Well since i started this i will say in Freshwater that i like to catch steelhead and smallmoth the best, the are both powerful, acrobatic and beautiful fish to catch. I like anything that will pull my line, although saltwater fish, pound for pound, will beat the SH*t out of any freshwater fish i have ever caught. My fav saltwater fish to catch would have to be permit, grouper and barracuda. I still have a lot of species to catch, so give me another year and my opinion could change!!!