Author Topic: the best fighting fish pound for pound? (Read 6874 times)

bart · « **Reply #30 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 06:50 AM »

Pound for pound, Smallmouth Bass! Most spectacular fight, Steelhead.

skyphix · « **Reply #31 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 07:35 AM »

Smallmouth or Spawning Redbreast Sunnies.

this little guy

Took more like than this guy

Haven't caught enough fish through the ice to give an objective view, but I gotta say... I'd love to get a nice 2-3lb smallie through the ice this year.

Fire~n~Ice · « **Reply #32 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 08:02 AM »

Last year I was pulling in 30" lakers on 4# test on a 30" ultra-light rod............definat ely the best fight I've had through the ice!!!!!!

five-flags-up · « **Reply #33 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 08:11 AM »

Ive caught alot of small mouths while targeting yellow perch. Pound for pound I think they have been the best fight through the ice for me. lakers are a pretty good fight but they also usualy weigh 5-10 times as much as a 12-16" 2 pound smallie

Hood · « **Reply #34 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 08:57 AM »

pound for pound...still a TUNA

trapper2000 · « **Reply #35 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 09:13 AM »

well to be honest i am a flyfisherman and i have fished salt including off shore, i think there all great and a fight is a fight but i have a thing for big bluegills a 3 wt rod and a addams getting taken off the top!
trap

Superpole · « **Reply #36 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 09:49 AM »

Quote from: Hood on Jan 12, 2009, 08:57 AM

pound for pound...still a TUNA

Bluefish beat a tuna anyday. If bluefish got as big as tuna there would be no sharks.

REEL DeiL · « **Reply #37 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 09:50 AM »

smallmouth bass for the fight pike and musky for the enitial hit

donttreadonme · « **Reply #38 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 11:35 AM »

Quote from: fishfry on Jan 11, 2009, 06:42 PM

I would say white perch rate right up there pound for pound.

This was my first thought when seeing this thread. Best fight for any panfish i think. Used to catch them in Maine a lot...but have never caught one in NY. Where do you get them in NYS?

james · « **Reply #39 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 12:41 PM »

Quote from: Superpole on Jan 12, 2009, 09:49 AM

Bluefish beat a tuna anyday. If bluefish got as big as tuna there would be no sharks.

this is true

trapper2000 · « **Reply #40 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 12:45 PM »

bluefish are animals but ya know whats small hit like heck and fight good "kingfish"

burtbomberz · « **Reply #41 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 02:09 PM »

Went to temagami in canada last year catching both lakers and whitefish in about 40 ' of water. Even though the lakers were bigger the whitefish fought harder. Smallmouths out of the Niagara river about 7 miles ABOVE the falls really fight hard in the summer. Think the current must really get them into shape or something.

ToeCheese · « **Reply #42 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 02:11 PM »

cat fish

jeg in albany · « **Reply #43 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 02:16 PM »

Put me down for smallmouth.

deadsmelthead · « **Reply #44 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 03:53 PM »

No if ands or buts about it, LL SALMON.. The acrobatic airial show they put on is awesome. I've seen them leap all of 4 feet out of the water.

Gotalimit · « **Reply #45 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 06:26 PM »

Pound for pound thru the ice would be BULL SUNNIES

JCaughtem · « **Reply #46 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 06:35 PM »

Tiger musky/smallie

Pasquatch · « **Reply #47 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 06:38 PM »

Bowfin or carp.

mmrp · « **Reply #48 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 07:57 PM »

pound for pound thru the ice definately a close one between a sunny and a smallmouth. Smallmouth gets my vote

gut-n-gill · « **Reply #49 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 08:17 PM »

nothing beats a sunfish pound for pound

WARRIOR_ON_ICE · « **Reply #50 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 08:36 PM »

Limiting the list to ice-fishing only, and fish of 4 lbs. and up, my vote is for lake trout, although I have not caught any LL salmon to compare. A 5 # laker puts up more fight than a 10 # pike on a tip-up. Not even close.

doogie494 · « **Reply #51 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 08:40 PM »

I would have to say big Salmon or Halibut

slabgill · « **Reply #52 on:** Jan 12, 2009, 08:41 PM »

3.5 to 4 lb Smallie no contest...And u ask y not bigger ones,The biiger ones in my opinion usually just give up.....I think its because maybe they have been caught before.I'm talking 5lb + smallies.But those 3 to 4 lbers that you get those are the strogest diggers around no doubt about it...Ask Z if you wont take my opinion.Z is for Mark Zona!!!!

YO1157 · « **Reply #53 on:** Jan 13, 2009, 01:22 AM »

SMALLIE

KgBnY315 · « **Reply #54 on:** Jan 13, 2009, 02:17 AM »

Quote from: Gotalimit on Jan 12, 2009, 06:26 PM

Pound for pound thru the ice would be BULL SUNNIES

you got that right

Cheeks13 · « **Reply #55 on:** Jan 13, 2009, 05:15 AM »

Smallies for sure!! Cheeks out!!! 8)

Ice Shark · « **Reply #56 on:** Jan 13, 2009, 07:44 AM »

I got to hand it to Sunies but a Smallie is a close 2nd.

Manfish · « **Reply #57 on:** Jan 15, 2009, 07:09 PM »

pike through the ice with their runs once you get them to the hole and top-water smallies on lite equiptment

evanlbickford · « **Reply #58 on:** Jan 15, 2009, 07:39 PM »

brown trout fight real good...caught a couple 6 pounders on schroon and almost spooled me by the time i got to the tipup 15 feet from the shanty

emptyhanded · « **Reply #59 on:** Jan 15, 2009, 08:01 PM »

10 pound walleye thru the ice -- bay of quinte

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Author Topic: the best fighting fish pound for pound? (Read 6874 times)