Anglers Journal

Pent-Up Violence

There aren’t many fish I haven’t caught, so I get asked this question a lot: Pound for pound, which fish is the strongest? I wish I had a concrete answer.

The standard comparison is to tie two fish tail to tail and see which one wins, but that’s not really feasible, and there’s more to strength than just pulling. There’s a difference between inshore, where a giant trevally probably

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