Sea monsters vs River monsters,

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Remember, were talking to fisherman here. I fish both fresh and salt, everything from bluegill to blue marlin. Yes, saltwater fishing can be more exiting, in terms of size and strength of the fish. But someone who say's they love saltwater fishing for catching 40 lbs striped bass is a bit of a fool, as I reguraly catch them in freshwater. But, never caught a tuna in freshwater. Really powerful fish, especially on the fly.
Most of the freswater giants arenot found in north america. We have muskie, sturgeon, and cats, and thats it for our giants. Unless you want to add carp, but most people think of them as rough fish. Very unfortunate, they are a worthy fishy. However, for salt, we got the groupers, sharks, marlins, and tunas, not to mention drums, wahoo, stripers, ect. The ocean just has more diversity.
 
i hope your not calling me a fool, lets be honest your not pulling in a striped bass at that size on a regular basis, in the 3 years i fished off the coast of rhode island the largest that i've seen personally pulled in is 44 lbs by my dad. the typical weight is usually around mid to high 20's. You can catch them in the hudson where the salt mixes into the fresh water, however your not going to find 40 lb striped bass in a land locked pond. how am i a fool for enjoying pulling in a 40 lb fish? such nonsense
 
I know a couple of salties from florida. Hardcore fishin' guys. They come up here every July and October to fish muskie. They say no kind of saltwater fishing can compare. The most skilled anglers boat one fish out of every ten follows. For these guys its more like one in 30. Last year they caught one fish, a 43"er. Not bad for two weeks of fishing 16 hours a day. HA!
When fishing in a freshwater system, especialy a small one, there is no greater accomplishment than catching the largest predator that resides in it. Good luck doing the same with rod and reel in saltwater. I dont think the comparison between salt and fresh is very fair. Although, monsters are monsters, big fishes is big fishes! Salt wins every time when it comes to the bigguns.
 
Sorry Zpetrichko, I should have worded that better. Not enough coffee yet ;)
I do actually catch 40 lb stripers with regularity down here in the winter. They come here and actually school up, and feed on the menhaden in the ocean and in the bay. Then, come springtime, they migrate up the bay and rivers. In the Pocomoke, you can catch em year round, if you know where to go and when. Also, there are some lakes where you can get into big stripers, usually stocked with them and it's a little rare, because they don't usually make it to a large size, but it does happen.
 
I prefer freshwater fishkeeping but saltwater fishing. In freshwater, you can pretty much guess what fiish you are gonna catch, while in saltwater, each fish could be a different species.
 
Zimmerman, you forgot about gar and paddlefish.
 
livebearerfreak;3895202; said:
FRESHWATER ALL THE WAY ( what i mean by that is i love freshwater WAY more then saltwater )
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you can't tell till you've tried it...
 
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