Share your species list (..also, what to target next??)

[bubs]

So a few months back I started putting together a list of the fish species I've caught (see below, species caught in Oregon in bold). I only included species that I've identified with 100% confidence, and excluded any I wasn't sure about, and also excluded many types of fish from my younger days that I can guess at, but not be sure of 100%.

1) Does anyone have a similar list to share (ideally following the same standard as noted above)? It would be cool to see some other lists.

2) Does anyone have any suggestions for new species to target from the bank (in, or relatively near, to the Portland area)? Walleye are definitely topping that list for me...would also love to get into some chum salmon and the various surf/jetty species in the ocean!

Hardhead catfish
Brown bullhead
Yellow bullhead
Yellow perch
Channel catfish
White perch
American eel
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Rock bass
Pumpkinseed
Bluegill
Green sunfish
Chinook
Coho
Steelhead rainbow trout
Rainbow trout
Cutthroat trout
Brown trout
Brook trout
Speckled seatrout
Whiting
Northern puffer
White sturgeon
Black crappie
White crappie
Largescale sucker
Northern pikeminnow
Common carp
Mountain whitefish

 

[troutdude]

Nice thread. I've landed every specie, on your highlighted Oregon list--except for Coho and Sturgeon. And I've caught Browns, Brooks, and Rock Bass, on your non-highlighted list. But not the rest.

 

[bubs]

Nice! I'm hoping to put Browns & Brookies on the Oregon list this summer via some trips down south...

 

[Lancep51]

Okay here's my list and I will list the ones from Oregon I caught and what I caught it on if I can remember. Some of them I caught in different states that I will list in a different selection.

Oregon:

Steelhead: Caught on a shrimp pattern near the coast on the Rouge
Rainbow trout: Most of them probably were caught with a Caddis pattern or Adams fly
Cutthroat trout: Stimulators are my go to for Cutts
Sea Run Cutthroat: Stimulators like what I said about Cutts
Brown trout: Prince Nymphs or Copper johns on East Lake or Royal Coachmen for Upper Deschutes
Chub: Nymphs and I didn't want to catch these guys.
Brook trout: geez um anything, but most of them were caught with a Stimulator or Caddis Fly up in the High cascade lakes and streams.
Seatrout: When I was fishing for Bottom fish I caught a Sea Trout and it was on a squid lure off of the coast of Garibaldi.
Black Bass: squid lure off of squid lure off of the coast of Garibaldi.
Copper Rockfish: squid lure off of squid lure off of the coast of Garibaldi.
Tiger Rockfish: squid lure off of squid lure off of the coast of Garibaldi.
Ling Cod: squid lure off of the coast of Garibaldi.
China Rockfish: squid lure off of the coast of Garibaldi
Flounder/Sand Dab with shrimp pattern in Tillamook bay

Texas:

Channel catfish: Chicken Liver
Largemouth bass: Shiner patterns and Frog patterns
Smallmouth bass: Shiner patterns and Frog patterns
Bluegill: Elk Hair Caddis, little jigs
Pumpkinseed: Elk Hair Caddis, Pink and yellow jig
Rainbow Hatchery: Elk Hair Caddis and Blue Wing Olive

Alaska: Sitka

Coho/Sliver: Sardines that were colored blue
Sole: Sardines that were colored blue
Tiger Rockfish: Sardines that were colored blue
Black rockfish: Sardines that were colored blue
Ling cod: Squid
Yellow Eye Rockfish: Squid and Sardine

I will be fishing out of Sooke BC and will be adding a Halibut to my list and hopefully a King and then moving to Alaska this summer so more will be caught up there.

 

[pinstriper]

Sturgeon
Coho
Chinook
Chum
Steelhead
Rainbow
Cutthroat
Crappie
Bluegill
Smallmouth Bass
Channel Catfish
Walleye
Black rockfish
Copper Rockfish
Greenling
Sculpin
Striped Perch
Silver Perch
Pikeminnow
Butter Sole

List:
More salmon and steelhead
More rockfish
Tuna
Halibut
More sturgeon

 

[bubs]

Nice lists. I've since caught a couple surfperch species but can't seem to edit my original post.

I notice no chinook on the list yet Lance!

 

[pinstriper]

Nice lists. I've since caught a couple surfperch species but can't seem to edit my original post.

I notice no chinook on the list yet Lance!

Ehm....see the third line...where it says "Chinook".

Or also...

 

[bubs]

Was referring to Lancep51's post there pinstriper but....nice fish!

 

[pinstriper]

Was referring to Lancep51's post there pinstriper but....nice fish!

Ah, I was lookin' for an excuse to post it again anyway !

Also forgot to include Razor clams, Dungies, and Red Rock Crabs on my list, both caught and to be pursued. I also want to add other clam varieties and mussels to the hitlist.

