Fishing for many different species in one day?

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Fishing for many different species in one day?

Post by MrSimon » Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:07 pm

Does anyone ever purposefully try and catch as many species in one day as they can?

I've had plenty of days where I catch four or five different species just by accident, but I wonder if it's possible to catch most of the options all in one day.

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Post by chris14race » Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:04 pm

Si Señor we do that all the time

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Post by danielsardina » Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:19 pm

When inshore saltwater fishing, my fishing buddies and I try to catch as many species as possible. We have landed over 20 species in a trip, most that we want to catch and a few we don't. Depending on where you live, it is a big bragging right to catch an inshore slam. Seatrout, Redfish, Snook and Tarpon are usually the species that make a slam, you need 3 of the 4 which differ by region. On black lake, I go after smallmouth, largemouth and northern pike every time I go. Guess I could call getting all 3 in a day a Black Lake Slam!

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Post by MrSimon » Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:00 am

Catching a largemouth, smallmouth, and a northern isn't too hard. On good days you can do that in less than an hour.

I think a true Black Lake Slam would have to include at least one type of panfish (crappie or perch maybe) and possibly even a walleye. If you really want a challenge, throw in a catfish.

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Post by danielsardina » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:42 pm

If I catch a largemouth, smallmouth, Northern, panfish, walleye and a catfish in one day, I'll call it Black Lake Grand Slam! Any 4 of those species in one day would be great. That would make for a fun friendly fishing tournament, one fish per species gets to be measured, no culling. We can do it with catch and release by using photos on a measuring stick.

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Post by chris14race » Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:18 pm

we typically see largemouth, smallmouth, rock bass, pike, crappie, sunnys, and perch on most days.. never had any luck with walleye or cats tho

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Post by SOdell » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:37 pm

We usually get crappie, sunny, perch, large and smallmouth, pike and the occasional bowfin... I'd like to know what kind of a slam would it be if you threw the elusive muskie in there??

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Post by Central NY Girl » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:43 pm

to catch a muskie would be a grand slam alone in my book.
we normally catch small large mouth bass,perch,crappie occasional cat, bowfin and possibly a garpike.

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Re: Fishing for many different species in one day?

Post by HappyCamper » Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:31 pm

If you use live bait you never know what you'll hook.
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