Most powerful fish pound for pound.

What fish do you all believe pulls the hardest pound for pound. Here is my short list

1. Atlantic spadefish
2. False albecore (anything in the tuna family)
3. amberjack

Ive caught lots of these above. *Never caught a bonefish but Im told they get outa dodge in a hurry as well. * So lets hear some opinions?

[willy]

Pound for pound for me so far is the hybrid stripers we have in fresh water here, will bend your rod until you have them in a net in the boat. Will come clear out of the water by at least 2 feet and dance on top trying to shake you off like a sailfish.
But there are a bunch of other fish I have not caught.
A hook jawed wild rainbow in the Delaware river runs on a fly rod will test you to the limit and a big Lake Trout will break your rod if you don't get him up in the first minute or so from a deep lake. As a matter of fact if you hook into a real big one and don't get him turned from bottom in the first minute you are going to loose him. If you get him turned with heavy enough tackle and get him up 50-60 feet then he loses strength fast due to nitrogen in his system.

[chumbucket]

Bluefish should be on anyones short list as well.

[TheTinMan]

Tuna
Bonefish
Bluefish

Hey shorepower, welcome to the site! Nice first post. Where you from? Got "V"?

Oh, post some pics too! :)

No I dont have a V-20 but I have always admired them. Im a fan of the Cuddy V-20's. *My current ride is a Maritime Skiff 20D. Its a great ride as well. I live on Virginia's Easten Shore.
A friend of mine showed me this site and I have been "lurking" here for awhile & figured I might as well jump in....... ;)

[charlie_the_tuna]

1. jack crevalle

2. atlantic bonito

3. its a tie. bluefish/wahoo

Ive caught smaller Jack Crevalles ( 5 to 10 lbs.) and they do pull hard. Anything in the jack & tuna families are strong.

[TheTinMan]

Originally Posted by shore-power

No I dont have a V-20 but I have always admired them. Im a fan of the Cuddy V-20's. My current ride is a Maritime Skiff 20D. Its a great ride as well. I live on Virginia's Easten Shore.
A friend of mine showed me this site and I have been "lurking" here for awhile & figured I might as well jump in....... ;)

Man, I love the MS's...You can post pics of your 20D. If I was going to replace my boat the 20D is definately on my short list! ;)

[TheTinMan]

Forgot about the Jacks, very strong fish. How big do they get?

[Sean]

Tuna tops the list.
Blue fish are also up there, pound for pound a blue fish is 3x as strong as any striper. imagine a 4olb blue fish :o
Unforunetly all of your heavy hitters, exspecially the tuna, have a very low mortality rate after being caught. They literly fight to the end, and once released have no energy to revive them selves.