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New York => Ice Fishing New York => Topic started by: step2jimi on Jan 23, 2010, 08:39 PM
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its a bowfin I get them alot bull head fishing in the spring they put up a good fight
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Looks like the infamous [/img] fish, they are pretty rare... Nice catch..
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Looks like the infamous [/img] fish, they are pretty rare... Nice catch..
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if its the one i saw before it looks like a bowfin or dog fish...they will hit anything during open water...they just arent a nice fish, I had one swim into the trap door of my mesh live creel off the side of the dock and it ate all my perch...then couldnt get out wieghed about 15lbs got in fur fish and game with that story
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How come I can't see the picture? I bet I seen it before fishing in Oneida Lake. Jaws are tough, look like a bull head with more dorsel fin? Snake like?
Had a heck of a time getting hook out of jaw?
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IMG...that's short for imaginary ::)
I fixed your pics.
Click on "Modify" in your post to see what the image codes are supposed to look like.
RG
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Hey RG is that "Rocky"..? :woot:
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That's Rocky"s ugly cousin....you need a date?
RG
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yes its a bow fin. i have caught alot of them over the years. that fish has not changed over the last 5oo years. what you have there is a dinisour!
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That's Rocky"s ugly cousin....you need a date?
RG
Your telling me!!! Computer is going to get busy, bad weather for 4 days.....
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definitely a bowfinn i catch them quite often in the spring fishing at night
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thanks guys i appreciate it. yea when i got to the tip up the spool was moving real slow so i took it out and set the hook. then i just kinda sat there and enjoyed the show. as soon as i set it the line ripped out of my hand and i just watched the spool race. i knew right away that we had something differrent because we cought about 20 pike yesterday and a couplle outher species ;) and nothing took line like that. when i got it out of the holes i ended up breaking the hook off in its mouth trying to get it out. didnt want to hurt it but after seeing how hard that mouth was im sure its fine.
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sort of looks like my snake head
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http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=71 (http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=71)
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I'm supprised you only got one they often traval in pairs and you get two at a time. they can be a lot of fun my bro got one nite fishing black lake once that must have been 15 pounds what a monster. I have fished for them on purpose before they eat anything a pike will plus anything a bass will. I usually get them shallow especially as the water warms up they get way in the back of bays I love catching them theyll snap at you if your not careful I have broken a lot of hooks with them to.
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http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/faq/snakehead.html
Check this out might be what ur looking for
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If you fish champlain near ti you'll catch more of them to compare it to.
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biggest one i ever caught was 11.6 pounds awesome open water fighters. they will destroy lures with there powerfull jaws. they also like to snap at you while there outa water. carefull or they may turn your thumb into hamburger. alot of them are in the southbay area. belive it or not some whitehall local told me they taste wonderfull. i havent tried one but who knows.
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IMG...that's short for imaginary ::)
I fixed your pics.
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RG
Thanks for fixing the pictures. Yes that is what I caught in Oneida.. Strong fix pulled like heck. Got it in the boat and it gave me a lot of trouble getting the hook out.
Appreciate it,
Bob
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As many others have already said, bowfin. Prehistoric looking dudes.
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looks like a bowfin to me
;D ;D ;D ;D
RAT
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its a bowfin go to our dec ny site find unuasual fish and read about it I used to camp at duck lake camp ground and would catch them all the time on bass minnows igot one 28 inches once therein duck lake >:( we all at camp ground would kill them thy eat bass and pan fish eggs >:(
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They also call them lings and burbot i think.
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everyone is right with the bowfin ID. we eletroshocked one of them back when i majored in fishery biology at SUNY brockport. it was in sandy creek in Hamlin. they like the weedy areas like bass and pike and feed just like them. you can see in the pic the bowfin's gular plate is sticking out. it is a hard plate right below its lower jaw
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where did you catch it?
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its a bowfin go to our dec ny site find unuasual fish and read about it I used to camp at duck lake camp ground and would catch them all the time on bass minnows igot one 28 inches once therein duck lake >:( we all at camp ground would kill them thy eat bass and pan fish eggs >:(
I really hope you didn't kill these prehistoric (and amazing) fish just because they eat your precious over-populated bass and panfish eggs (not to mention that they probably eat whole bass and panfish)...
