What fight do you like better a gill or a crappie?

[south_metro_fish]

After catching some of both in the same day this weekend, I wondered what others thought. I think the gills really pull harder, you never really know how big they are till you get them up and if you have your drag set lose enough they can actually pull some line out. Crappies seem to do more of the bobbing and they can pull pretty good too. They also are more of a challenge with their paper mouths. So I really don't know what one I like better, their both fun.

[waterbound]

Gills do seem to fight harder for their size but it's a tough call. Back in August caught a ton of gills, crappies and rock bass on my ultralight and the one that fought the hardest seemed to be the rock bass (but they were bigger fish too). It seems like gills always put up a fight but the crappie I pulled in tonight seemed to be a dead weight and not much more fight.

[mainbutter]

Neither.

Based on personal experiences, pumpkinseeds take the cake.

There's a lake in Michigan my grandparents have a house on, and I can always tell when I hook into a pumpkinseed rather than any other panfish.

However, it does seem to be pretty local to that lake that the pumpkinseeds are bigger and beefier than their couple of MN cousins I've hooked into recently.

I don't know WHY the pumpkinseeds are noticeably different than the gills in that lake, but they just are. It certainly is a puzzler to me.

[Ely Lake Expert]

+1 for gills.

Though id rather eat crappie

[goblueM]

crappies have no fight, its like reeling in a wet sheet of paper

bluegills are top 3 in pound for pound fighting ability, imo

[south_metro_fish]

You have to give crappies a little more credit then a wet piece of paper. They get your pole bending and they are a challenge to get up with out losing them with their paper mouths.

[waterbound]

Don't get me wrong, crappies have plenty of fight but a 10" gill is going to fight better than a 10" crappie. I'd bet a 16" crappie would fight a lot better than a 10" gill, though.

[AuggieDawg11]

I will say pound for pound, gills take the cake. Completely different fight than a crappie. Although I do fish for crappie more often and love the challenge of not losing them while bringing them in.

[south_metro_fish]

Ya I don't know how many times I have got a nice crappie right up to the hole and they hit the edge of the ice or give one last pull and come off the jig as you grab for them and down the hole they go as you get your arm all wet trying to grab them again. I think its funny though when that last kick propels them right out the hole and they fly into the air and on to the ice.

[Zelmsdawg]

I like the bluegill fight, but I like the crappie bite

Zelmsdawg

[Quackaddict9]

I like reeling in the URL crappies over any bluegill they put up a good fight. I can almost tell if its a Crappie or not on other lakes compared to bluegills. I like both, especially big ones like we all do!

[fisherdog19]

Really depends on the size, I'd take a 10" gill over a comparable crappie but if you compare trophy sizes, I'd take a 14" crappie over a 10" gill.

[hugonian1]

Definately bull gills.

[jwhjr]

My favorite is whichever one is on the end of the line at the time. As long as I'm catching them I don't care which one it is

[fishersofmen]

Gills also.

[Scott M]

I'm a gill man myself. Agree about the p-seeds too. Pound for pound, one of the toughest. Gotta love the gillie spin, but hard to beat a vicious crappie inhalation, pull down or up bite!

Just gets the juices flowing...Let's go fishing!

[wplatehunter]

Gills all the way.

[ole matty]

Both fight VERY different during ice fishn all crappie do is headshake and swim in 1 direction or another awhile bluegills swimming in circle and headshake all way to hole.

[mr_jman]

On the ice a bluegill circling the hole is a real thrill and even a 6" can fool you at first. So I love gills in the winter!

A 10" gill to a 14" crappie would probably favor the crappie. I've caught both and on an ultralight a 10" gill from shore going in all directions is really a good fight! I've only caught large crappies out of the boat or through the ice and it still feels more like dead weight but the excitement of those large crappies on the line is tough to beat!

Where I really like the crappies is in the fall when you throw out a swimming bait like a crappie thumper. On a windy day when those crappies hit they will give you an awesome fight trying to get them to the boat! Fighting both the waves and the fish results in some of my favorite fishing all year!

[jaguar11]

got to be the gills

[wbliceman]

either one.. catch slabs and bulls on light tackle are so much fun!!

[hamms-scooter]

Gills any day! I like them better on the dinner plate better as well! They have so much heart and put up a great fight.

[Supercrew]

Gills..... Say Scooter? Are you busy these days?

[hamms-scooter]

Gills..... Say Scooter? Are you busy these days?

Nope had a short call from the hall to put a store together in the mall in roseville a couple weeks ago.Was only a 4 night gig for a company from texas.

[roughfish29]

gills, but there's nothing like the feeling of hooking into a big slab