Author Topic: Real bowfin (Read 2121 times)

Christian-p-hill · « **on:** Mar 02, 2015, 01:28 PM »

I also caught this in the clouds

greensider · « **Reply #1 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 03:07 PM »

awesome fish dude i love them fight like hell and taste better than most fish i am still looking for one to mount would like a 10 pounder that one looks close

Christian-p-hill · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 04:44 PM »

Yea we didnt weigh it but she had some weight to her

greensider · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:10 PM »

i travel 165 miles each way to fish for them in the summer not many places to get them in se ny

trapper2000 · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:21 PM »

he looks mean

greensider · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:22 PM »

try to lip one like a bass and you will see how mean they are lol

trapper2000 · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:28 PM »

get a lot of them in the lake Ontario tribs and the river system ...... I've watched them in the backwashes when i'd be spearing bullheads .... the are one heck of a predator ....

greensider · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:41 PM »

spearing bull heads you must not have been in ny i used to get them in ontario big ones

Shouldabeenhereyesterday · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:42 PM »

Now that's a big one...million dollar question is, did it fit through an 8" hole?? Lol

greensider · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:46 PM »

christian do you get them often

trapper2000 · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:50 PM »

sorta like sheephead everyone considers them a trash fish yet they are great fighters

greensider · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:57 PM »

sheepshead aka fresh water drum are a good eating fish when still under 5 pounds close to walleye but bowfins are better but you have to keep them cold untill you clean them

Christian-p-hill · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 05:59 PM »

First one I got man

Christian-p-hill · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 06:06 PM »

I put that one back I should have kept it. Are bowfin any good to eat?

greensider · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 06:08 PM »

they are very good really mild flavor not fishy at all but the fillet is slippery not slimy but hard to hold just keep them on ice or better yet alive untill you are ready to clean them also there is a forum just for them bowfin anglers group i have a few picts on there as well as gar picts

fishy1 · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 06:20 PM »

nice bowfin . thanks for the pic . ill send you a pm.

greensider · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 06:23 PM »

hey send me a pm i like bowfins lol

trapper2000 · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 06:41 PM »

green use to spear mexico pt little salmon river,sage creek lakeview all on the shore of lake Ontario ...... I ate a lot of sheephead growing up ,use to get a lot of them on crabs fun fish to catch,i don't remember ever eating a bowfin so I have to take your word for it.

greensider · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 02, 2015, 06:48 PM »

the sheepheads are now in the hudson river by me they are another fun fish bait or lures they hit avery thing i do a good amount of fishing on champlain for gar to

big_guy_13021 · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 12:17 AM »

Nice bowfin ive never eaten one either and probably wont i have eaten sheep head but not so much any more.both fish are great fighters.but eating either one now ill pass

Prchmike · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 06:28 AM »

I don't know about eating but I've had 2 or 3 lbrs. break #8 line. They are strong and fun to catch. They are like pit bulls all muscle.

greensider · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 06:30 AM »

they also will bite through steel leaders and smash the clips

Rangerclay · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 08:39 AM »

Make a European mount of his head. When you see all of the plates the plates that make up his skull you will see what I mean. Their skull is different than other fish. Its prehistoric

trapper2000 · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 11:14 AM »

Quote from: Prchmike on Mar 04, 2015, 06:28 AM

I don't know about eating but I've had 2 or 3 lbrs. break #8 line. They are strong and fun to catch. They are like pit bulls all muscle.

theres a reason they put a drag on a reel and why you change line once in awhile .....just saying

greensider · « **Reply #24 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 12:41 PM »

trapper i change line orten these thing are crazy look up bowfin teeth on line i used to have a skull from one more like a dinosore

Whatever · « **Reply #25 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 02:00 PM »

The Original snakhead.

fishy1 · « **Reply #26 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 02:02 PM »

fishy1 · « **Reply #27 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 02:05 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowfin

RIVERRAT2 · « **Reply #28 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 02:10 PM »

great looking fish,also good photo
the i got was a lot smaller

RAT

greensider · « **Reply #29 on:** Mar 04, 2015, 02:12 PM »

if you go to the outdoor show in suffern this weekend the dec usually has a snake head and a bowfin in a fish tank to show the difference i caught that bowfin in champlain for chris bowser who works for the dec

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Author Topic: Real bowfin (Read 2121 times)