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They also call them lings and burbot i think.
Burbot (Lota lota), also called Ling, Cusk, etc, are a different species than the Bowfin. This one is a bowfin.
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They also call them lings and burbot i think.
ling cods and burbot are the same thing, but bowfins r different. id rather catch a bowfin tho cuz those lings r creepy lookin.
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They also call them lings and burbot i think.
I never knew that, thought the were the same thing, I wonder if I have caught ling or bowfin on Sandy Pond
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Looks like lingcod are a pacific ocean fish
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Looks like lingcod are a pacific ocean fish
They are, and cusk are an atlantic ocean fish, but burbot are called all sorts of common names by fishermen. I'm not sure if bowfin have many common names. That is why biologists must use scientific names instead...
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It's a bowfin...ling are blacker and delicious ;D..cought them in temagami canada...catch bowfin in 18 mile in burt all the time...mean and fight like heck..hear they smell when you cut open..couldn't imagine eating one of them...get them on spinnerbaits and pike chubs.
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SWAMP BASS! Thought that was a good one, was on that site that raquettedacker left the link for.
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I've caught a few of them on Lake Champlain. I always heard them called ling.
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The fish in the picture is not a ling its a bowfin. The bowfin has bigger scales, bigger teeth and is uglier than a ling. The ling is a freswater member of the cod family also called a burbot. The bowfin is an ugly, prehistoric looking fish and they are not fit to eat whereas the ling can be cooked up and has been called the poor man's lobster.
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That's Rocky"s ugly cousin....you need a date?
RG
=)) now i wish i had said that!!!..... oh there cod in the alantic by the way ling bourbit and bowfin are all fresh water codfish!
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Im pretty sure the technical name for this fish is the burbot.
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Ling have different heads than the bowfin.
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you can call that a layer ling or burbit ...it isn't a bowfin! bowfins have a black spot on it's tail, which doesn't matter there all trash fish anyways
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COBIA I think? or maybe a ling,or maybe a snakehead, or burbot. IT'S A BOWFIN
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A cobi? good one captain I didn't expect that one to be thrown in there :roflmao:
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its a bowfin go to our dec ny site find unuasual fish and read about it I used to camp at duck lake camp ground and would catch them all the time on bass minnows igot one 28 inches once therein duck lake >:( we all at camp ground would kill them thy eat bass and pan fish eggs >:(
bowfin , kill them all
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interesting we all have our idea's if you google bowfin you will see that one of the main things is a black "eye" just before the tail this fish doesn't have that ... it is a comman burbit or as we call them ling
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there actually a predator , everything gets blamed for eating eggs ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowfin read this.... then read this....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbot
now that you can tell what kind of fish you have , we can figure out what it prys on!...i love taking kids fishing
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interesting we all have our idea's if you google bowfin you will see that one of the main things is a black "eye" just before the tail this fish doesn't have that ... it is a comman burbit or as we call them ling
sorry for keeping this post going, but it is a bowfin. the best way to ID them is a gular plate (like i mentioned earlier) which is easier to see in person. also, look at the anal fins. you'll see
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nope thats a burbit ! plain and simple , you can't see it's gular plate in the picture but it clearly does not have a eye spot just before it's tail ! i suggest you look at the two web sites i posted ! the trouble with iding these fish is we do it by what we learned locally ,thus all the different names for the very same fish.
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Burbot/Ling are actually much different than a Bowfin. Burbot are more slender, almost eelike, and have a head similar to a catfish with "whiskers". Bowfin tend to be a little beefier. This fish is lacking the spot on it's caudal fin simply because it's a female. They put up a really great fight. Many people around here fish for them with live minnows and cutbait during open water fishing. It's not uncommon to catch them throught the ice. Nice fish!
There are many credible websites out there for identifying fish. If you go to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) they have alot of informative information on some of the more popular species of fish, as well as detailed images, making it simple for anglers to identify fish.
Check out this link. You can clearly see the difference between the Burbot and the Bowfin! Tight lines...
