The big bucks (okay, the TWO I've tangled with, along with observing other anglers playing fish) do fight a lot like chinook. Usually take a long, fast run right away, stop and headshake, and then SLOWLY give you back more and more of your line.... Rarely go airborne (but sometimes do so in spectacular fashion!).
Sure wish I could hook a big buck about now. Heck, I'd settle for a downstream hatchery dink at this point!
It seems the bigger they are the less spectacular their fight is...we see this. Some of the most fantastic steelhead I’ve hooked have been fish of 6-12 pounds usually hen fish. Most of the really big buck hogs ( 15-25 pounds) that I’ve hooked have fought like a morbidly obese lazy middle aged person that can barely get off the couch ( these creatures are not sprinters). But, the true hogs do make nice pictures and allow for grand story telling. Plus , the awe that ensues once you get a glimpse of this thing that has been pulling soo hard for soo long.....well, it’s pretty cool.
In general I agree that the bigger fish don't fight like an angry 9 lber, however the biggest steelhead I've ever caught (24 lbs) fought like holy hell.
I reckon it's not much different than humans... I know lazy ass skinny people in great shape, and I know fat slobs (myself included) who have a motor that won't quit.
I think alot has to do with how many times the fish has been caught, and the mood they are in. My biggest hen just bull dodged me like a buck. But ya give me a 13lb Sauk hen any day!
Thought I was done for the year but managed to sneak out. Had a bigger one blow me up a few casts before this hen climbed on. My confidence is usually shot after about 2pm so I was surprised that both fish were hooked at around 5 in the afternoon.
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Thought I was done for the year but managed to sneak out. Had a bigger one blow me up a few casts before this hen climbed on. My confidence is usually shot after about 2pm so I was surprised that both fish were hooked at around 5 in the afternoon.
Haha, pretty easy to tell location on the pic, but with how many people you find on any given run nothing on that river is a secret. Got lucky on Thursday and only saw 8 other people and only 3 before noon.
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