Forget about "spooted bass".... I'll take a "stripper" any day

 

Fish

Har! It's a good thing I wasn't drinking coffee or it would've been all over the screen. I'd love to take on a boat load of strippers. 

Pound for pound it's the river fish that fight the hardest. After all there swimming 24/7 with no break. To me they hit the hardest too. They even tail walk too.

 

On the small ponds and lakes it's the smallest for sure with there lightening fast strikes.

 

But the bigger gals being LMB will give my lure a tour of a small pond before I can land them. It's usually a slow dragged out fight

 

My best fights and battles has been with the larger 25" to 30" chain pickerel. It makes me want to go northern pike and Muskie fishing.

My biggest  was in the neighborhood of about 20-22'' and oh man did it put up a fight.  If that's how a pickerel fights, I can only imagine battling a muskie.

Some of the better fighting fish are the ones with a flatter profile, especially if caught in current.  Fish like bluegill in freshwater and a permit in saltwater.

Some of the better fighting fish are the ones with a flatter profile, especially if caught in current.  Fish like bluegill in freshwater and a permit in saltwater.

I caught a slab crappie, about a 2.5 lber in strong current and it fought like a 5+ pound bass! Got the best reactions when I pulled it on my boat and it was a crappie hahaha

I read an article a while back in our Sunday paper's sportsman section about the local DNR doing shock studies.

The DNR shocked up a large spooted bass which proceeded to ticket them, revoked their fishing licenses (permanently), and even seized their boat for shocking without a spooted bass tag. They claimed to know nothing about the fabled spooted bass, but were told that ignorance is no excuse.

Serves them right.

But seriously.

Around here, we don't have smallmouth. Our little current dwelling spotted bass are quite tenacious.

Honestly, after beginning to target redfish in the marsh, I was beginning to lose my appreciation of the bulldogging of a largemouth bass. I did manage to catch my PB largemouth of 6.54 lbs Tuesday, though. She gave me some faith in the fighting ability of a bass!

The LMB I the 4 to 6 pound range give me the best fights. I still say the river bass are awesome fighters and much stronger.

 

I have places with northern pike all around me it's time to target them. I purchased all the pike and Musky lures already.

I was going to say Spots but then realized most of the mods are smallie guys....... and I don't want to get warning points, so I will not be joining this conversation.

Not me. I like going after those spooted bass.

Jeff

Largemouth hit with such vigour and power! It's addicting and I love it! Nothing more satisfying then a good hard hit from a largemouth whether it be on a crank or top water..

A boat load of Spooters doing pole dances may out do stripping bass, pound for pound.

Tom

I'm a little confused. So the strippers spooted on a bass boat? 

I don't want to take this in another ditection, but If we're gonna add other species...

 

I had Tarpon allmost rip my arms out of the socket's!!

But I'd still rather hook up a 10# LM.

 

 

 

Mike