll be serious. I would have to say it is a close call between wiper and crappie. Crappie (slabs) are just too fun and challenging at the same time while wiper are the only fish I know that will give me a work out even when it is smaller than the size limit (15 inches at most Reservoirs).

Since this is a "favorite species" subject and I'm bored out of my mind while sitting here at work, I'll talk about other species I like and why.

Stocker Rainbows: easy to catch, but it aint a sunfish. Yeah!

Walleye: walleye rhymes with eye and FRY!

Brook Trout: camping food (cook em on a stick with salt and pepper and then I eat em with plain steamed rice)

Largemouth Bass: tought me a bunch about soft plastics. I owe it to the Bigmouths

Smallies: the beautiful bronze fish comes next to the wiper when you're talkin pound for pound fighting, though some will disagree

Channel Catfish: the best way to make use of summer insomnia

White Bass: puts up a fight too

Brown Trout: the bigger trout of my life were these
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That's a beauty!
I've noticed the wiper popularity gets more and more common with each year. I hope the DOW stockings catch up with the popularity. Even though there are size limits and bag limits, I've seen a whole lot of people catching legal amounts of fish.

Even I have caught my limits this past year for family barb-e-Qs. Some folks say the meat on wiper aint good, but personally, I think the fish is damn good!! There was never once when my backyard barb-e-Qs ended with leftover wiper. Actually there was never once when my backyard barb-e-Qs ended with leftover fish!!
Koni

That's a good point on your catfish. I noticed the head size too when I 1st looked at it. IF it was a bullhead, well, that could have been a record!

As for the red meat part. Don't take my word for it, but I don't believe it. I eat that part all the time and have no worries. As for improving flavor, YES, it can improve the overall flavor to remove that part. I just eat it anyways because I barely can taste the difference. But I still don't think it is contaminated. Once again, don't take my word for it, but I'm sure that part aint gonna kill you.
Ok this red meat discussion is starting to convince me. I'll have to steer away from it, if I remember to.
Speaking of carp, is it legal to snag these fish ??? I know at some lakes, it's okay to shoot em with bow & arrow.
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