# list the species of fish you have caught in this state

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**Category:** Alabama Fishing General\
**Created:** [March 29, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/list-the-species-of-fish-you-have-caught-in-this-state/9498 "2003-03-29T20:55:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![davetclown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@davetclown](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/davetclown)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/list-the-species-of-fish-you-have-caught-in-this-state/9498/1 "2003-03-29T20:55:16Z")

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list the species of fish you have caught in this state

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**Author:** ![imricklb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@imricklb](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/imricklb)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/list-the-species-of-fish-you-have-caught-in-this-state/9498/2 "2003-03-30T05:22:20Z")

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Cats of all flavors-blues,whites,channels,bullheads,appaloosas,& more.

Bass-smallmouth,largemouth,whitebass, & my favorite, stripers.

I can’t forget the best tasting, hmmm toss up between crappie or jack salmon.

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania so some of this Bama fishing took me by surprise. Back in the 70’s I used to snag a lot of shovelbills at Guntersville Dam. There is nothing more exciting than 40 lb of shovelbill in super swift current of the turbines. I sure miss those days.

Then there’s the little guys. Tough to figure out at first. What did you call that sunfish? a brim? Ohh bream. OK. Hey how come you called that bream a shellcracker? My father in law was quite a mentor, kinda brought me up to parr.

Of course I can’t leave out the 5’ alligator gar that nearly got a hold of my leg after I landed him. Or all the carp and buffalo, and drums. Or the shad and skip jacks.

I must say I’ve been blessed with some mighty fine fishing in Alabama and I just hope my kids get to enjoy as much as I have. They’ve gotten off to a good start. I hope you have as many tales to tell as I do.