Garshark572 Posted October 23, 2021 Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 Steelhead and brown trout and both beasts when over 10 lbs. big drum are all very hard fighting fish and super under rated bassturds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fd4mcola Posted October 23, 2021 Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 carp in open water TURN THE POACHERS INC&R IS GOOD BUY AMERICANLET FISHING BE FUN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassturds Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 13 hours ago, Garshark572 said: Steelhead and brown trout and both beasts when over 10 lbs. big drum are all very hard fighting fish and super under rated I love big browns and steelies! Dying for a drum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfish4me Posted October 24, 2021 Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 Carp in flooded timber is about as close to hand to fin combat as you can get. I’ve got multiple shallow creeks less than 15’ wide and a 6” deep at the mouth that get stuffed with carp when the river gets high enough. The creek has to be running high and dirty…. That’s the food conveyor, once the creek starts running clear and there’s a discernible mud line within 75’ of the mouth it’s over and they move out. You fish the main creek bed usually about 30 yards from the mouth, most times your only flipping the bait out 10-15’ . Average fish is 10-15 lbs… fish over 20 are common as well as fish you can’t stop. They always head for the mouth and the main river that’s running high and fast…. If they make it to the mouth your not stopping them. Remember you can’t chase em, the trees that line the bank are now in 3’ of water and the banks are steep…. Another very important part to which creeks hold those fish in those conditions. When you set the hook on fish that size that close…. all hell breaks loose and it’s an absolute blast. fd4mcola, AmericanStriper, KarpsnKatz and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JParanee Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Peacock bass win and I’m a smallmouth junkie bbfish and Lateral Line 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthefly Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Caught a 2 ft sturgeon on the Delaware river while shad fishing . It broke my 8 wt fisherman don't think about them to much because it's rare to catch one but pretty tough hard fighting fish built for the river and hard to move from current Lateral Line 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateral Line Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 9:13 AM, bigfish4me said: Carp in flooded timber is about as close to hand to fin combat as you can get. I’ve got multiple shallow creeks less than 15’ wide and a 6” deep at the mouth that get stuffed with carp when the river gets high enough. The creek has to be running high and dirty…. That’s the food conveyor, once the creek starts running clear and there’s a discernible mud line within 75’ of the mouth it’s over and they move out. You fish the main creek bed usually about 30 yards from the mouth, most times your only flipping the bait out 10-15’ . Average fish is 10-15 lbs… fish over 20 are common as well as fish you can’t stop. They always head for the mouth and the main river that’s running high and fast…. If they make it to the mouth your not stopping them. Remember you can’t chase em, the trees that line the bank are now in 3’ of water and the banks are steep…. Another very important part to which creeks hold those fish in those conditions. When you set the hook on fish that size that close…. all hell breaks loose and it’s an absolute blast. Nice, I hook them up as by catch. I would break them off because I was fishing something else. They can be big and take time to land. Im thinking I need to enjoy these carp and deliberately fish for them. Ill fish some larger tackle and release safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted December 1, 2021 Report Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 3/9/2021 at 10:13 AM, ICastAsJason said: Steelhead, hands down. Nothing fights like them. They are the freshwater version of an Alby. Anyone that says otherwise has never caught one. They would pull a stringer full of smallmouths around all day and not get tired. DaveC <0))))))))))))>< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbuster Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Funny you say that Dave. I was watching a show this past weekend on Steelhead, holy crap. I said to myself, I may need to rethink my position on smallmouth. DaveC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastly Backlash Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 3:04 PM, DaveC said: Anyone that says otherwise has never caught one. They would pull a stringer full of smallmouths around all day and not get tired. Ehhh... Any decently large fish caught on 4lb to 6lb mono better fight hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) 9 mins ago, Beastly Backlash said: Ehhh... Any decently large fish caught on 4lb to 6lb mono better fight hard. I dont use 4 to 6 pound mono. Neither do center spinners. In fact it's more like 10 and 12. 2 pound steelie does the towing on stringer of 2 pound smallies. Ehhh Edited December 3, 2021 by DaveC Beastly Backlash 1 DaveC <0))))))))))))>< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastly Backlash Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 4 mins ago, DaveC said: I dont use 4 to 6 pound mono. Neither do center spinners. In fact it's more like 10 and 12. Ehhh Nice! Glad you don't kill those fish via exhaustion like many others do on UL line. DaveC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripefromshore Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 With the introduction of Stripe bass and hybrids these have my vote . These two have been the cause of me having to replace drag washers in several spinning reels. Before those two I would give a thumbs up to smallmouth bass. When I fished for them at night , they would get a running go to hit a spinner bait and a 4lb smallie would burn a drag as well . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastly Backlash Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 0:11 AM, stripefromshore said: With the introduction of Stripe bass and hybrids these have my vote . These two have been the cause of me having to replace drag washers in several spinning reels. Before those two I would give a thumbs up to smallmouth bass. When I fished for them at night , they would get a running go to hit a spinner bait and a 4lb smallie would burn a drag as well . Felt washers do tend to turn to dust against powerful fish. I used to run a pair of Stradic 5000FJ's in the past for channel cats. The felt drag washers were destroyed in short order and were swapped out for carbon fiber. stripefromshore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted December 16, 2021 Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 You gotta love Steelies, but there is a big difference in fight depending on the water temps… same with smallies. Landlocked salmon are awesome as well! Idk, maybe pound per pound I’d have to go with peacocks, they just go spastic… buts it’s really tough to beat a good old common carp for raw pulling power, in warm water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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