I've had clients fight forever. But that's what happens in Alaska. Longest fight was over 4 hours on a 365 pound halibut. Had several more big halibut take over an hour. Had some sharks on for about that long. Had one client catch a 30lb king salmon in 6 pound test. That was fun.
Hardest fight
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I hooked something in 50 feet of water off Long Island that pulled so hard that I thought it was gonna shake the 20 lb spinning outfit right into the water. Thought I had a big Stingray or Striper...when I got it up it was a tiny 12'' Fluke lol. Real strong current that day, so Flounder can just use their flat bodies to ride the current...we were using 8oz sinkers to get down and the lines were STILL being pulled into eachother. I also caught a Cownose Ray on about 15lb test and it was probably about 30 lbs...what a run, the drag was so darn loud
I once wrestled a great white onto shore with my bare hands.
Really, though, when I was probably 5 or 6 years old, my uncles dog jumped on me as I was casting out, and I didn't really see where the line went, but saw it kind of leading to some reed grass at the shore, so I reeled in, and as the line got shorter, I felt a tugging on my neck, and I realized the hook had gone right into my throat. I had to fight pretty hard to get the barb out of my neck and after that I had to fight even harder to stop the bleeding
Later that day, I caught a 5-6 lb, 24 inch trout in the half acre pond I had been fishing out of with my mickey mouse fishing pole haha..
Really, though, when I was probably 5 or 6 years old, my uncles dog jumped on me as I was casting out, and I didn't really see where the line went, but saw it kind of leading to some reed grass at the shore, so I reeled in, and as the line got shorter, I felt a tugging on my neck, and I realized the hook had gone right into my throat. I had to fight pretty hard to get the barb out of my neck and after that I had to fight even harder to stop the bleeding
Later that day, I caught a 5-6 lb, 24 inch trout in the half acre pond I had been fishing out of with my mickey mouse fishing pole haha..
There is a difference from a strong boring fish compared to a real fighting fish, I have heard mention of nurse sharks, and halibuts, not your spectacular fighters.
Catch a good sized bonefish or a big tarpon even a nice permit, those are fighters, not just "pullers".
Catch a good sized bonefish or a big tarpon even a nice permit, those are fighters, not just "pullers".
In freshwater it was a 15 lb northern pike on 6 lb line. I had to beach it because I didn't have a landing net.
Freshwater - I've had a few searun rainbow trout put up a tussle, and carp & smallmouth. Most freshies aren't great fighters in my book.
Salt - I've had great fights from tuna, dorado, bluefish, blackfish, herring, jacks, & shark.
Some fish are generally better fighter than others, but its funny, at times I can pull in a 12lb blue with zero effort, yet I've had 5lbers that fought better than 30lb stripers.
Salt - I've had great fights from tuna, dorado, bluefish, blackfish, herring, jacks, & shark.
Some fish are generally better fighter than others, but its funny, at times I can pull in a 12lb blue with zero effort, yet I've had 5lbers that fought better than 30lb stripers.
