Mine is probably Crappie, main reason being they are a lot of fun to catch, especially if you can grt into themnwhen they are schooling and are biting good. Every so often when I fish id keep a few crappie to eat, they are one of the best tasting freshwater fish in my opinion. Also, I juat love the coloration on the black crappie, something about that black and gold coloration makes them quite photogenic.

Common carp. 12lb average fish. They have the brain of a philosopher, and the river run carp that I catch fight like a commuter train.

 "Outside a bass, a book is a fisherman's best friend.  Inside a bass, it's too dark to read." (paraphrased from Groucho Marx).

 

Probably crappie.  I love getting into a school of them.  Plus, they (especially black crappie) glisten like emeralds.

Oh yeah, better eat your wheaties before going and pack a lunch while carp fishing. They pack some serious wallop.

The carp here in Southern California fight like a manhole cover. It is like winching up dead weight.

Channel catfish are my number 2 gamefish. Ones over 8 lbs can drag my boat around

Hybrids!! Pull like mad!! 

Oh yeah, better eat your wheaties before going and pack a lunch while carp fishing. They pack some serious wallop.

Or just use the wheaties for bait. 

My #2 species would be trout, because I understand them really well and they are active when it's COLD.

Steelhead! Nothing quite like drifting a river with centerpins, frozen guides, numb fingers, and a float that suddenly buries itself into a flash of silver.

I would have to say Musky. Very physically taxing casting huge lures all day, but when you get that one strike/fish, it is all worth it!

Bluegill out of the pond I fish with an ultralight underspin. They like to steal your bait which makes it more fun.

Trout.

Bluegill. Cause they're sooo tasty!

Around Eastern MA I've caught some pretty good Pickerel, but Crappie put up a fight with light tackle too. I'll go with bigger is better and choose Mr. Teeth. I've only caught 3 Rainbows, so they don't count as much.

That's all I've got, Merry Christmas.

Explosive strike......................Barracuda

Hardest fight..........................AJ offshore, Permit inshore (pretty much anything in the Jack family)

Most spectacular...................Tarpon, Sailfish, Marlin, too close to call

Best runs............................... Bonefish, Wahoo

Favorite..................................Snook

Freshwater.............................Peacock bass

I like fishing for too many different kinds of fish to really make a decision. If I had to choose one that's around here, I'd probably have to go with wipers. If I had to choose one species that I've caught, it would have to be stripers or muskie. 

River carp, they fight like giant smallmouths. They are so hard to catch cause they are so smart though.

I enjoy fishing for most species equally. But if I had to pick one, it would probably be the crappie. Great fighters on UL equipment. Loads of fun and constant action.

Trout are a fun fish to catch. They jump around like crazy!

I would say walleyes because they are very challenging for me to catch.

Big carp or big cat. There isn't anything like having the boat pulled around the lake.

Crappie because you can sometimes catch them on bass lures and they put up a pretty good fight!

Bluewater

Yellowfin Tuna     (on standup tackle)

Striped Bass       (searun stripers over 30#)

Bluefish               (not choppers but slammers over 10#)

 

Freshwater

Northern Pike     (Not snot-rockets, but gators over a yard long)

                           Why?  Because they make the drag sing, something bass rarely do

 

Roger

Crappie for dinner and got to be anything offshore after that.

Trout for sure. Nothing like a mountain stream on a summer morning catching these little rockets on an ultra light combo. Rainbows especially, because of there acrobatics above the water. Plus, its the best fishing that Colorado (where I live) has to offer in my opinion.

Any thing in saltwater except hard heads!

Sac au lait to eat