Author Topic: My first Bowfin through the ice Photo+Video (Read 4016 times)

fishy1 · « **Reply #30 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 06:22 AM »

http://s25.postimg.cc/htrp9k5un/donnas_2_bowfin_one_pole_one_bait_013.jpg

Milfoil_Hunter_VT · « **Reply #31 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 07:43 AM »

The look on your face says it all. Great catch, looked like a fun fight when he made that big run.

VTWoodchuck · « **Reply #32 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 08:29 AM »

Quote from: pikeaddict 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.

Amen brother! Please, please make sure to discard any of these taken out of Monkton Pond. In this case it is not waste but preservation of a great fishery. Monkton Pond is only a couple hundred acres in size but great bass habitat. The bowfin present there are NOT native and they have the potential to decimate the native fish. If anyone knows who the culprit was please report them because this is a crime against the pond and all of us.

GreenFinnyBlinny · « **Reply #33 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 08:49 AM »

Nice One... If you ever catch one in the summer they will have a "green fin"

jmaster69 · « **Reply #34 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 12:02 PM »

Thanks guys! I have been having quite the season so far! Can't wait to see what the saltwater has in store for me

perch bait · « **Reply #35 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 12:39 PM »

Cool video. It sure gave you a heck of a fight! Must've thought it was a 40 inch Northern!

johnrielly · « **Reply #36 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 02:08 PM »

I catch them a lot on the ice. Fish almost on the shoreline near reed beds. Dillonback has a ton.

slopoker · « **Reply #37 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 02:11 PM »

#attawatagoJ

troutcrazy · « **Reply #38 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 02:34 PM »

Wicked! Those things are monsters! Caught a few on light tackle fishing crappie in the summer... never through the ice though.
I've seen them in the shallow swampy areas in the spring, and after they spawn the young swarm around them and they are really bizarrre looking.

ice fiend · « **Reply #39 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 05:19 PM »

i target them in spring/summer wicked easy to catch we use small chunks of sunnies they love em

mudchuck · « **Reply #40 on:** Apr 01, 2015, 05:25 PM »

Nice catch!
I've not got one jigging thru the ice yet, but since I just started using some tipups this season, I got one on a tipup a few weeks ago up at Campbell's bay. Thought it was another bass, since I had several LM on both tipups and jigging. Nothing nearly as big big as that girl though.

Fish Hard · « **Reply #41 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 05:52 AM »

Jmaster, just wondering what your setup was? Were you targeting pike with big bait?

pokholes · « **Reply #42 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 06:18 AM »

Have caught them in the fall in Charcoal Creek from a canoe, awesome fighters. Are they good eating?

Light liner · « **Reply #43 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 07:34 AM »

I caught a big one few weeks ago at missisquoi in Campbell's bay while fishing for pike.
It was in 1-2 FOW.
I had a 9-10" perch on for bait.
They do fight like h#ll, I thought I had a big pike.
Went back down the hole.
My first through the ice.

Crayfish2 · « **Reply #44 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 09:51 AM »

Don't know if it's true or not, but I've heard they are some of the worst fish in the lake for storing chemicals in their flesh (mercury, etc). A buddy of mine ate one a few years ago and said it wasn't too bad, but he had cooked it with plenty of cajun spices so he wouldn't have known what he was eating anyway!

felix · « **Reply #45 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 10:21 AM »

http://www.bowfinanglers.com/recipes.html

Never ate one myself(yet), but the folks on the link seem to like them. If you check out the science section and scroll down to the article about mercury, there is another link that will show a national study that has Bowfin listed as having the highest level of mercury of any fish on the list. Seems as if there is a legitimate reason for concern.

seayaknh · « **Reply #46 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 10:35 AM »

Nice catch and release! I enjoyed the video.

Pail Rider · « **Reply #47 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 10:54 AM »

Don't watch too many videos on IS, but I'm glad I watched this one. Awesome catch and release.

Pike Panther · « **Reply #48 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 01:32 PM »

Great pic! Cool markings on the tail. They love cut bait in the summer suspended from a bob just above the weeds. They love the really thick weedy areas. Got to have a steel leader and I prefer a treble hook rather than a single hook. I land more on the treble.

pokholes · « **Reply #49 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 02:44 PM »

Quote from: felix on Apr 02, 2015, 10:21 AM

http://www.bowfinanglers.com/recipes.html

Never ate one myself(yet), but the folks on the link seem to like them. If you check out the science section and scroll down to the article about mercury, there is another link that will show a national study that has Bowfin listed as having the highest level of mercury of any fish on the list. Seems as if there is a legitimate reason for concern.

Heavy metals in those bad boys head and shoulders. No wonder they are such tough fighters. Thanks Felix

wmhunts · « **Reply #50 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 03:37 PM »

Nice!! That was a great fight, love it when a fish peels line through my fingers

jmaster69 · « **Reply #51 on:** Apr 02, 2015, 05:08 PM »

I was targeting trophy pike with jumbo shiners and perch. This one took it on a shiner in 3 fow!

6 inch steal leader to a treble hook with a spinner spoon. Swallowed the hole leader!

They say if you want to eat them cook it on a plank of wood, when its done cooking take the fish throw it out and eat the plank...

greensider · « **Reply #52 on:** Apr 03, 2015, 12:31 PM »

thats awesome i know for a fact i have never had to pull that much line back from a tip up good job

jmaster69 · « **Reply #53 on:** Apr 03, 2015, 06:07 PM »

I am a little upset I didn;t weigh or mesure it... By looking online it doesnt seem I was far off the state record !!!

greensider · « **Reply #54 on:** Apr 04, 2015, 11:05 AM »

dont worry it wasnt that one was not over 10 pounds but a real nice fish

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Author Topic: My first Bowfin through the ice Photo+Video (Read 4016 times)