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/52634.html
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All i know is i want to catch another one. THat thing fought harder then the biggest northern i cought yesterday. and then when i got it out oof the hole i think it was trying to bite me. that was kinda cool too.
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nope thats a burbit ! plain and simple , you can't see it's gular plate in the picture but it clearly does not have a eye spot just before it's tail ! i suggest you look at the two web sites i posted ! the trouble with iding these fish is we do it by what we learned locally ,thus all the different names for the very same fish.
That is wrong, it is a bowfin. Plain and simple. Look at the fins. The ventral, anal and caudal fins are distinctive of a bowfin. Burbot will have a much longer, more eel-like posterior and the anal/ventral fin is much longer. This bowfin is very robust toward the tail and has a very short anal fin. The pelvic fins give it away as well. The absence of the spot is not enough to rule out a bowfin, because sometimes colorations vary and the spot could be difficult to make out if it is there.
And to those of you who think they are junk fish, they are not. They pre-date most fish on the evolutionary scale, much like sturgeon. They are a top predator, and should be treated with respect (not thrown on the ice and left there). Burbot are also not trash fish, and, as part of the cod family, many people love to eat them and even target them.
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(http://www.tnfish.org/InvasivesExoticSpeciesTennessee_TWRA/files/BowfinSnakeheadGLERIdotNOAAdotGOV.gif)
This is an excellent image of a Bowfin... notice that there is no spot on the tail... notice the "broad" head...
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dont worry i released it. i would never leave a fish on the ice unless i was going to be keeping it. i may be totally wrong and might have got some bad info but, i noticed that every fish i cought was very light in color. a gentlman on the ice told me it was because lake champlain has a clay bottom. maybe this is why some people cant see this black spot by the tail. im just sayin i reall y have no clue.
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Just drop it already posts have been made and the answer is obvious by majority.
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bowfin , kill them all
That's what you want to do, kill it. All because of your ingorance. Why would you kill anything for no reason? "They eat bass" is NOT a good reason. If you don't want to eat it, put it back.
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in champlan bowfin are called scale ling and burbot are called skin ling they are no relation borbot are a fresh water cousin to the cod ,bowfin have no other fish in their family they are prehistoric ans have been around before the dinosaurs
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again a misinformed person ,bowfin belong to a family called Amiiformes! which also include gar and sturgon! again the picture the person wishes idenified is a burbit! the scale and skin ling again is locale names give , which are great if you are talking to someone from that ares however that is not there names elsewhere.and a majorty does not make anything right... i use our presant political arena as a example
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I'm going to chime in again because I am a biologist and thats what i do this is a bowfin also known as a dogfish. ling is a name many use but only because they are not fully familiar with it ling is more appropreat for the burbot any one who fishes onieda can tell you about them. The spot is missing because of the sex and age of the fish. the spot can come and go with time. For reference we actually sell this fish preserved and for special orders as a skeleton pm me if your interested. More important to note this is the fish that occupies the nich that the northern snakehead will most likely try to move into. The bowfin will provide the most direct competion for food and resources. there established presence is the most likely thing to limit the populations of snakeheads. However the bowfin is a fairly slow growing and long living fish where as the snake head grows much more quickly because of that if bowfin are removed it opens up the door for snakeheads to occupy. Please release them as they are the resident and there continued presence poses no real threat for the fish currently in presence as they have been there longer than we have snakeheads however would have an unpredictable effect on current populations. Also I love catching these things they are big and mean and toothy and that spells perfect sport fish to me.
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again a misinformed person ,bowfin belong to a family called Amiiformes! which also include gar and sturgon! again the picture the person wishes idenified is a burbit! the scale and skin ling again is locale names give , which are great if you are talking to someone from that ares however that is not there names elsewhere.and a majorty does not make anything right... i use our presant political arena as a example
Just because you can spout a scientific name and a bunch of (misspelled) words does not make your fish ID correct. The fish in the pictures is a bowfin. I have an education and work experience in fisheries, and that includes fish identification.
To IFISHY: well said.