 

[rogerdodger]

Merry New Year!

list of species (and the largest size) that I caught in 2016 from one of my Hobie kayaks:

CA Halibut 43" (youtube: i11s California Halibut)
Cabazon 30", released. (youtube: Simpson Reef) bonus: whale encounter at end of video!
Lingcod 32" (youtube: lingcodhappydance)
Chinook Salmon 33" (youtube: i11s Chinook Salmon)
Searun Cutthroat 15"
Coho Salmon 32" (image below, the only one I had help catching!)
Black Rockfish 20"
Copper Rockfish 18", all released
SM Bass ~2#
LM Bass ~3#

all of the above were wild Oregon or Pacific Ocean fish...

my new species goal for 2017 from a kayak: Pacific Halibut. [IMG2=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/opxOJqO.jpg"}[/IMG2]

 

[C_Run]

These are all the ones I can think of from the last 61 years in Oregon. I also caught several species in Mexico, Hawaii, and Canada but don't know exactly what they are called.

Cutthroat trout
Rainbow trout
steelhead
Chinook
coho
kokanee
Mt. whitefish
Black rockfish
blue rockfish
quillback rockfish
ling cod
kelp greenling
rock greenling
cabezon
Pacific halibut
albacore
smelt
candlefish
striped perch
redtail surf perch
yellow perch
largemouth bass
smallmouth bass
bluegill
white crappie
pike minnow
various sculpins-fresh and salt water

What to target next? Striped bass down south on the coast. I have not put in much time on that yet.

 

[hobster]

Those are long lists! I don't think I have the patience to figure it out I'll target salmon more this next year, I want to become more proficient at fishing for em. You'll see me on my new pontoon at Siltcoos for sure, only fished there a couple of times.

 

[bubs]

Merry New Year!

list of species (and the largest size) that I caught in 2016 from one of my Hobie kayaks:

CA Halibut 43" (youtube: i11s California Halibut)
Cabazon 30", released. (youtube: Simpson Reef) bonus: whale encounter at end of video!
Lingcod 32" (youtube: lingcodhappydance)
Chinook Salmon 33" (youtube: i11s Chinook Salmon)
Searun Cutthroat 15"
Coho Salmon 32" (image below, the only one I had help catching!)
Black Rockfish 20"
Copper Rockfish 18", all released
SM Bass ~2#
LM Bass ~3#

all of the above were wild Oregon or Pacific Ocean fish...

my new species goal for 2017 from a kayak: Pacific Halibut.

Sounds like a great year!

 

[bubs]

These are all the ones I can think of from the last 61 years in Oregon. I also caught several species in Mexico, Hawaii, and Canada but don't know exactly what they are called.

Cutthroat trout
Rainbow trout
steelhead
Chinook
coho
kokanee
Mt. whitefish
Black rockfish
blue rockfish
quillback rockfish
ling cod
kelp greenling
rock greenling
cabezon
Pacific halibut
albacore
smelt
candlefish
striped perch
redtail surf perch
yellow perch
largemouth bass
smallmouth bass
bluegill
white crappie
pike minnow
various sculpins-fresh and salt water

What to target next? Striped bass down south on the coast. I have not put in much time on that yet.

That's an epic list. But no sturgeon yet???

I also think it would be awesome to get into some stripers down south, but have no idea how that might happen without a boat..

 

[C_Run]

That's an epic list. But no sturgeon yet???

I also think it would be awesome to get into some stripers down south, but have no idea how that might happen without a boat..

I forgot Lake trout. Admittedly, several of those I have caught only one of. Anymore, almost all my effort goes into salmon , steelhead, and salt water species. As for the stripers, I have gathered a lot of intel but just have not gotten out to try much. I know when and where to go and how.

 

[TheKnigit]

Those are all some awesome lists.

Caught in Oregon

Rainbow Trout
Sea run Cutthroat Trout
Cutthroat Trout
Yellow Belly Catfish
Blue Gill
Black Crappie
Small Mouth Bass
Large Mouth Bass
Brown Trout
Brook Trout
Kokanee
Chinook
Coho
Steelhead
Yellow Perch
Striped Perch
Pile Perch
Black Rock
Kelp Greenling
Rock Greenling
Gabezon
Redband Trout
Pacific Herring
Shad
Striped Bass
Hybrid Striped Bass
Whitefish
Sand Dallop
Bullfrog

Those are the only ones that I can identify with 100% confidence. There have also been several types of sculpin, a couple of types of ocean perch, and a couple of sunfish types I have hooked into that I was unsure of. I have also hooked into and fought a couple of other goofy critters that I either didn't land or were accidental by-catches. My favorite is a wolf eel.

What to target
Lingcod
Sturgeon
Wolf Eel
California Halibut (Roger's video this last summer got me super stoked for that)
Blue Shark
Lake Trout

 

[Lancep51]

Nice lists. I've since caught a couple surfperch species but can't seem to edit my original post.

I notice no chinook on the list yet Lance!

Yeah no not yet but that will change