What species have you caught

[David Taylor]

I thought I would put this thread in the micro forum simply because chasing species usually ends up in micro fishing and the guys who chase species numbers are usually the micro fishermen anyway. So just post your species list. Any kind of fishing counts. I will start


Freshwater:
Largemouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Bluegill
Cape Kurper
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Carp
Barble
Koi (don't ask :))
Clanwilliam redfin
Fiery redfin
Breede river redfin
Unidentified redfin from the outeniqua mountains
Vleikurper
Bluekurper
Israeli Tilapia
Sawfin
Clanwilliam Yellowfish
Smallmouth yellowfish
Tench


Then only in Poland and czech republic:
Chub
Perch
Bleak
Grayling
European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)

[Willie]

David what tackle do you use for your Micro fishing?

[David Taylor]

Almost entirely fly. If you can fly fish then fly will always be the easiest way to catch tiny fish. I usually use a 3wt. I have a 7'9" 3wt and a 10'0" 3wt. They are a bit heavy for a lot of micro fishing but at the moment I don't have the money for a 000 which I badly want.

[David Taylor]

Saltwater:
Garrick
Elf
Blacktail
Wildeperd
Maasbanker
Southern mullet
Striped mullet
about 5 klippie species
Redfingers
twotone fingerfin
Hottentot
Fransmadam
Panga
steentjie
santer
Roman
Dusky Kob
Cape stump
Olive grunter
White steenbras
Spotted grunter
White Stumpnose
Longfin tuna
Yellowfin tuna
Yellowtail
Snoek
streepie
bluefin gurnard
Puffadder shark
Spiny dogfish
Houndshark
Cape halfbeak
Katonkel
Blaashoppie
Barble
Moonie
Anchovie
Jutjaw

[WalkersKiller]

Nice thread, love species fishing! Here is mine:

African Longfin Eel    
Agile Klipfish         
Aimee's Goby         
Bird Wrasse       
Blacktail    
Blacktip Kingfish         
Blackspot Snapper
Blood Snapper        
Blue Emperor         
Blue Stingray    
Bluntnose Klipfish         
Bronze Bream    
Brown Shyshark    
Cape Moony       
Cape Stumpnose         
Catface Rockcod         
Clouded Lizardfish         
Devil Firefish         
Dorado    
Evil Eyed Puffer Fish         
Flathead Mullet         
Fransmadam         
Garrick         
Geelbeck       
Grass Klipfish         
Greater Barracuda    
Honeycomb Rockcod         
John Brown         
Kappie Blenny
King Mackerel        
Kob (Dusky)    
Kob (Silver)         
Koester Rockcod         
Largetooth Flounder         
Lesser Sandshark    
Longfin Pursemouth         
Longspine Glassy         
Maned Blenny         
Natal Stumpnose    
Ninestripe Cardinal         
Old Man Klipfish         
Pickhandle Barracuda         
Pinky         
Prison Goby         
Ragged Tooth Shark    
Rainbow Wrasse         
Rippled Klipfish         
River Bream         
Robust Klipfish         
Russel's Snapper         
Sand Steenbras         
Shad    
Silver Silago         
Sixbar Wrasse         
Sixstripe Soapfish         
Slender Glassy         
Sling Jaw Wrasse         
Smallscale Pursemouth         
Southern Mullet         
Spotted Grunter    
Spotted Gully Shark    
Springer    
Stonebream    
Strepie         
Striped Mullet         
Super Klipfish         
Thornfish         
Twotone Fingerfin         
White Musselcracker         
White Seacatfish    
White Steenbras    
White Stumpnose         
Yellowfin Needlefish         
Yellowbelly Rockcod         
Zebra    
          
Freshwater Fish Species
   
   
Asagi Koi    
Barbel    
Blue Kurper    
Brown Trout         
Common Carp    
Ghost Carp         
Grass Carp         
Goldfish         
Largemouth Bass         
Largemouth Yellowfish         
Largescale Yellowfish         
Mirror Carp
Nile Kurper         
Orange River Mudfish    
Papermouth         
Rainbow Trout    
Red Brest Tilapia         
Smallmouth Yellowfish         
Tank Goby         
Tigerfish         
Vlei Kurper

[David Taylor]

Ok wow that is a hectic list. 


