Pound per Pound the Strongest Fish you Fought

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JD7.62 said:
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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.
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You're right, they were definitely Jack Crevalle. I went out fishing for a morning and we weren't catching anything good, so we went after these guys. We were a couple miles offshore, looking for birds. When we would see the flock of birds my friend would head at it full speed (115 tiller outboard on an open fiberglass panga) and then cut it a few hundred yards before getting there. As we would coast into the baitfish I would throw a chunk of lead on a hook and get one of these on the first cast two out of three times - the other time I got nothing. It was a heck of a fight on an old Penn spinning rod, for sure. After catching two I was pretty much done.

As far as eating, we gave them away except for one fillet I took back to the condo to cook. It was edible, but not very good...


NCStateFisher said:
very nice crevelle no go on amberjack though, this is an amberjack:

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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
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Yeah, they are kind of similar, but mine was definitely a Crevalle.
 
Freshwater I'd say either Smallmouth bass or Carp.

For saltwater the hardest fighting fish I've caught was a striped bass. Thought I snagged the bottom then he just took off.


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Freshwater, i would say smallmouth. Though, some of the bigger trout in the cold mountain lakes put up a dam good fight on 4-6 lb test. Couldnt tell you a thing about saltwater lol
 
Gotta say Tarpon, they will bust your ass and put your tackle to the test.
 
I live on freshwater and fish daily. POUND FOR POUND one of the best fighiting fish in the WORLD are bluegills! ( sunfish etc whatever you call em where you from! ) Only thing is, the majority of them are not more than a pound! Light tackle pan fishing shows how scrappy they are! I go out in mid summer on my kayak with a 1wt fly rod, hand full of dry flys, and a 1piece med heavy rod with a spook or jitterbug. Have a blast catching bluegills one after another, and then when it gets darker, top water for the BIG bass! But smallies are little savages! Cold water fish like pickerel and muskie dont mess around either!

1 perch and 3 pickerel today on a Yo-zuri suspeding jerk bait. in Rhode Island ( 2-22-12 )
 
Cought a 4.5ft barracuda in Brazil my tuffest yet since it was first tine sw fishing. But we didn't use a rob how they fish there is u just get a 40-50lb line a weight,hook,and crab bait! My hands burned so bad after. Freshwater had to be my 40lb channel cat from a river in navada

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