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again i suggest you look at the web sites i posted! thats a burbit! sorry i don't care who you are or what you do , now lets also state that no biologist would make a statement without examining the fish and not just a photo , reason i make my statements is simple one can not clearly see the fins to count the rays this leaves one thing to look for the spot found by the tail whisch is not found on that fish ...(The most distinctive characteristic of the bowfin is its very long dorsal fin consisting of 145 to 250 rays, and running from mid-back to the base of the tail. The caudal fin is a single lobe, though heterocercal[1]. They can grow up to 109 centimetres (43 in) in length, and weigh 9.75 kilograms (21.5 lb).[2] Other noticeable features are the black "eye spot" usually found high on the caudal peduncle) like i said you all have computors try using google ...... thats a burbit!!!!!
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Actually, a bowfin does not need to be looked at that closely to distinguish it from a burbot (that is the correct spelling of burbot, by the way). I have used fin ray counts and specimen dissection to identify many fish, but it is not necessary in this case. It would be like counting the fin rays on a bluegill to make sure it isn't a brook trout.
Bowfin would be more commonly misidentified as a Northern snakehead by the general fishing population, but it is not one of those either.
If you don't want to listen, fine. But it is your loss in not correcting your fish ID rather than mine. Your spouting of wikipedia's references doesn't mean much except that you know how to read. Knowing how to interpret the words though, and apply it to fish identification, that is a different story.
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sorry thats a burbit or burbot and i'm glad you got away with years without having to id a burbot :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
do you see a black eye by the tail???? are your telling me bowfins don't have them?????
it's real easy!!!! and i'll show you the differance between a sunfish and a brook trout next week
i am surprized at how many biologist jump out of the woodwork everytime this is brought up! my
spelling may stink but your fish iding abilitys are worse
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the black eye spot is a characteristic of the bowfin yes however it is not present on all bowfin and therefore cannot be used as a sole identifiying mark. burbots never have the spot bowfins sometimes have the spot. so spot means bowfin no spot means nothing.
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you guys are funny ..... all worked up over a trash fish .....
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anyone wanna take bets on when RG moves this to the grumpy old men thread??
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Very entertaining,Love when You can feel Blood pressure over the waves-LOL-
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Hey Trapper,
I don't think you understand the point here. Not having a prominent black spot does not make the fish a burbot. You are basing your fish ID on one part of the color pattern, which is a leading mistake of most rookie fish identifications. They can have the black spot, at least at times, but not every fish will have one at all times.
I'll switch it up a bit...here is what makes this fish NOT a burbot even at a quick glance:
1) A short anal fin. Burbot have a long, narrow anal fin which is about as long as the dorsal fin.
2) Ventral fins set back in the mid-section of the body. Burbot have ventral fins right under the throat area, even farther forward than the pectoral fins.
3) A robust body shape. Burbot have a very slender body when compared with this fish, especially in the tail region.
4) Large scales. Every burbot I have encountered in my work has had very tiny scales that are embedded, with the appearance of having skin like a bullhead.
Still, neither of those species is a trash fish.
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nope they are considered trash fish! and 1648 views in less then a few hours! i'm good for ratings lol
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Dude, it's a Bowfin (Amia calva)
Burbot (according to Cornell):
http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Gadidae/gadidae.html (http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Gadidae/gadidae.html)
Bowfin (according to Cornell):
http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Amiidae/bowfin.html (http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Amiidae/bowfin.html)
Looks like you may have to contact the biologists at Cornell University and tell them that they are wrong, that they have them backwards!!! :roflmao:
the difference
http://www.walleyes.org/wolakechron/difference.htm (http://www.walleyes.org/wolakechron/difference.htm)
If I catch a redfish and it has no spot, does that mean it isn't a redfish?
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anyone wanna take bets on when RG moves this to the grumpy old men thread??
Ahhh, the ice is taking a hit and a bit of cabin fever is setting in. Have at it...be gentlemen ( and Ladies). Next we'll start the "It's a Salmon....it's a Brown trout".........."It's a White bass....It's a White Perch....."It's a Sunfish......It's a Punkinseed".....thread.
RG
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Some SERIOUS cabin fever setting in RG ....
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i'm wondering how much ice we lost! and couldn't fish today ...does take the edge off a bit hahahahaha
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guys i really appreciate everyone telling me what the fish is. but lets relax a little bit. if you dont agree with what someone else is saying just leave it at that. you dont agree. no need for arguing over it. its a real old fish looks like a dino and fights like heck. lets just go with that.
