Ness
02-14-2001, 03:06 PM
Has anyone else checked out this special issue of In-Fisherman???
Wow, talk about impressive and UGLY.... For those of you who didn't see the article, the top ten Toughest freshwater fish are, Beluga Sturgeon (may approach 25 ft, and 3,000 lbs.), Piraiba ( 256 lbs.9 oz.record), white sturgeon (1,200 one weighed in Oregon in 1951), pirarucu(may exceed 12 ft. 400 lbs), mahseer(some varieties reportedly reach 200 lbs.), Nile perch(213 lb.record),
New Guinea bass(40 to 50lb. max. but take a 30lb. smallie multiply by 3, forget the energy wasting jumps and you've got a New Guinea bass), Goliath tigerfish(110 lb. record but what teeth, yikes),Taimen(About 100 lbs. but the world's largest salmonide so you can just imagine...)#10 was a tie between the Wels,(a 200lber was recently verified) and the alligator gar (most are under 100 lbs but 200 lbers were common in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas). After reading the article, I feel a little whimpy fishing for smallies and eyes :-) But anyone who goes after these critters better not FALL IN THE WATER!!!!!!!!!
Wow, talk about impressive and UGLY.... For those of you who didn't see the article, the top ten Toughest freshwater fish are, Beluga Sturgeon (may approach 25 ft, and 3,000 lbs.), Piraiba ( 256 lbs.9 oz.record), white sturgeon (1,200 one weighed in Oregon in 1951), pirarucu(may exceed 12 ft. 400 lbs), mahseer(some varieties reportedly reach 200 lbs.), Nile perch(213 lb.record),
New Guinea bass(40 to 50lb. max. but take a 30lb. smallie multiply by 3, forget the energy wasting jumps and you've got a New Guinea bass), Goliath tigerfish(110 lb. record but what teeth, yikes),Taimen(About 100 lbs. but the world's largest salmonide so you can just imagine...)#10 was a tie between the Wels,(a 200lber was recently verified) and the alligator gar (most are under 100 lbs but 200 lbers were common in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas). After reading the article, I feel a little whimpy fishing for smallies and eyes :-) But anyone who goes after these critters better not FALL IN THE WATER!!!!!!!!!