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For all those serious muskie and pike guys, which fish would give a bigger/better/fight: A 40" Pike or a 40" Muskie ??

Brandon wrote:For all those serious muskie and pike guys, which fish would give a bigger/better/fight: A 40" Pike or a 40" Muskie ??

Muskie hands down.....but a 40LBS. Salmon....would destory both those fish in a fight

OK, so what's for round 2.

Never caught a muskie before, but RJ, you'll change all that for me soon won't ya.

Anyways, I've heard muskie are tougher and I think by the looks of 'em I'd believe that. But, I'm with Big-O, the few chinnys I've hooked into exhibited super fish strength.

Now, if they made a 40" Brook trout or smallmouth I'd have to maybe sway my vote.

....wish there were 40 inch smallies There would be no question

HI brandon


I could not say,,,,,,,,,,,,,somtime pike just just fly like crazy,,,,,,,,and somtime nothing,,,,,,,,,happen,,,,,,,,

i have caught some nice muskies in the ranges your talking about,,,,,and i was not impress wit them,,,,,,some headshake,,,,,, a run or two at the boat that was it,,,,,,,,,,,and this not only one time,,,,,,,a cople off time,,,,


I tell you one thing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,there tons off fish that fight more then muskys and pike,,,,,,,,,,



try to imagine a 40inch BASS,,,,,,,,,,, that would be hawsome,,,,,or even a 40 inch catfish could do great fighting,,,,,,,,


sturgeons is a lot more fighter then pike or muskys,,,,,,,

my 2 cent,,,,,,,,,,there a bit whimp for there size,,,,,,,, ,,,,,

a good size musky is not taugh ,,,,,,,,,they dont take heat,,just a bit to long to bring them to the boat and there almost dead tired,,,,,,,

joco

I only caught 3 muskies and 12 pikes above 40" and I don't see any difference in the fighting ability, even if a musky of that size is a much younger fish than a pike.

For both fish the better fights are had when you catch them casting vs trolling.

What about barracudas? I caught a couple of them the other day, while casting for musky in the Ottawa.



Lucky4

HI LUCKY 4

did i saw that picture in a SPEARFISHING SITE BEFORE''''''''''''''?

or mabe i saw you wit those at the montebelo marina,,,,,,

joco

40 inch Brown trout, hands down winner roughrider

roughrider wrote:40 inch Brown trout, hands down winner roughrider

Wonder what a 40 LBS Steelhead would fight like?????

So it looks like Muskie is winning the bout so far... I guess we'll see if any more votes come up.... How about any other matchups anyone can think of?

Mortal Kombat of Fishing!!!

Brandon

Has everyone that has voted caught both?....

I have......and I'd say its close....would really depend on time of year....in that late fall....I'd say they are even....

RJ

I can't really say as I've never caught a muskie. I'd gladly welcome the fight from either though.

I have heard comments about Pike being a one run fish and have to admit that a lot of the ones I have caught were just that.
This year though I have caught eight Muskies and was not really impressed with the fight from 6 of them, the other 2 were pretty good.
I did catch a 30 pound carp last year and I have to say that is the best fight I have had from any fish, that fish just kept bulldogging me. It was like trying to pull in a towtruck and it took longer than any fish I have ever caught to get to shore.
I caught a 29 pound Grouper in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago that fought pretty good, but the Carp won over that fish too.

I think a 40" carp would be about as good as it gets though.

I'm guessing the muskie would put up the bigger struggle, including more air displays.

However, I'll bet the 40" pike would be nothing to sniff at.

This is a great question, though, and I would love to be able to test the theories!!

W.

Hmmm...

How about a 40-inch Bluegill/sunfish???
That lobe shaped body would be a scream trying to pull to the surface...
The 10-inchers on Muskrat were a riot as a kid.

A 40-inch smallie???
That thing would probably jump over the boat and spit the hook in your
eye!!!


DG.