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wots the hardest fighting fresh water fish pound of pound  

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  1. 1. wots the hardest fighting fish pound for pound

    • carp
      6
    • tench
      13
    • bream
      2
    • roach
      2
    • rudd
      0
    • pike
      2
    • perch
      6


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Trouble with these polls is that you really need to have caught all species on similar tackle in similar conditions and of a similar size to really make a fair judgement.

 

In my experience I would have to say Mullet are the hardest fighting fish Ive caught in freshwater,with trout (either sea or overwintered rainbow) in second place and barbel in third.

 

I think Grayling fight well but cant agree that they are stronger than the other fish Ive mentioned.Suprised to see so many vote for them.

 

The poorest fighters are most likely my beloved bream! followed by artificially reared big trout then maybe zeds!

And thats my "non indicative opinion"!

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Although I concede that the gudgeon gives a great fight pound for pound. I can't believe that no-one has said Barbel; as pound for pound they give a briliant fight on adequate tackle. especially after reading Bream was a choice???

 

NB. After catching a few small (3lb to 6lb) Barbel on a small stream the other night; I thought that I had hooked a smallish chub because of the lack of fight; it turned out to be a healthy looking 6lb Carp.

 

That would be a session of a lifetime for me! Congrats :) I couldn't comment on Barbel as I've yet to catch one :P

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Sorry Ken, I've never seen one of these threads before.

 

Go back to page 2 and look at Ken L's avatar. They are cyprinids and while they do grow to well over 100lb I would lay any money that a 1lb one of them would beat a 1lb any other fish hands down.

I've had 2-3lb mahseer open out a Drennan Specialist forged hook trying to hold them on 8lb maxima to stop them diving over a rock ridge.

In much the same way that a 4-6lb carp is a crazy beast compared to a double, a little mahseer has to be hooked to be believed. It has something to do with water temperature, not just the species of fish, but they get my vote.

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My list would be:

 

1st place: Barbel

2nd place: Grayling

3rd place: Sea Trout also Arctic Char if you're fishing for fresh run Char in Greenland where they can reach 20lb!

 

Will

 

p.s. Voted Tench as out of the list they're the best IMO

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I've had 2-3lb mahseer open out a Drennan Specialist forged hook trying to hold them on 8lb maxima to stop them diving over a rock ridge.

In much the same way that a 4-6lb carp is a crazy beast compared to a double, a little mahseer has to be hooked to be believed. It has something to do with water temperature, not just the species of fish, but they get my vote.

 

Yes, everyone has the same story.

 

Now my experience of mahseer is limited to one week on the Cauvery, but I didn't get that impression at all.

 

My wife and I caught a lot of mahseer between 2 and 8 lb on light gear, and they didn't fight any harder than you would expect from a cyprinid in a clear fast water. In fact, the odd catfish we hooked seemed to fight just as hard, as did a Carnatic carp.

 

I didn't get any monsters on my heavier gear, but the biggest one I did get (16lb) I hooked at the tail of a long smooth pool.

 

It tried to get into the rapids below the pool. I tried to stop it, and succeeded. Thinking about it afterwards, there is no way I could have stopped a 16 lb barbel if hooked in similar circumstances.

 

I was left feeling very puzzled as to the disparity between our experience and the received wisdom of others.

 

Even Rudyard Kipling, writing in "The Brushwood Boy" describes the mahseer as "beside whom the tarpon is but a herring"

 

Now I have caught a 22 lb tarpon on a #7 fly oufit after one of the most thrilling fights of my life and the mahseer was nowhere near that in pulling power. Only permit and bonefish come into that class.

 

Must have another week on the Cauvery sometime to test the mahseer again!

 

 

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OMG who voted for bream?

 

Maybe they've caught a hybrid ? :D :D :D

Ian

 

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This has been done to death.

It's been covered before here and here and here and here and here.

 

The concensus seems to be gudgeon but as gudgeon don't get much above a couple of ounces, it's a fairly pointless conclusion.

 

By the fact the thread's on it's 4th page it would seem it's still something people want to talk about. Some people are occassional users and therefore won't know something's been on several times before.

 

People like discussing stuff and it will come up again. We haven't had livebaiting one for a while, or pole vs reel, or favourite fish. They will come up again and again. It will prompt a few 'oh no's' and directions to previous threads, but it will also prompt other people to enjoy posting and discussing.

 

If somebody starts a thread that they believe is interesting (and this one is, IMHO) then why not let them run with it rather than belittle them or their thread? If I'm not bothered with a thread, I don't look at it.

 

Just my humble opinion.

 

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