I forgot out
White Musselcracker
Sand Steenbras
Lesser Sandshark
John Brown
Cape Moony
Blue Stingray 
African Longfin Eel

[WalkersKiller]

  I love species, and the smaller species are just awesome! Looking for 4 more to bring up my 100 

[David Taylor]

Next time you in WC come to Cape point and get Yellowtail, snoek katonkel and longfin tuna

[WalkersKiller]

Next time you in WC come to Cape point and get Yellowtail, snoek katonkel and longfin tuna

will take you up on that offer, if you ever in Joburg or in the EC, drop me a pm, will show you some spots 

[PeterCox]

My list sadly requires lots of working on :(
 
Fresh water:
Barbel
Carp
Yellow
Trout
Large and small mouth Bass
 
Saltwater
Elf
Garrick
Sharks (all kinds from hammers to bronzis)
Skates and stingrays (all kinds from duck bill to brown skates)
Tuna (all kinds from bonni to yellow fin)
Kob
Elephantfish (st jophesh shark)
Grunter
Steenbras
Roman
Couta
Bream
Soul (and other flat fish)
King and queen fish
Pompano
Im a pro at catching sea weed too
and others that I cant think of right now :)
 
But again need to spend some time at the the waters edge to get those species up

[REEFMAN]

My last count was 125 Saltwater species - PS: None were Micro-fishing, none Freshwater and no Klipvissies or Blaasops included! 

[David Taylor]

Ok thats just not fair! Do you have the list anywhere? Anything that stands out?

[REEFMAN]

Ok thats just not fair! Do you have the list anywhere? Anything that stands out?

Ya I've got a written list. Will type it out when I have some time...
Stand outs? All of them!
Seriously, my favourites... 40kg Kingfish, 10kg Kingfish on Dropshot tackle, 8kg Bluefin Kingfish, 8kg Queenfish, 5kg Blue Emperor, 12kg Garrick, 18kg West Coast Steenbras, 4kg Shad, 5.5kg Natal Stump, 50kg Giant Guitar, 6kg Speckled Snapper.
PS: Have never caught a Couta... only ever been on 2 offshore trips.

[David Taylor]

There are a few fish which strangely are absent from my list: Galjoen, geelbeck from saltwater


and from freshwater:
Largemouth yellowfish
Orange river mudfish
Natal scaly
Smallscale yellowfish
largescale yellowfish
redbreast tilapia.


I have fished two fly fishing nationals in Mpumalanga and two in KZN but thats only trout and other than that I haven't fly fished outside of the western cape. (Ok I have fished in Czech and Poland). I have never fished the vaal or Orange. Hopefully I am coming to Gauteng to fish in Late November so maybe I can add a couple of species.

[David Taylor]

Ok thats just not fair! Do you have the list anywhere? Anything that stands out?

Ya I've got a written list. Will type it out when I have some time...
Stand outs? All of them!
Seriously, my favourites... 40kg Kingfish, 10kg Kingfish on Dropshot tackle, 8kg Bluefin Kingfish, 8kg Queenfish, 5kg Blue Emperor, 12kg Garrick, 18kg West Coast Steenbras, 4kg Shad, 5.5kg Natal Stump, 50kg Giant Guitar, 6kg Speckled Snapper.

Wow thats hectic. Maybe one day when I am big I will have some fish like that to my name...

[John F]

Eish.... long way to go... only have 71 saltwater species... no micros...

[Big B]

Jeepers, lets see.

Saltwater:
Raggies
Shad
Bronze whalers
Bronze breem
Yellowbelly rockod
Catface rockod
Blacktail
Carro
Pinkies
Blue rays
Diamonds
Brown skates
Tiger shark
Eels
Natal stumpies
Cape stumpies
Kobbies
Lesser sandsharks
Mackerel
Smooth hound shark
Cow shark
Pajama shark
Sea barbel
Grunter
Red Roman
Blaas oppie:-)
Zebra
Pompano
Yellow fin tuna

Never caught cracker, leerie, kingies, couta, dorado, long fin tuna, amberjack, wahoo, sailfish,  still want too.

Never keep count of fresh water, because its mostly
Bass largemouth
Carp
Kurper
Barbel
Kerriebek

Regards
B

[MIKE PIKE]

   some species caught here ... looks like im going to have to get to the coast more often ...

[John F]

PS: Have never caught a Couta... only ever been on 2 offshore trips.

This is unacceptable!!!! 

Reefz... put yourself in Mavalane International Airport (or what ever they call it these days; or elsewhere in Maputo), and I'll put you face-to-face with a couta (+some  )... here's a suggestion (http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=16655.0) - even if only for the weekend