Fly Fishing - Fish Species: What's On Your 2010 "Fish Wish List?"

jeremy · Location: Portland, Maine

Well, its now 2010. We've been doing this for many years now. Here is last years (2009) "Fish Wish List." Curious to hear what's on peoples radars this year. For me, I did get one fish off my personal "fish wish list" that had been out of reach for me up until last year. I finally got a chance to fish for roosterfish and I was lucky enough to catch one from foot. So, for me - 2009 was my "roosterfish" year. So, what is on your "fish wish list" for 2010?

As always, the significance is only meaningful to you. Could be small, big, hard to find, hard to catch, fresh, salt, a world away, a local fish, a cat fish, a pumpkin seed, your first fish on fly, first striped bass, first bonefish .. doesn't really matter .. and one is not better than the next .. Just simply fun to see what everyone's dream fish is, as of 2010! I've entered my 2010 "fish wish list" as a new post (scroll down). Below are some lists from last year.

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Jeremy
Roosterfish

Zack
Wild Brookies!

Larry
Red Fish

Michael
Tarpon and Sailfish - have completed some of my list (Babine Steehead, Striper over 40", Yellowfin Tuna, Jack Crevalle over 30 lbs. etc.)

Brent
Giant Trevally

Brittney
peacock bass

Kent
wild steelhead caught in saltwater....over 10 lb and i´m in heaven Surprised

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Todd
I'm happy with Rainbows.

Paul
BC wild Steelie..... Hell yeah!

Steve
Strangely, Queenfish!

Mike
seatrout over 10lb..esp in salt

Honson
My obsession will always be....TARPON

Gerald
A Rainbow that will smash a chironomid hard enough to bust my 6/wt

Derek
Definitely a rooster!

Dean
A bluefin off the coast of Maine....

Dennis
a brook trout in my back yard

Jaanisoo
a nice rainbow

Harald
A biiiiig sea-trout in salt and a trout + Artic Char,thank you...... Smile

Afzul
Taimen !

joey · Location: Colorado

I would like to catch at least one of the following in 2009-

Atlantic Salmon

Rooster Fish

Silver Salmon (fresh)

Yellow Fin Tuna

Bonefish

Kinda a long list but if I can get one done I'll be happy..If I can get all of them done I will be broke.

greg · Posted: Mon 02/02/09 9:12 am Post subject: Top Wanted Fish

Atlantic Salmon - 30 to 40 lbs.

Redfish 30 - 40 lbs

Brook Trout 4 - 6 lbs.

Oh! Ya and one of those landlocks like Jeremy gets every year!!!!!

Zeebaars · Posted: Mon 02/02/09 10:05 am Post subject: wish list

- blue or yellowfin tuna....( someday)

- GT

- Queenfish

- Tarpon

big norwegian pollack on the fly...( this July ?) big is over 80cm....

Zeebaars

waterwhippa · Location: Upstate, NY

Striper over 36"

Delaware River Shad

Pacific Steelhead

Boz · Location: Portland

Fresh:
Atlantic Salmon

Blueback Trout (Maine)

Salt:
Bluefin Tuna

Permit

Shakeyfly · Location: RI

Freshwater - Steelhead(anysize, my last three trips to Salmon river got me skunked. ) Evil or Very Mad

Saltwater - Keeper Striper or an Albie (both have eluded me) Crying or Very sad

Jesse · Posted: Mon 02/02/09 2:34 pm Post subject:

LANDING a 40" + striper from shore in New Hampshire.
I've accomplished angling goals but this is like a lifetime angling quest!

Marcel_Karssies · Location: Enschede - The Netherlands

One of those darn Graylings that eluded me last Friday.

MarshallD · Location: Naples, Fl

Permit

Barbless · Posted: Tue 02/03/09 2:55 pm Post subject:

Bull Trout (in Continental Waters)
Native Californian Golden Trout

Going after both this year.

