I am going with smallmouth, most notably Dale Hollow smallmouth. These fish seem to fight harder than smallmouth out of other local reservoirs and I am not the only one who thinks this. It has to be habitat related because the smallmouth from Cumberland and Laurel are the same species.

I have caught Northern's before, but not enough to really compare them to others. Muskie I have caught out of two lakes and one river in Kentucky and would definitely rank them high on the list.

What about a Pumpkinseed? Could you imagine if those little suckers grew to five pounds?