Hardest fighting fish?
Sep 22, 2020 12:51:38 #
Something I have always wondered what true fisherman think. Pound for Pound, what fish is the hardest fighting fish?
I have never caught a sword fish, but I have read many stories about guys fighting them for 24hrs+. I have caught marlin, yellowfin, bluefin and yellowtail. Out of those, would have to go for yellowtail. However, if you hook a truly big marlin that sounds, you are in for a battle. Speakin from experience there.
I have never caught a sword fish, but I have read many stories about guys fighting them for 24hrs+. I have caught marlin, yellowfin, bluefin and yellowtail. Out of those, would have to go for yellowtail. However, if you hook a truly big marlin that sounds, you are in for a battle. Speakin from experience there.
Sep 22, 2020 12:54:08 #
Sep 22, 2020 13:06:18 #
Pound for pound?
I’ve always said if bluegill reached 10 pounds they would destroy tackle.
I’ve caught 1 pounders that gave me a workout.
Next up bowfin. These things do destroy tackle. Have caught them on spinner baits and the lure is completely trashed
Can catch hundreds of same weight bass on same spinnerbaits no issues at all
Smallmouth. Especially River small mouth pull like crazy
Then of course musky. These things go absolutely ballistic !!! Hooking a 50 inch fish with a foot and a half of line out during a figure 8 is something everyone should experience once.
Last year after catching one I thought my hands were dirty. Wouldn’t wash off. Turns out my rod hand was bruised From gripping the rod.
I’ve always said if bluegill reached 10 pounds they would destroy tackle.
I’ve caught 1 pounders that gave me a workout.
Next up bowfin. These things do destroy tackle. Have caught them on spinner baits and the lure is completely trashed
Can catch hundreds of same weight bass on same spinnerbaits no issues at all
Smallmouth. Especially River small mouth pull like crazy
Then of course musky. These things go absolutely ballistic !!! Hooking a 50 inch fish with a foot and a half of line out during a figure 8 is something everyone should experience once.
Last year after catching one I thought my hands were dirty. Wouldn’t wash off. Turns out my rod hand was bruised From gripping the rod.
Sep 22, 2020 13:10:46 #
fishrmans
Loc: Waushara Cnty Wisconsin and Port Charlotte Fl
Lb for lb I think it’s a hard to beat a jack crevalle. Yes, smallies are fun to catch. They are good fighters and often jump. If you hook onto a 5 lb jack you will swear you got a 20 lb fish on and their stamina is unbelievable. Too bad they’re not better eating. Sure, the big fish out in the blue water are fun to catch and great fighters but look at the size.
Sep 22, 2020 13:20:27 #
Those jacks lean that broad body into the fight !!!
Like reeling in a muscular car hood
Like reeling in a muscular car hood
Sep 22, 2020 13:20:50 #
It's all quite subjective, of course, but from personal experience I'd have to say the yellowfin tuna on a flyrod. I hooked and played four yellowfin in the 25-pound range and there was no amount of money in the world for me to cast to and hook another. I never hooked a swordfish, but the stories I've heard make them sound impossible to land, particularly on a flyrod.
Sep 22, 2020 13:40:35 #
I'm not to familiar with salt water but the hardest fighting freshwater pound for pound in my opinion is a Blue Gill. I've often heard if they grew bigger they'd be hard to handle but I think they did get bigger and turned into Smallmouth bass. Smallmouth in current will pull harder and jump higher than most any other fish in fresh water, although I've only caught one bowfin and It really put up a fight.
Sep 22, 2020 13:47:34 #
Ivey wrote:
I'm not to familiar with salt water but the hardest fighting freshwater pound for pound in my opinion is a Blue Gill. I've often heard if they grew bigger they'd be hard to handle but I think they did get bigger and turned into Smallmouth bass. Smallmouth in current will pull harder and jump higher than most any other fish in fresh water, although I've only caught one bowfin and It really put up a fight.
I would have to agree with Ivey on the bluegill for fresh water, lb. for lb. Can’t count the times I’ve yelled “get the net !” , then had breakfast off my face ! LOL 😂
Sep 22, 2020 13:50:53 #
Agreed. Bluegill are truly amazing. There is nothing quite like the look on the face of a 4- or 5-year old boy while catching his first bluegill. That initial bluegill is the first step to the lifelong addiction known as "The tug is the drug."
Sep 22, 2020 13:51:30 #
Five pound smallie and a five pound rainbow in moving water? Decision goes to the rainbow. They don't have the stamina of some fish, but that may be because they give everything they've got in a short amount of time. Never caught one, but I hear permit fight as well as any.
Sep 22, 2020 13:59:42 #
Too many variables. Yeah a 2lb smalljaw on an ultralight would be awesome,but would a 2lb baby marlin on the same rod,give you a better fight??? It's impossible to compare things that no one fishes for. Would a 1000lb Smallmouth take 24hrs to catch,or would she just tailwalk into your boat,flip you over,and call it a day? If you compare fights, does a 200lb yellowfin fight 100x harder than the 2lb smallie? Doesn't seem like it to me, but if you hooked it on an ultralight you'll never get the chance to find out because you will be stripped in 10 seconds flat. I don't know. 
Sep 22, 2020 14:00:23 #
For a fishing blast, Google or somehow find Gary Graham's tale of baiting, hooking, playing and landing a broadbill swordfish while alone in his boat off San Diego. Gary's story has been told numerous times - I've read it in different versions - but it never fails to amaze.
Sep 22, 2020 14:05:06 #
Sep 22, 2020 14:13:37 #
Sep 22, 2020 14:21:59 #
Try a yellowfin tuna in the 250 lb class and you'll be on it for hours, they're a gut buster. Big marlin are a handful, most are tag and release, back up on them to shorten the fight. Yellowtail kings and amberjack can bring you to your knees.
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