Who is the Strongest Fish??

[SWMuskeye]

For me, there's two- nothing hits harder for its size IMO than a ladyfish on the saltwater flats. On freshwater I have to go with lakers near the bottom.

[icefishing21#2]

another vote for sunfish

[andrew chadwick]

Lady fish are a HOOT!

But have you ever caught a bonefish?

[fisherdog19]

Anyone ever caught a yellow jack or pompano, they're like catching giant saltwater sunfish. Imagine catching a 20 lb fish shaped almost like a sunfish. Pound for pound big gills are tough to beat but they just don'tget that big. Carp would be on my list but I've had no experience with salmon.

[ikeslayer]

i thought they tested this once and pound for pound it was the Greyling stamina of salmonoids and yet has the height of a sunfish.

[Barbelboy]

Anybody mention bullheads yet?

[TonkaBass]

bullheads don't fight, they tumble! lol

[bgreen82]

for my personal experience it would be a carp. only caught small channels, no flatties or sturgeons. ive had a few larger sunfish that i thought could be LM's, but i caught about an 8lb carp in front of the dam in hastings, though i had about a 20 lb. fish on.

[IfIwasawalleye]

Best fight personally was a silver salmon on a fly rod up in Alaska. That fish can do some pretty amazing things. Back home in MN, smallies are tops and a serious flat head could sprain an ankle along the river bank.

[Dave Dunkman]

The big northern pulls me around like no other!

[toughguy]

lakers through the ice

nothing even close

Totally agree.

[jwmiller33]

just for the record......

state record bluegill is 2 pounds, and 13 ounces....

imagine the fight that thing had and tryin to get it in the boat... i bet it was so much fun

the record is from 1948 tho

[harvey lee]

Yellowfin Tuna

[TruthWalleyes]

It lives in a lake, can't categorize as a mn fish...But i pulled in a 25lb snapper this year. Holy cow! They're tough!

[fishorgolf]

Yellowfin Tuna

I agree! A muscle with a mouth, unbelievably strong fish and there endurance is amazing!

[slodge77]

pound for pound has to be sunfish they slice rite through the water

[TonkaBass]

This also doesn't count as a fish, but one time a couple years ago I somehow hooked a beaver, Needless to say, it is impossible to get them in and for a good reason!

[MinnesnowtaWild]

My 30 lb. Flathead this last summer was definitely the only fish that really put strain on me for once. I had caught many 15 lb+ Carp before but this guy was very strong and took about 5-10 minutes to get him 30 ft to shore. I was only 125 lbs. and that was a crazy fight for me.

[jwmiller33]

how did you know you hooked into a beaver if you never realed it in?

[fishinphilth]

Come on....Northern, Catfish.....I've caught a 20# of each and neither one of them have pulled out 400 feet of 20# mono on a run.....King Salmon rules this roost!!

I agree, plus the ones you loose at the boat and get a nice straight hook from it.

[HopkinsFishN]

How about a goose?!?!? Buddy hit one and hooked it as it just flew overhead while we were tossin for muskies...Tried realin it in for 30 minutes, and drivin around the lake with the trolling motor (trolling motors only lake) trying to catch up to it...than once we got close we had to try gettin the bait unhooked from his foot...we did end up getting it off after say a 45 minute BATTLE!

Anyone top this one?

[metro fisherman]

Tarpon and any fish in the jack family (Amberjacks, Yellow Fins, ect.). Of course freshwater is for sure the common sunnie.

[stumper]

A 1 lb gill will drag any other 1 lb fish all over the lake.

[TonkaBass]

how did you know you hooked into a beaver if you never realed it in?

Because I was flipping jigs under laydowns and my line started moving off, when I set the hook a beaver came flying out from under the tree. Thats how I know, saw it, and it was freakin huge to say the least.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

A 1 lb gill will drag any other 1 lb fish all over the lake.

Hi! I think you forgot about me...just here to remind you.

Love, Catfish