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what would the strongest fresh water fish i was wondering

[span class="edited"][Edited by danny 2004-07-08 20:39][/span]

This is a kind of weird question, but I would have to say the white sturgeon (I think that's the species). They grow to 20' long, so I they would probably the strongest freshwater fish.



No wait... I take that back. I'm gonna say the 15' Wels catfish. Not as long as the sturgeon, but probably a lot stronger.

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[span class="edited"][Edited by TheGoldenDojo 2004-07-09 04:08][/span]

ABOUT THE FISH & THE SPECIES : The fish-the Mahseer- found only in the Indian sub-continent is reputed as being the strongest fresh water sport fish in the world. It has been compared most favorably with Salmon fishing.

THE SPECIES : The Mahseer is also the world's largest member of the carp family. The Himalayan Mahseer (Barbus tor pututora), the ones found on the rivers we raft can be as big as a 100lbs and 5ft long, though uncommon. Typically 40lbs is a record catch. The Himalayan variety are leaner and meaner than their southern cousins (though on average the southerners are bigger) and put up a stronger fight perhaps owing to the more powerful currents of the Himalayan rivers. A migratory fish, the Mahseer travel upriver up to 2000mtrs also to spawn in the smaller tributaries, twice in the year. It is on the return from the breeding grounds when the fish are ravenous taking to your lures immediately and when the big ones are landed.

http://www.anandaspa.com/activity/fishingprg.asp

Now that's a fish


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*Yells for Shin to get in on this*
Keithgh, Thats nothing. Shin has a pic of a fish that is like 15 ft long.

It travels 2,000 meters to migrate? That's just pathetic. It's so lazy it can't even travel 2 miles in one year.

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[span class="edited"][Edited by TheGoldenDojo 2004-07-09 11:13][/span]

Hey, have you guys ever seen a sturgeon? I live 30 minutes from a river where they are everywhere. You can watch them roll in calm waters. We have a season for catching them, but you have to release them.
Oh yeah and I have caught salmon, also. It is like hooking the bottom of the river! Then, they run up and down the river....trailing you. It is really funny, because we fish in a line and someone will yell "FISH ON!!!!" and everyone scatters, because fishing etiquette flies out the window when you are reeling in a salmon.

[span class="edited"][Edited by honeybeze 2004-07-09 18:23][/span]

i would have to say the Araipama gigas, the largest fw fish in the world.

The Piraiba could eat a Mahseer whole, and, as a 12 foot long fish, is also famous for pulling the little fishermen boats along when on the line.



Undoubtedly the Arapaima and the Beluga Sturgeon are both also very powerful fish. I can't say I have ever read anything inidicating how powerful fish are in relation to each other.:%)[/font]

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I would argue sturgeon, aalthough they are not technically 100% FW....sturgeon caught in the Snake and Fraser rivers around the beginning of the 20th century often exceeded 16' in length and weighed upwards of 1600-1800 lbs. Having caught and fought some 6'-8' specimens, I can tell you just what sort of raw power even they have, if they choose to exert it....I can't imagine what a 16 footer could manage.

That Mahseer is one fat Barb.

Toirtis, I agree, sturgeon can be easy to catch, or bringing one in can be a three man, arm and back breaking chore that lasts for what seems like forever. They are HUGE! I have a picture of my great great-grandfather standing next to a 10 foot sturgeon. I don't know if it was legal to keep them back then, but Grampa was kind of an outlaw My family on my dad's side was pretty colorful.