Either largemouth bass because they are just awesome or rainbow trout because they are so easy to look at.

Smallmouth. Great fighters and I love to catch striped bass too

My number one is bass and my number two is trout!!!!!!

My favorite is trout in a river or stream. Second to that is probably active bass, they are great fighters and topwater fishing is alot of fun.

#1 trout #2 bass.

To catch or eat? To catch for freshwater it is Smallmouth bass. To catch and eat for saltwater its a toss up between stripers and tuna.

Alaskan Lake Trout is the tastiest Salmonid IMO. Chinook or King Salmon will give you one heck of a fight but I will go with Silver Salmon on lite tackle 'cause they jump more.
In fresh water love to catch a big Fla Largemouth and eat Walleye, Crappie (Speckled Perch in Central Fla) and Channel cats all fileted and in that order.
One other thing Arctic Grayling are very tasty too kind of like eating a Crappie (not like a trout at all).

Bass i just love the way they fight. A catfish fights good too.

Bass and bluefish.

As far as eating is concerned bream and catfish can not be beat. Both are also fun to catch, although I will spring ultra-light fishing for bream over almost anything.

Try catching a carp on super ultra-lite 2pound line. It will jump more than a trout, fight harder than a bass, and hunker down harder than any catfish ever thought of.

cats straight up. they fight, are easy to catch and you don't really have to do anything while catching them. Not to mention it's cheap to catch 'em.

PIKE they fight and dem' water wolves attack just about any ting'

I love catching what i love to eat! Freshwater: Im eating Crappie and Walley Salt: Dolphin and Grouper

Catfish. I luv fishing for cats, i can be lazy smoke a cig and jus sit down and relax and fish at the same time. I like them cuz i usually fish for em' at nite. They also taste awesome, fryin it cajun style is the way to go.

Brook trout. They are living jewels.

i know your gonna think im crazy but bluegill, if they were the size of bass everyone would fish for them...they are the hardest fighting fish for ther size

muskie because they seem like a little gift that you can catch every now and then even when your not fishing and give you good bragging rights.

to eat it is catfish but to catch bass

For me I love the sport of panfish on an ultra-light rig for freshwater but out in the gulf it's between grouper and bull drum (large black drum).

panfish

Walleye and muskie

Bass deff. its the thrill when you see that big bass at the end of your line and see it jump in the air that just jets me exsited.

bass-fun to catch
brim-easy to catch and good to eat

I am still deciding between Steelhead and Catfish. both fight hard, but the steelhead provide me with more active, lure fishing and almost always strike hard. But catfish are sometimes harder to trick, and I like that challenge. The cats can sometimes strike hard, but it's usually more subtle hits, providing a more consentrated, intense fishing. It also dependsw on the season. Steelhead are only around in the spring and fall, but cats are always available.

Deffinately Redfish. They are great looking, unique with their many spots, great fighters, and dont forget good eatin too!

That is a tough one, but I'm going to have to go with bass because you can catch them in more than one way.