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i think it's a cross...more or less a hybred between a burot snakehead and bowfin , last one caught the smithsonian paid a million bucks for!
http://www.smithsonian..burbot/snakehead/bowfincross
you did save the fish right????
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hahaha ;) yeah i saved it. its going up for auction tomorrow.
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i'm not sure if it's legal to auction a burbot
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i'm not sure if it's legal to auction a burbot
perhaps not, but he would have to catch a Burbot first, in order to sell one...
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not legal at all. going too dabble in the black market a little ;) ;)
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jim see what i mean they still ain't caught on buddy....RG 1758 views i'm doing good!
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Land Locked salmon anyone ? or Brown Trout........ >:D
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Any one have a picture of a Burbot? Are they the ones with the single barbel under the chins?
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Land Locked salmon anyone ? or Brown Trout........ >:D
forked tail? spots or crosses does it have a large spot on it's tail =))
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again a misinformed person ,bowfin belong to a family called Amiiformes! which also include gar and sturgon! again the picture the person wishes idenified is a burbit! the scale and skin ling again is locale names give , which are great if you are talking to someone from that ares however that is not there names elsewhere.and a majorty does not make anything right... i use our presant political arena as a example
its spelled burbot and ths fish is a bowfin and they are not in the same family as a gar or sturgon if you are going to post arogance get your facts strait sturgon dont even have bones they are in their own classification with a cartilage skeleton. if you are going to attempt to insult know what you are talking about.
bowfin- family= Ammiidae its ancesstor were around 130 million years ago it is the last in its family
gar-family =Lepisosteidae there are seven species in north america they are considerd the living fossel since virtually all their relitives are extinct.
sturgon-family=Acipenseridae along with paddle fish thei skeleton consists largely cartilaginous . considered living relics they are the earlyest typs of bony fishes
and the two referanc names i put were to diferenciate the two hence scale and skin.
if you read you would understand what i was saying. before you post and try to make someone look ignorant learn how to spell BURBOT not BURBIT and get your facts strait! again another misinformed toolshed biologist showing that someone should read up before they look like a A$$
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Any one have a picture of a Burbot? Are they the ones with the single barbel under the chins?
yes
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Any one have a picture of a Burbot? Are they the ones with the single barbel under the chins?
here is a couple pictures of a burbot... you can see it looks nothing like a bowfin...
http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Gadidae/burbot.jpg
http://www.kalma.ee/images/20070925022530Burbot.jpg
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and here is a picture of a Bowfin!
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1810 and they still don't get it =)) i love it ..... it's a burbit in the orignal english version of the funk and wagnal it's spelled burbit , drived from the latin word burrbita ...meaning linglike codasours...
http://www.funkandwagal/burbit/via/burrbita/18664709-7789
so you don't have to fillet a sturgon?
and RG said i could go at it and have fun :roflmao: :roflmao: it's like christmas
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It's amazing what you can find on the internet....
Burbot
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Bowfin
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They only similarities I see is that they are both ugly looking fish...
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oh ya got them mixed up ones on top are bowfins
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wait that bottom picture one fish has a spot and one dont so they cant be the same kind of fish you must have photoshoped it
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oh ya got them mixed up ones on top are bowfins
Nope
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oh ya got them mixed up ones on top are bowfins
read a book before you pick your arguments .and no i'm not mad or argrivated i'm just curious how someone with your obvious mental dificancy could use a computer. go to google go under images look up bowfin or burbot
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you guys shouldn't have asked me what it was if you weren't going to listen!!!! deadsmelt got those pictures off the internet and you expect me to believe that??????? i'm shocked and i serously mean this at how nieve you guys are....it's a burbit!
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I think the one without the spot is "Rocky",, let him go... :woot: :woot:
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So what's a ling???
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i though we were talking about burbits?
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What's a ding-a-ling? ???
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So what's a ling???
Start over at the beginning of the thread and read through to the end...you will find it somewhere in between. ;D
I believe Trapper here is pulling all of our Hali chains. I don't think any literate or otherwise educated person could read my posts (and others) and still believe it is a burbot.
