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Ken Fortenberry wrote:

wrote:
The strongest fresh water fighters are, I think, Channel Catfish.
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No, not even close, the strongest fighters in fresh water are
the humongous striped bass below the Guntersville Dam on the
Tennessee River, but we were talking about hardest fighting
freshwater fish *pound-for-pound* and I'll still go with the
bluegill.

It's really no contest. If bluegill grew to 5 pounds regularly, nobody
would bother with bass...

..... and if they grew to 20 pounds, there would be no sal****er
sportfishing...

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