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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Eelpout => Topic started by: PWR BAIT on Dec 17, 2006, 04:35 AM

Title: BOWFIN
Post by: PWR BAIT on Dec 17, 2006, 04:35 AM

is a bowfin a part of the Eelpout family ive caught about a half dozen in my life they are prehistoric looking and they have alot of teeth. very sharp teeth and have scales like a carp .ithink they can be very dominant in the water to other fish.

Title: Re: BOWFIN
Post by: lostfisher1 on Dec 17, 2006, 07:22 AM

no i do not beleive so burbot is a in the cod family. also burdot is the only type of freshwater cod.

Title: Re: BOWFIN
Post by: PWR BAIT on Dec 17, 2006, 12:36 PM

Quote from: lostfisher1 on Dec 17, 2006, 07:22 AM

no i do not beleive so burbot is a in the cod family. also burdot is the only type of freshwater cod.

these fish have multiple rows of teeth and scales like a carp and are greenish color but look like burbot?

Title: Re: BOWFIN
Post by: Skipper on Dec 17, 2006, 04:10 PM

Bowfin (AKA: Dogfish) are no relation to Burbot (AKA: Eelpout).

Title: Re: BOWFIN
Post by: nighttime on Dec 17, 2006, 07:08 PM

here in saskatchewan we call burbot dogfish or just doggies. great tasting to bad people litter them ALL over the ice.

Title: Re: BOWFIN
Post by: Skipper on Dec 17, 2006, 09:06 PM

What we call dogfish taste worse than anything else that swims. :sick:

Eelpout are great to eat.

Title: Re: BOWFIN
Post by: fishingking on Dec 17, 2006, 09:25 PM

Burbot, Freshwater Cod, Ling, Lawyers, Eelpout, Cusk, Mariah or w/e you may call them :)
(http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/sustain/images/burbot.jpg)

Bowfin and a Snakehead :)
(http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/GLWL/Fish/bowfin/snakeheadID.gif)

Title: Re: BOWFIN
Post by: PWR BAIT on Dec 18, 2006, 04:09 AM

thanks for the pictures fishingking that answers my question and they are still some ugly sobees thanks again.  PB

Title: Re: BOWFIN
Post by: tbirdbassr on Jan 14, 2007, 05:21 PM

Thats the truth they are also some tough SOB's I caught about a 10 lber on a spinnerbait this summer got him to the boat picked him up gave him a whackacross the head with an oar hit him hard enough you could see where I broke his skull The thing started flopping around finally got my line I kept going back to that spot all day long never did see that fish float lol