Pound-for-pound Smallmouth Bass fight hard. The hardest fighting fish I have ever caught overall were definitely Amber Jack. They wore me out on an old spinning rod with twenty pound line!
Amberjack fight really hard. After two or three Im literally done for the day. Around here the AJs are usually caught off of wrecks or oil rigs so they can easily take you into the structure and break you off so you have to use at least 50lb line with 20-30lbs of drag and its still hard to slow them down before they wreck you.
Ive caught some chunky bonita on 6lb test, that is a blast too.
Redfish fight hard too despite being pretty unathletic looking like a jack or tuna species.
4 ft Alligator garfish at Davis Island and my 1st "2" SNOOK 30in+ in a lagoon by Wheaton island. That trip was the most fun [I had in a long time!
[video]http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/dd62/decker69/?action=view¤t=VID00126.mp4[/video]
Amberjack fight really hard. After two or three Im literally done for the day. Around here the AJs are usually caught off of wrecks or oil rigs so they can easily take you into the structure and break you off so you have to use at least 50lb line with 20-30lbs of drag and its still hard to slow them down before they wreck you.
Ive caught some chunky bonita on 6lb test, that is a blast too.
Redfish fight hard too despite being pretty unathletic looking like a jack or tuna species.
I guess the hardest fighting fish I've ever caught was a Jack Crevalle, then. I think it was on this forum that I was told it was an Amber Jack, but I really don't have a clue. It was caught in the Pacific off of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
I guess the hardest fighting fish I've ever caught was a Jack Crevalle, then. I think it was on this forum that I was told it was an Amber Jack, but I really don't have a clue. It was caught in the Pacific off of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Here is an amberjack for reference. Jack Crevalle are damn hard fighters as well. Only difference is that they are usually caught in more open water near the beaches around here so you dont have to worry about them wrecking you so you can use smaller tackle. Its awesome on the pier when a school of 200+ the size of the one you caught come crashing down the beach and every one starts throwing at them and we all hook up. Talk about chaos! Pompano are also a species of jack but average only a few pounds. Still though they will pull damn hard. Even better pompano are one of the best tasting fish in the see and the best tasting jacks by a LONG shot. Jack Crevalle arent eaten around here and are usually used for bait or chum.
very nice crevelle no go on amberjack though, this is an amberjack:
i was wore out as hell, had caught a nice 26" gag grouper 2 drops before and then the captain handed me the jigging rod with that AJ, even though it wasn't huge for an AJ those things kick like hell
