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5 categories
The fish counted at the World Street Fishing Championship in GreenBay, USA, were divided into five categories.
- Black bass
- Walleyes
- Catfish
- Drum
- Panfish
Regardless of category, the fish caught had to be at least 25 cm long to be counted.
We could also come across other species that were not counted, such as the northern pike, identical to our European pike, the famous muskie, a cousin of the pike, or the chinook salmon!
Even if catches for the latter are rarer, you should know that at least three pikes were caught during the competition, that the Hungarians brought out a muskie and that the Italians, ahead of us, tapped a salmon, without however managing to put it on the dry!
Black bass
There are two species in the black bass category. The large-mouthed black bass, found in Europe and all over the world, and the small-mouthed black bass, the famous smallie. The latter is a legendary sport fish that is both combative and subtle to lure.
Unlike largemouths, smallies prefer clear, cool waters and large environments. Largemouths were confined to marinas, small canals, shallow areas full of vegetation...
We caught numerous smallies of fairly decent size (48 cm for the largest).
They responded very well to crayfish imitations on a light texas or carolina mount.
Walleyes
Once again, this category includes two species. Walleye and sauger, which are walleye and sauger. Hybrids between these two species were also counted.
It's nothing less than a pike-perch, only more aggressive and smaller in size. There have been several over 70 cm all the same.
Walleyes are very receptive to shad and finesse close to the bottom when fishing downstream.
They respond equally well to blades and small lipless and the locals often fish them with longbill minnows.
The walleye is a highly prized fish, and quite a fighter.
Catfish
The catfish category comprises three species. We observed only two. The channel catfish, a big, combative catfish. Gabriel caught a big one (72 cm) at night with shrimp (night fishing is authorized).
Martin and Baptiste managed to lure two flatheads.
We didn't see any bullhead, the last of the three catfish counting for this street fishing championship.
The drum
The drum is a type of freshwater corb. It is a member of the same family as the meagre or the courbine. We have little information on how to catch this unusual fish.
Also known as sheephead. It has powerful pharyngeal teeth for crushing the mussels and crayfish it loves.
We caught some on the micro jig, crayfish imitation, and Jeremy caught five on the Illex TN38 Trigon in a very short space of time.
Panfish
Last but not least, panfish! There are five species in this category:
The blugill, a kind of large sun perch, is very receptive to very small animated lures, especially in open water. There aren't many on the Greenbay course, and few reach the 25 cm mark.
In this category we find the crappie, a cross between sun perch and black bass.
It's a small carnivore that loves small fish and fry. He caught a few along the way, all around 30 cm.
In the same Centrarchidae family, the rock sunfish was also taken into account. It can be found in the Loire and Charente in very restricted areas. We caught a huge number outside these areas, with sessions sometimes numbering close to 300!
A cousin of our common perch, the yellow perch is also part of the panfish category. It looks very much like our perch, only more yellow and slightly more elongated. It responded well to the microjig and ned rig stuck to the bottom. There were few yellow perch on the course and few reached the 25 cm "mesh".
Finally, there's the white bass. A small silver bass with thin dark horizontal lines. There were quite a few on the Fox River, but they can exceed 25 cm here too.
