pound for pound meanest fish????

[DJD]

Bluegill. Can you imagine a 10-15 pound gill?

[elnutsmalljaws]

Pound for Pound, Hands Down, Do I need to say it, SMALLMOUTH BASS!!!!!!!

Never caught a Peacock or Pike, but in Kentucky Waters, I will take a Smallie. A 4lb Smallie in early December will drown all other 4lb fish if you tie their tails together. Hybrid or Bluegill would be next but I Love my SMALLIES

[Tim_T]

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?

[usmc_0311_hunter]

Everyone that said bluegill must have forggotten there relative the mighty warmouth!!!!!!

[walkeraviator]

Everyone that said bluegill must have forggotten there relative the mighty warmouth!!!!!!

Good call on the warmouth. Talk about Little Fish Syndrome. Its like the spike lee of fish.

[Bassky]

I am going with a river smallmouth. They are stronger and know how to play the current.
Second would be a big bull bluegill. Third would be a hybrid striped bass.
Bassky

[usmc_0311_hunter]

could you all imagine if we opend up a bar for our members al the fish stories you would hear. hey thats a good idea i would definatley go

[Duayne]

This raises a very interesting point. A friend of mine caught an 18 inch striper while bass fishing and said the fish didn't put up near the fight that a 4 lb smallie put up. Well, it's completely unrealistic to expect an immature fish to compete with a mature fish of a similar size. You also must take the conditions into consideration. I've had a May 10 lb striper hit so hard they broke the butt of an heavy ugly stick! I've also had a May 20 lb striper run 80 YARDS up on a bank, back around the boat twice before it came undone at the boat (Heartbreak of all heark breaks!). Expecting that same fight now would be unrealistic.

[DJD]

Yeah it's just an opinion not based on any facts. Gills don't get to be 15 pounds so how would anyone know how they would fight. I have fought saltwater fish shaped similar to gills that fight so hard it makes you smile. Now i have caught smallmouth less than a pound that dont fight as hard as a comparable sized smally. Any of the fish mentioned so far could be the winner. Good discussion for sure.

[Tim_T]

Yeah it's just an opinion not based on any facts. Gills don't get to be 15 pounds so how would anyone know how they would fight. I have fought saltwater fish shaped similar to gills that fight so hard it makes you smile. Now i have caught smallmouth less than a pound that dont fight as hard as a comparable sized smally. Any of the fish mentioned so far could be the winner. Good discussion for sure.

Very true, but it is fun to talk about.

[ElectricSLT]

Bluegill. Can you imagine a 10-15 pound gill?

I believe it would have to be a bluegill - I know that is the only fish that has ever chased me out of the water while wading a 10 - 15 pound gill would be scary!

You'd never land one!