question, favouite species and presentation

Hey everyone just wondering what you favorite species and presentation methods are?

Mine would be using a northland tackle slip float with livebait for walleye or any species really.

I use a 8ft diawa trout rod diawa reel 20lb power pro braid with a florocarbon leader ranging from 4lb to 12lb depending on species and such. Hooks range from small trout hooks from size 16 to 4 depending, as well as jigs it can be quite versatile.

Walters since I moved North.

Dragging a worm harness (build my own, just easier to make the right color combo and make slight modifications).

2 oz bottom bouncer 10-20ft, 3oz > 30ft.

A really sensitive 7ft Fenwick rod so I can feel the bottom and feel the classic tap tap = set the hook!

8lb Mono with a Floro leader going frow the weight to my spinner.

Key I find is keeping the right speed: 1-1.25 MPH.

Why: Because it just works up here once you figure out the magic color combo.

Or trolling for lakers - Have the roof up, lines down and just chilling in the boat puff puff. No holding your rod just easy fishing.

that is a great method...

Ive been thinking my 2nd favorite is using a texas rigged senko for bass 6.5 ft medium heavy rod 20 lb power pro braid and 10lb florocarbon.

For walleye and crappie, a bit similar to you. Slip bobber...10lbs Power Pro Super Slick braid. 8 inch 20lbs black wire leader. Quarter ounce pink jig head with plastic baits. I don't use live bait much anymore. 7 foot St. Croix Panfish rods...very strong rods for both walleye and crappie. Pfuelger President reels. Exactly the same equipment for casting crankbaits for walleye and crappie. And a third rod and reel the same... rigged either way to save time from switching baits.

Trolling backcountry lakes for lake and brook trout or splake from a canoe. 6.5-7 ft medium fast spinning rod (Shimano), President XT reel (Pfleuger), 6Lb Berkeley trilene, Little Cleo 1/4oz spoons

I don’t have a favourite species or technique. I am completely multi species and honestly I love fishing for anything that swims. What I do do is target big fish of each species.

thats good to hear why dont you just pick a technique... The reason i asked this question is because i figured I might find a new or under utilized way of fishing that I could add to my arsenile.

to me nothing is more exciting than topwater! lure and technique depends on the terrain, conditions and bite, but nothing beats having a bass just smash a lure on the surface!

X2! Nothing more exciting!!

defenitely excilerating watching a topwater smash. I use fake grass hoppers on my fly rod for topwater bass action lots of fun

Backlakes including Algonquin for lakers specks or splake trolling an egb spoon out of a canoe. Throw in a bunch of family members or friends and Im in heaven.
Throwing a Len Thompson spoon for winter steelhead on a river is a solid second.

Always trying something new is fun.

Sometimes I am on a good Bass top water bite and then it gets hot and sunny so I change it up. I go to docks with stick baits or drop shots or ned rigs. Years ago I started to learn to use flipping jigs. I had never used them before and figured I should add them to my arsenal and learn how to use them. It’s always fun learning new techniques for fish.

Sometimes I’ll be fishing steelhead with roe bags and then I’ll switch it up to jigs or even start casting a spinner. Other days, I’ll just leave my float gear home and bring a fly rod.

Sometimes the challenge isn’t catching fish at all sometimes the challenge is catching a fish in the way that you want to.

Always trying something new is fun.

Sometimes I am on a good Bass top water bite and then it gets hot and sunny so I change it up. I go to docks with stick baits or drop shots or ned rigs. Years ago I started to learn to use flipping jigs. I had never used them before and figured I should add them to my arsenal and learn how to use them. It’s always fun learning new techniques for fish.

Sometimes I’ll be fishing steelhead with roe bags and then I’ll switch it up to jigs or even start casting a spinner. Other days, I’ll just leave my float gear home and bring a fly rod.

Sometimes the challenge isn’t catching fish at all sometimes the challenge is catching a fish in the way that you want to.

I like your philosophy... I often wonder who is better off the guy casting from shore as far as he can or the guy in the boat casting towards shore.

X2

Arnie

My biggest crappie was caught from the shoreline at night. 17.5 inches and 2.6 pounds. My biggest walleye was also caught from the shoreline at night. 31.5 inches and almost 12 pounds. Both fish were caught on Balsam Lake. My 2nd biggest muskie was from shore on Sturgeon Lake at night. It was 47.5 inches, no idea of the weight. My biggest muskie was 53 inches in a boat on Balsam Lake during the day. For over 55 years I have been fishing from the shore or in a boat. The last few decades have been concentrated in the Kawarthas. Probably 60% fishing from the shore and 40% from a boat. It is definitely an advantage fishing from a boat day or night. In a boat you can move around from shallow water, to deeper water. In a boat you can cruise the entire lake, all day or night. Fishing from a dock or the rocky shoreline is limited to a smaller area to fish. Also you need to be patient and wait for the fish to cruise by in the shallows. Good example is crappie and walleye...even muskie. I catch all three in shallow water casting from the shore. Morning, evening and night these three species are looking for food in shallow water. During the day, I would have much better luck finding them further out in 12 to 18 feet of water, in a boat. Fishing from shore at night does have it's advantages. Slightly cooler water at night in the summer draws baitfish and targeted species into the shallows. Crayfish come out more from their hideouts at night, in the shallows. Nobody else out on the water very much at night usually. Only concerning factor of fishing at night is the danger. From a boat or from shore, slipping, tripping and or falling is always an increased possibility, in the dark. The possibly of hitting debris etc. with the boat at night increases. And from shore the possibility of running into wildlife is a nightly occurrence. I have seen bears, moose, deer, coyote, wolf, skunks, raccoons, bobcat, lynx, mink, martens, beavers, muskrats, porcupine, otters, loons, geese, swans, foxes, turkeys, owls, rabbits, bats, possum, snakes, snapping turtles, etc. etc. Oh ya...bugs, bugs and more bugs at night on shore. Haven't seen a cougar yet but maybe someday.