Author Topic: My first Bowfin through the ice Photo+Video (Read 4014 times)

jmaster69 · « **on:** Mar 31, 2015, 07:06 PM »

Caught my first and a nice one at that! Photo and VIdeo!

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fishy1 · « **Reply #1 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 07:22 PM »

wow congratulations. a great pic to. fighting beast they are.

HardWater518 · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 07:23 PM »

Very nice fish.

perch bait · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 07:28 PM »

Awesome fish and a rarity through the ice! Congrats!

Troutmagnet · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 07:30 PM »

Sweet catch.

jmaster69 · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 07:43 PM »

never had a fish fight so hard through the ice in my life... When i saw part of the head i thought i was a 20 pound pike... I have the whole fight on video too

Was not expecting that!

HardWater518 · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 07:48 PM »

Well where's the link to the video? Id like to see that.

jmaster69 · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 08:06 PM »

Ill put it on youtube as we speak! I also have another fish story on video! stay tuned

thebigwiggle · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 08:29 PM »

HardWater518 · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 08:29 PM »

Haha. You could see the shock in your reaction. That was awesome.

jmaster69 · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 08:38 PM »

lol that was the pike video, the bowfin video is uploading right now

jmaster69 · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 08:52 PM »

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icehooker802 · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 09:09 PM »

sam2013 · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 09:10 PM »

I want one

shiveringjoe · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 09:17 PM »

Awesome video! I have only caught a few through the ice but i love getting them from my canoe.

jmaster69 · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 09:20 PM »

Thanks everyone! this thing fought harder then my 14 pound northern 2 weeks ago!

JMailbox8 · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 09:39 PM »

Did you get the weight or length? I used to target them in the summer as a kid. Biggest one I ever got was 12lbs. It's crazy how they can knock down cattails on a dead sprint to get away. Creepy *****s too. Had a few turn back on us after release. We used to lip them with leather gloves on, and they could bite down pretty hard. They certainly are fun to catch.

jmaster69 · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 09:49 PM »

my jaw spreaders could do nothing with this bad girl! I wasn't putting my hand close to that mouth!

I was in a rush to get a proper weight. I was a bit worried for the fish as it swallowed the treble hook. I cut off as much leader as i could but the treble was still in its throat... I felt bad but thought it would be best to cut and hopefully it will pass the hook...

I managed to weight it quick but my scale read 12.3... I don't think that's accurate but it sure felt like 50 pounds when i picked her up

ISLAND STORM · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 09:52 PM »

Nice video and great Bowfin.....I catch them quite often in the summer and they always put up an epic battle. I had my first experience with one about ten years ago. I had a few dandy perch on a old school fish chain hanging over the side of my boat. We were in shallow water in the evening bass fishing and started hearing this noise.....like fingernails scraping down a chalkboard. Suddenly the fish chain went tight and this huge bowfin broke it off the boat...ever since then I love catching them.

jmaster69 · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 09:53 PM »

wow thats crazy! they look like nasty little buggers, almost like a snake head lol. Any approximations on weight?

ISLAND STORM · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 10:02 PM »

Not sure but it was still the biggest one Ive ever seen. They seem to be very territorial. Ive had them come right up to my boat and bump my little Johnson outboard. It scared my son enough that he didnt swim in the lake for a couple weeks.. LOL

jmaster69 · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 10:21 PM »

hahaha thats crazy, never had much experience with these guys to tell ya the truth. Im more of a salty dawg

VTMatt · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 10:43 PM »

I targeted them on flies last summer and it was amazing. They're not scared of much at times. I've pretty much waded over to one and it just sat there staring up at me like I was going to pet it. Wiggled a fly in front of it and it didn't hesitate to inhale it. Haven't caught one through the ice yet though!

jmaster69 · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 31, 2015, 10:49 PM »

same here, first one. I thought i had a MONSTER pike on at first...

VTWoodchuck · « **Reply #24 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 12:11 AM »

Great video and congratulations. And a big one too! Also good on ya for the release. They are a great fighting fish and make fishing the bays in the big lake fun. I got a smaller one at the mouth of the Otter last spring while walleye fishing. It surprised the #*%! out of me! Man can they bend a rod. Unfortunately some fool caught some in the Champlain and released a few into Monkton Pond a couple years ago and apparently they are breeding because folks still occasionally catch them in the summer. They'll decimate a small ponds native population so they definitely don't go back in when we are lucky enough to remove one from the pond. It baffles me why someone would intentionally put an invasive species that is a voracious predator like a bowfin into one of the best small bass ponds in the region?

fishingidjit · « **Reply #25 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 04:27 AM »

JM, Nice catch sir !

Fish Hard · « **Reply #26 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 05:30 AM »

About 3 yrs ago I got one on a jig pole at monk ton pond. It was only 6 ft deep and I was hittin a few perch when all of a sudden my pole bent over and the drag started singin! I thought it must be a pike, after a good fight this thing popped up through the hole and was floppin around inside my pop up knockin everything over! I had never seen one before and didn't know they were in monk ton so I wasn't even sure what it was at first. Lots of fight to those fish! It flopped around inside my shanty so hard that I had trouble gettin ahold of it to unhook! Never caught one since... Awesome fish Jmaster and great reaction when you didn't know what it was, great fight!

pikeaddict · « **Reply #27 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 05:57 AM »

I hope the bowfin being caught on Monkton are being discarded on the ice or shore (hate to say such a thing). I caught an 8 pounder there on a Senko bass fishing this summer. It didn't make it back in the water. Cant believe some moron thought it was a good idea to put them in there.

fishy1 · « **Reply #28 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 06:12 AM »

i fish bowfins all summer along with catfish and they are ferocious to say the least. one of the best fighters in the lake. i have had them under and around the boat and just stare at you . awsome fish and i catch them in 1 to 4 foot of water in heavy cover. my wife last summer caught 2 on the same pole on one bait. she was exhausted after having 2 on one rod. ill try and post a pic.

coldsteel · « **Reply #29 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 06:13 AM »

thats a sweet bowfin, never caught one but sure as heck would love to. you are on a roll this year.

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Author Topic: My first Bowfin through the ice Photo+Video (Read 4014 times)