dezza
Well-known member
First of all I am not and will never be a specialist sea angler. Most of my saltwater fishing has been confined to annual holidays and trips to other parts of the world. I have done far more sea fishing in South Africa than I ever did in the UK.
However I have done enough sea fishing for a whole variety of species from shore and boat to state that with odd exceptions, salt water fish will outfight freshwater fish, and by a long way too. Take our own mackerel for example. They don't grow very big, a pounder is a whopper, yet size for size they will outfight any of our freshwater fish, and I include rainbow trout here. Go and catch a few mackerel on light fly gear and you will know what I mean.
And now we come to two other fine fighters in our waters, mullet and bass.
Mullet appear not to give up, and I have caught them in UK, SA and New Zealand waters.
And now we come to the real fighters. Queenfish, yellow tailed kingfish, bone fish, trevally, bluefish and Spanish mackerel to mention but a few.
I would love to see a "backwinder" trying to keep up with a bonefish or a kingfish, even a small one of say 3 lbs. Such fish can run over 100 metres in seconds at a blistering speed.
But what has your experience of the fighting power of salt water species been?
However I have done enough sea fishing for a whole variety of species from shore and boat to state that with odd exceptions, salt water fish will outfight freshwater fish, and by a long way too. Take our own mackerel for example. They don't grow very big, a pounder is a whopper, yet size for size they will outfight any of our freshwater fish, and I include rainbow trout here. Go and catch a few mackerel on light fly gear and you will know what I mean.
And now we come to two other fine fighters in our waters, mullet and bass.
Mullet appear not to give up, and I have caught them in UK, SA and New Zealand waters.
And now we come to the real fighters. Queenfish, yellow tailed kingfish, bone fish, trevally, bluefish and Spanish mackerel to mention but a few.
I would love to see a "backwinder" trying to keep up with a bonefish or a kingfish, even a small one of say 3 lbs. Such fish can run over 100 metres in seconds at a blistering speed.
But what has your experience of the fighting power of salt water species been?