Top Ten Best Freshwater Sports Fish

What is the best freshwater sports fish? Taste and fight will determine the fish.
The Top Ten
1 Walleye

They don't fight the best, but they still put up a tussle. There taste is better then all the other freshwater fish.

2 Smallmouth Bass

The fight puts largemouth to shame, particularly when those largemouth "power fisherman" are using tarpon rods and 60# braid to take 4# fish.

Pound for pound, the strongest and best fighting freshwater fish.

3 Yellow Perch
4 Largemouth Bass

Nothing like heading down to a pond with my friends to haul up my favorite fish to catch.

By FAR my favorite fish to catch

5 Crappie
6 Carp
7 Bluegill

On true ultralight (1/64-3/16, 2-4# test), 3/4lb 'gills and
11/4lb hybrids are the freshwater permits and GTs, especially on softer (slower) rods.
Hard to beat, for fun and fryin'.

8 Sturgeon
9 Chinook Salmon
10 Musky

The white shark of northern freshwater. Pretty fish, rewarding to hunt for some big ones far north.

Fabulous fish; violent striker.
But like pike and big chain pickerel, they give up fast.

The Contenders
11 Blue Catfish
12 Pike
13 Channel Catfish
14 Wels Catfish
15 Flathead Catfish
16 Bullhead
17 Gar
18 Steelhead
19 Tigerfish
20 Peacock Bass
21 Tilapia
22 Coho Salmon
23 Brown Trout
24 Northern Pike
25 White Bass
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