Thought it was a bigger fish?

[stripercrazy]

that's a nice fish some fish fight better than others

[Sea Dangles]

could be a male

[t.orlando]

They fight differently when hooked in different areas of mouth. Also depends where in the water column they take your bait. The mid size fish fight the hardest also. Just my observations.

[Rappin Mikey]

There was alot of water around this weekend. It could affect the current. Especially if you were fishing some kind of channel or river? If so, where? I might have to go solve this mystery personnaly. Just kidding, I think fish tend to fight harder in the Spring and the Fall. They got a long trip and really start to put the food bag on. They eat aggessively and fight aggressively. Just my opinion.

[tattoobob]

It could have been a "Racer" and they fight harder.
plus what everyone else said is also true