Fisherone · Location: The Big Apple/ Catskills NY

Bluefin, Bonito and Tarpon.

peterdk · Location: Denmark

Tarpon... Hope to get it this year Laughing

bfly · Location: Spencerport, NY

1. 20lb. Steelhead here in NY
2. A 20" brown out of my local trout streams
3. 20lb. lake run brown here in NY
4. Northern Pike
5. Tarpon

saltydog003 · Location: Hampden, Maine

Saltwater

1. Bonefish (Bahamas next week!!!)
2. Tarpon (Anywhere I can hook up with one!)
3. Permit (Yucatan)
4. Milkfish (seychelles)

Freshwater

1. Atlantic Salmon (Nova Scotia)

h2om · Location: Clewiston, FL

Reds and Snook from a kayak or whatever else will take a fly day or night.

jeremy · Location: Portland, Maine

This year (2010) ... my "wish list" goes something like ... Permit, Blueback Trout, Peacock Bass, 18" Delaware River Brown trout on dry fly, 40" striper on fly, Pacific Native steelhead. There are many more, but that's plenty to work on for 2010 - and even if I get just one of those - it will be a good year. Actually, even if I get none of those it will be a good year - but its nice to dream. What's on your wish list for 2010?

hedrush999 · Posted: Sun 01/24/10 2:15 pm Post subject:

"i want to catch an 18 pound bonefish" -the guy from patagonia on that ESPN bonefishing show

hedrush999 · Posted: Sun 01/24/10 2:18 pm Post subject:

I want to catch a 20 pound bone. Probably not going to happen, but in reality I want to sight fish a 20 pound striper.

joey · Location: Colorado

I really want to catch an Atlantic Salmon. Probably not going to happen since I live about 2000 miles away from anything close. But, stranger things have happened. Best 2010 to everyone.

Marcel_Karssies · Location: Enschede - The Netherlands

A tunoid from a New England beach would be a prime suspect but also one of those high colored brookies in some forgotten small stream would be nice.
Another shot at the Stripers is also on my list, hell any fish mentioned in previous posts is.

waterwhippa · Location: Upstate, NY

Wow! Looking back I can actually scratch the 36" bass off the list and was so close to my pacific steelhead that it almost brings a tear to my eye (came unbuttoned). I guess 09' was a stellar fishing year. I have to put the Native Pacific Chrome back to the top of the list and keep the Delaware river shad as runner-up for 2010.

rustayy · Location: Ft Lauderdale/ Islamorada,FL

I am still screaming Rooster on foot, or any other means for that matter. But, I would also like to get a shot at a Permit. And, I still would like to try to get you East Coasters into a Pacific Steelhead! Come on out West and fish! May 2010 grant all your fishing wishes!

Silverfox · Location: Denmark

For the upcomming season 2010...

Atlantic salmon +30 lbs (River Gaula Norway) on fly

Seabass +8 lbs (from the Danish vest coast) on fly

Northern pike +30lbs (Danish River Gudenå) on fly

Regards

Boz · Location: Portland

For 2010:
Blueback trout -Sweetwater
Bluefin- Salt
Pacific Steelhead

Spent zero hours fishing for these in 2009=zero Laughing

Chernobylv8 · Location: Chile

80lbs+Tarpon

20lbs+ Sea trout

Is that too much?

Ok, 20lbs+ Permit Cool

Cristián

Charles · Posted: Sun 01/31/10 9:55 pm Post subject:

Fresh Atlantic Salmon

Salt 20lb+ Dolphin

Best of luck to everyone for 2010

Charles

72Twenty · Location: Wyoming

What a great topic!

FRESH:

Golden Trout (there is a lake in the mountains near where I live that is said to have wild goldens)

Kokanee Salmon (another local lake is said to have these in there; I have never caught a salmon species before)

Carp (I have caught a carp before on a spinning rod, but never on a fly)

SALT:

bone/permit/tarpon (going to Belize for the first time this summer!)

72Twenty · Location: Wyoming

Also, I want to add...

I have caught many cutthroat trout before, but on my "to-do" list is the Wyoming Cutt-Slam; catching 4 different species of native Wyoming cutthroat trout, documenting them with photos, then submitting them to the Wyoming Game and Fish. Once the four species are verified, I get a fancy certificate!

dublhaul1 · Location: Northern Vermont

Sight cast for Northern Pike here in VT ( canoe w/ stabilizers and step ladder)

Kayak landed striper off Maine coast...

