I was curious as to see who here will spend a day on the water fishing for something other than bass.

I love fishing for Northern Pike.

Also, I like catching crappies when I can find them and catch some slabs in the 11-12 inch range

I love fishing for Northern Pike.

Also, I like catching crappies when I can find them and catch some slabs in the 11-12 inch range

Yeah crappie are good. Instead of pike for me its the musky. Do pike smell as bad as musky do?

Probably (all fish stink). I've never been musky fishing though, so I wouldn't know for sure

We fish regularly for bass, but we also like to go catfishing as well.  

Probably (all fish stink). I've never been musky fishing though, so I wouldn't know for sure

Haha, you think all fish smell until you've smelt a musky. Any other fish smells beautiful after you've smelt a musky lol. Its like a mixture of blood  and steel      its wierd...

Bass, Crappie (Sac a lait), Catfish, & a variety of salt water species  

Living in Northern Michigan presents an interesting selection / collection of species options. Even though the open water fishing season is fairly brief as compared to most of our more southerly located fishing brother and sisters, so many of my local lakes include a very nice list of assorted game fish to chose from.

The regular panfish choices including white and black crappie, assorted sunfishes and some very decent yellow perch are almost always available. But often times I am fishing in water that produces both Large and Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike as well as Muskie and Tiger Muskie.

It is very cool when one of these "non-target" species ends up in the net. It it also a bummer to get bit-off - especially when you're throwing a bait you're not particularly fond of losing :'(

So Yes, I am definitely a mutli-species angler - although most of the time the fish make that choice for me........ 8-)

A-Jay

Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black bass, spotted bass...

Besides bass i enjoy crappie and flyrodding for stream/river trout..

I'm primarily an offshore angler.  Bass fishing is so darned different that it's drives me absolutely crazy at times.  It's just a different method of locating fish for me.  Takes much more patience/practice.

My next big hurdle is offshore flyfishing for sailfish  ;D

Smallmouth #1 for me with Crappies a close second. Usually pound the crappies until May then hit Erie hard for smallies.

If it can get a weight over 1lb and it will bite a line ill fish for it. List to date of species caught or that ive tried to catch.

LM BASS

SM BASS

CRAPPIE

NORTHERN PIKE

WALLEYE

YELLOW PERCH

Most of the various smaller sunfish species

CHAIN PICKERAL

TURTLES

SNAKES

ALLIGATOR GAR

LONGNOSED GAR

SPOTTED GAR

RAINBOW TROUT

most north American catfish species

RED SNAPPER

TRIGGER FISH

AMBERJACK

CARP

BOWFIN

TOP MINNOWS

SPOTTED BASS

GOLD SHINER

SILVER SHINER

RED SHINER

FRESHWATER DRUM

and prob some others that I can't think of.

    I love fishing for saltwater fish, especially Flounder (nothing compares to the way they taste)!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

    Even though I have not had a chance to do it yet I wouldn't mind going after some Crappie.

Bass, Crappie, Rainbows, Mackinaw, Pike, Steelhead, Brook & Cuttthroat

I love bass fishing and catching both largemouths and smallies, but pike are my very favorite fish to catch. They get huge, hit like freight trains, and fight like mad. I also love catching real trout (not stocked catchables), especially in a river. I love walleyes, catfish, anything pretty much.

My real best love is ice fishing, especially for pike and lake trout, both of which I fanatically pursue in the winter. Perch, crappie, and bluegill round out my list, I flat out love them all. My favorites in order would be.

1. Pike

2. Real Trout (including lake trout)

3. Bass

4. Walleye

5. Catfish

6. Crappie

7. Perch

8. Bluegill

Anything that will give me a good fight. Around here. mainly Large Mouth Bass, Catfish (these are real fun sometimes), Trout (in the mountains), Gar (got to get into these more this year).

Sometimes I will hit up Crappie and Bream as well. Though the bream are mainly when I got my girls with me.

Bass

Crappie

Specs

Bull Reds

Strictly largemouth, and the occasional mud fish that stops by!!!

I love bass fishing, but catfishing is my mistress. I also enjoy fishing for any kind of panfish and saltwater fishing, especially king fishing.

Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black bass, spotted bass...

LOL

in order favorite fish to fish for

Bass(smallmouth and largemouth since thats all ive caught)

salmon (king salmon to be exact)

catfish

bluegill

crappie

perch

whitebass

pike

Living in a coastal state, I have the best of both worlds. Many different species of freshwater fish, the shore 1.5 hours away for fishing and crabbing.

Occasionally, I like to bring back my inner child and fish for panfish like blue gill, perch, bull head etc..

For a week or 2 in the Spring and then again in the fall I hit the crappie for the skillet and maybe a trip or two for catfish but mainly Bass.  I'll try for some walleye every once in a while but I haven't got them figured out quite yet.  If the Bass bite is not dead I'm chasing them normally...