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Holy crap Trapper I was getting POed reading your posts man, hahaha That was a good one. You got me good. MOoks
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I thought we were talking about lawyers... :woot: :clap:
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Holy crap Trapper I was getting POed reading your posts man, hahaha That was a good one. You got me good. MOoks
lol your one of the few that caught on man lol .....can you say it's a burbit? do you realize we have one of the finest fishing sites on the internet , with more information and tips then anywhere and yet i have made a thread about burbot and bowfins, two fish no one cares about the most read thread on here today????? it's amazng! simple amazing
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wait that bottom picture one fish has a spot and one dont so they cant be the same kind of fish you must have photoshoped it
he didn't photoshop the image on the bottom... one has a spot because it is a male bowfin. The other has no spot because it is a female bowfin. Just go to any reputable, credible source and type in Bowfin. It will state that. Some may not because it is common knowledge. If you go onto Encyclopedia Britannica, one of the most well-known and most credible sources in the world on all topics, it states this information.
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IT"S A BURBIT
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IT"S A BURBIT
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lol your one of the few that caught on man lol .....can you say it's a burbit? do you realize we have one of the finest fishing sites on the internet , with more information and tips then anywhere and yet i have made a thread about burbot and bowfins, two fish no one cares about the most read thread on here today????? it's amazng! simple amazing
Man, I thought you were having fun with us, but I didn't really know for sure. I've read your posts and replies in the past and have never seen you really have that much fun ... It was pretty fun though, posting something and seeing others posting something to counter what you said, just to see what your next response would be... guess that explains why you have a picture of an Atlantic Salmon as your avatar... if it was me I would have a picture of a Rainbow Trout...
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Man, I thought you were having fun with us, but I didn't really know for sure. I've read your posts and replies in the past and have never seen you really have that much fun ... It was pretty fun though, posting something and seeing others posting something to counter what you said, just to see what your next response would be... guess that explains why you have a picture of an Atlantic Salmon as your avatar... if it was me I would have a picture of a Rainbow Trout...
I thought it was a brown trout..
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It is obviously a cross. See, it has x pyloric cacae.
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What, your drunk!!! (http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy10/SNAGGER69SHANE/fishbashsmile.gif)
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What, your drunk!!! (http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy10/SNAGGER69SHANE/fishbashsmile.gif)
It is a landlocked brownbow. Also known as burbit.
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Man, I thought you were having fun with us, but I didn't really know for sure. I've read your posts and replies in the past and have never seen you really have that much fun ... It was pretty fun though, posting something and seeing others posting something to counter what you said, just to see what your next response would be... guess that explains why you have a picture of an Atlantic Salmon as your avatar... if it was me I would have a picture of a Rainbow Trout...
lolllllllllllllll now yer catching on! all in fun guys i e mailed jim in the begining and told him it was a bowfin because he asked a honest question and i was afraid i might confuse him (i would never want that) ... and it is a nice alantic salmon isn't it lolllllll was fun ...sorry if anyone got upset ....but bottom line is ...why waste your time over things that don't matter , it's fishing time :) good luck and stay safe God bless
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lolllllllllllllll now yer catching on! all in fun guys i e mailed jim in the begining and told him it was a bowfin because he asked a honest question and i was afraid i might confuse him (i would never want that) ... and it is a nice alantic salmon isn't it lolllllll was fun ...sorry if anyone got upset ....but bottom line is ...why waste your time over things that don't matter , it's fishing time :) good luck and stay safe God bless
trap
I sure was frustrated trying to get through that thick skull! But hey, there is now a ton of information on both species on this thread.
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hey RG just shy of 2000 views not to bad is it :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
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It is a landlocked brownbow. Also known as burbit.
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GOOD JOB TRAP...
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outdoors i had fun but ya made me work at coming up with stuff and faking web sites ..... just so everyone knows it's a ....ahhhhhhhhhhhhh burbit yaaaa lolllllllllll jim thank you for not letting the cat outta the bag and letting me have some fun on your thread ..... and you caught yourself a fine bowfin ...i also want to thank RG who allowed me to run with this as long as no harm was done .......maybe carp with the flyrod :) or burbits
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Got to love Ice Shanty... there are alot of good people on here!