Ah, to dream in February...

lipripper · Posted: Sat 02/13/10 3:24 pm Post subject:

Would like a striper over 40" and a first time muskie on the fly. Cool

I don't think that's to much to ask for.

norm289 · Location: SW PA

After being laid off for a little over a year, my wish list is very modest for 2010.

1.) Catch at least 5 trout over 20" in a certain hidden gem that has some monster browns and bows in it.

2.) A musky, never caught one the fly.

3.) Catch something "good" on a two hander. Not picky at all about the fish species. Just want one of those bone jarring hits that almost rips the rod out of your hands and then landing a nice sized fish.

4.) Last one. Watch my 9 year old with his little glass rod catch some more fish!

peterdk · Location: Denmark

I'm leaving for Bahamas in a couple of weeks, and I'm gonna fish the trail in Everglades on my own while being in the Miami area... I still need my first tarpon Laughing

..... That is all i need Wink

kory_k · Location: New York, NY

realized i never put mine up. i want to catch an albie, bonito or leerfish in the Mediterranean when i am there this summer. would be pretty cool to also get a huchen, marble trout or soft mouth trout in the montenegro mountains on the same trip

oldejoe · Location: Ontario

salt water
I am having my first crack at warm salt water in a couple of weeks in Naples FLA and frankly I'll take anything.

fresh water
1. Atlantic Salmon on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland

2. Atlantic Salmon on The Gander River in Newfoundland

3. A great big carp on Lake Huron

flybuckaroo · Posted: Fri 02/26/10 3:34 pm Post subject:

Smallmouth

Gar

and lots more Smallies!

Of coarse the largemouth will be the focas of most outtings

Kennebecster · Posted: Fri 02/26/10 9:28 pm Post subject:

well any fish is a good fish, but here are a few that I haven't tangled with yet

Shad from the Kennebec river

A False Albie or Blue fish

Pike

Of Course If i have to stick to Brookies, Browns, Landlocked Salmon, smallmouths and stripers It would still be a year well spent!!

goin2themountains · Posted: Sun 02/28/10 12:15 pm Post subject:

Roosterfish. Trying to set up a trip in June.

Steelhead. Been on my list for longer than I care to admit.

More and larger cutthroats in Colo.

Having to go back to work sux, but hoping I can still pull off 2 of the 3 on my wishlist.

KodiakCommando · Location: Kodiak, Alaska

Not one comes to mind for myself

However i have a couple adopted brothers who turn 7 in may. So i if anything i'll say watching them catch thier first fish will be my goal! Very Happy

chefboyardee · Posted: Thu 03/04/10 11:33 pm Post subject: bucket list

well i would have to say that a tarpon over 100 pounds is number one

a permit im still chasing the SOB

then peacock bass,tigerfish,and then a sailfish

safarifly · Location: Botswana

Anything makes me grin! But I would love an African pike, they are so bloody elusive. Then any size bone fish from the beach in Mozambique 8 times and then a monster big tiger fish from the Okavango, not too much to ask surely?

carnivor9595 · Posted: Tue 06/22/10 7:41 pm Post subject:

Big Ass Tarpon

33" Snook

10' Hammerhead

I'm going tarpon fishing in 2 weeks so I'm hoping.

dax · Posted: Tue 06/29/10 6:44 pm Post subject:

honestly any trout would be great but my goal is:

FRESHWATER:
bull trout
rainbow trout
brown trout
brook trout
steelhead
atlantic salmon
king salmon (if i get the chance)

and all of them need to be big for there speciese!
ecsept maybe the king salmon Cool

crabtops · Posted: Tue 06/29/10 8:21 pm Post subject:

Already crossed one off my list for the year, a site fished striper on the flats,
next a striper over #20 or 36", an albie from shore.

As far as lifetime fish go roosters from the surf, and a keys slam

JZambrano201 · Posted: Sat 07/10/10 12:42 pm Post subject:

My list:

Tarpon
Bonefish
Permit
(if I can get them in a flats slam even better)
Striper over 30 lb
Tiderunner Weakfish
Albie from shore