What was the best fight you ever had reeling in a fish?
Apr 24, 2019 09:28:55 #
greyghost wrote:
Don't know what it was, but it was brute power. I... (show quote)
Probably a Black Sea Bass or yellow tail
Apr 24, 2019 09:29:27 #
Larry1de
Loc: South Bend, Indiana
15# Lake Trout on an ultralight spinning rig with 4# test. I was jigging for eater Walleye against a cliff face when I thought I had snagged. Then the snag started to move. About twenty minutes later and after a lot of reeling in and back reeling we finally got it into the net. Sure makes your heart beat fast.
Apr 24, 2019 17:23:18 #
I caught a small mouth bass that I guess was about 9lb. on the Potomac River near Keyser W.V. I laid it in the raft and waited for my brother to return from down river so I could get a picture. When I hefted him for his photo op he flipped out of my hand and fell back into the river. I would have released him anyway, but man, I wish I had that photo.
Apr 24, 2019 21:04:42 #
Thanks for the post. This was no Yellowtail. I've caught a lot of yellowtail, a 200#+ Halibut. a huge bull Dorado, and some big tuna, all on stand up gear, and this was none of those. Nor was it a seal. I never thought of a big Black Sea Bass since most of those were fished out in the sixties, but I think you nailed it.
Now that I gave the question a little thought, while this thing was the most powerful fish I ever experienced, my favorite fish fight was an 9 lb 11 oz wild rainbow on a 10 foot five weight fly rod and a 5X tippet from a float tube. Sad to say, I could not revive it. I don't fish for big trout with a light tippit anymore.
Thanks again. I think you solved my mystery.
Now that I gave the question a little thought, while this thing was the most powerful fish I ever experienced, my favorite fish fight was an 9 lb 11 oz wild rainbow on a 10 foot five weight fly rod and a 5X tippet from a float tube. Sad to say, I could not revive it. I don't fish for big trout with a light tippit anymore.
Thanks again. I think you solved my mystery.
Apr 24, 2019 22:03:17 #
GeoSan wrote:
I have a trick to move skate and rayswhen they hold the bottom just pull back on your pool so there's a arch and it's very tight then with your free hand start slapping your pole on the butt.of the pole
10 lb. hen coho; she tore up the pool and jumped 6 feet in the air.
Apr 25, 2019 08:45:03 #
I can't believe no one mentioned Amberjack. Off the Tampa coast in the Gulf. Although I've never hooked a tuna, it was the best fight I have ever brought in. That fish did not tire out at all! 
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Apr 25, 2019 18:46:45 #
Redfisher
Loc: Florida
Yep
They get big in the lagoon because they live here and spawn here .
The salinity of the water is such that they lay their eggs here and not in the ocean.
Nothing like snagging a big ole bull red in a kayak !
They get big in the lagoon because they live here and spawn here .
The salinity of the water is such that they lay their eggs here and not in the ocean.
Nothing like snagging a big ole bull red in a kayak !
Apr 25, 2019 18:53:57 #
I live in Northern California so we have sturgeon stripers catfish salmon but by far a 43 pound striper I caught using 10 pound line fishing from shore 40 min. Later he's in my hands that fish kicked my butt wore me out that was so much fun.
Apr 25, 2019 19:07:36 #
Redfisher
Loc: Florida
Awesome!
I caught stripes in lake laneer in Georgia.
They are quite the line stretchers.
I caught stripes in lake laneer in Georgia.
They are quite the line stretchers.
Apr 26, 2019 12:22:12 #
The best fight for me would be a false albercore harkers island nc please excuse me if I didn't post this comment right in
Apr 26, 2019 12:23:36 #
Apr 26, 2019 14:49:32 #
Back in the late 90*s. My brother & myself hooked a very large halibut300 lbs. This fish took over 1.5 hours to land. This is the good part we landed this fish in my 17 ft. glassply. We had to tow him for a while before we could get him in the boat. It covered the whole inside of the boat. If had to do it all over again I would have cut her loose. come to find out this fish is a breader All very large halibut are female.But this is a good story, the fillets of this monster was a foot thick 4 of them. This all happened in my home town of sitka, ak.
Apr 26, 2019 18:22:33 #
12lb Steelhead on the Salmon River in Idaho. Those things swim over 900 miles to get to the Sawthooth mountains in the Stanley Basin. Further than anywhere in the world I understand. Tough fish, they dance like nothing I've ever hooked. I've caught huge trout of all kinds and some nice bass, but nothing comes close to those Idaho Salmon River Steelhead. Till you hook one you just don't know. Have fun!!....I am new to this site and must say I enjoy it.
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