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Thanks for waisting my time reading this and making sure it was kept under controll. Ths is the sort of stuff that keeps me and the rest of the mods from fishing.
This site wasnt developed for your humor! I dont care if you think it was funny or "good reading" Get a life!
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looks like a bow fin.
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Looks like an ex-wife I know!!!!!
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Still looks to me like a southern yellow speckled burbit to me, or maybe a landlocked splake-eye.
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Its spelled Burbot... Also kown as Eelpout, Lawyer, Marialoch, Skinling,and Spineless Catfish... ;D ;D
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[url]We all kinda called em a Ling on the South Bay or in the Canal. I had to get all scientific and research her for you. Bowfins, Amia calva which is restricted to fresh water of eastern North America. Bowfin are also called Mudfish, dogfish, and grinnel. They are related to gars and bone fish. They are a predations fish and eat everything. Theyare also said to be very hearty and can live through most any condition.
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Its spelled Burbot... Also kown as Eelpout, Lawyer, Marialoch, Skinling,and Spineless Catfish... ;D ;D
I know it's spelled Burbot ... guess it went over your head, eh Trapper?
southernyellowspeckled burbitrout
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lol your one of the few that caught on man lol .....can you say it's a burbit? do you realize we have one of the finest fishing sites on the internet , with more information and tips then anywhere and yet i have made a thread about burbot and bowfins, two fish no one cares about the most read thread on here today????? it's amazng! simple amazing
didnt i make the thread. well i guess i posted it you MADE IT. this is a riot to read man.
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VERY entertaining ... indeed ;D
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first off coldfeet it was a joke! and yes enretanement is a part of this site so is humor and i even informed a moderator i was having fun! no where in this was there ant sign of profanity ..or ill intention ..just people tring to educate me...if you read my post closely you will see that i was joking .... i even pm jim that it was infact a bowfin before i started so i would not confuse the gentlemen ,as he did have a honest question which deserves a honest answer! i you were so worried about a thread running away you where welcomed to pm me at anytime and i would have stoped....face it ,it was funny and we all had a good laugh..no one was hurt,insulted,mislead,or harmed in any way,there was no profanity or ill feelings....if i upset you i'm sorry
God bless
trap
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What's a ding-a-ling? ???
That's what brings me & my kids rocket pops in the summer!
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I know it's spelled Burbot ... guess it went over your head, eh Trapper?
Yup, sure did..... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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That's what brings me & my kids rocket pops in the summer!
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it's an arrowfin! I know a bowfin from an arrowfin..that is definitely an arrowfin!.. they are a mean fish..hope you ate it!
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nope thats a arrow bit ! notice no spot on the tail! :whistle:
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nooooooooo thats clearly a picture of a ling!!!!!! ..... ding a ling
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he didn't photoshop the image on the bottom... one has a spot because it is a male bowfin. The other has no spot because it is a female bowfin. Just go to any reputable, credible source and type in Bowfin. It will state that. Some may not because it is common knowledge. If you go onto Encyclopedia Britannica, one of the most well-known and most credible sources in the world on all topics, it states this information.
i was being sarcastic ;D
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i was being sarcastic ;D
got ya! as you can see, from the length of this thread, sometimes it's hard to tell :)
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thats funny stuff right there.. just read the whole thread..... I think its a hybrid cross between a bullhead and eel..... ::)
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thats funny stuff right there.. just read the whole thread..... I think its a hybrid cross between a bullhead and eel..... ::)
funny you mention that there is now some scientfic evidance that support this! recent studies by the utt (uneversity of trapper technoligy)has shown that natural cross breeding between some catfish spieces (brown bullhead) and eels did in fact occure! recent fossil records also support these findings and a on going study at tax payers expense is now in processes .... further more these natural hybrid can in fact reproduce... the correct term and spelling is hybreds...they make a off spring that is very close looking to a bowfin but in fact it is a b u r b i t ....please do not confuse oneself with a burbot as this is a different fish also.... in closing i feel i should be given a government grand to further my studies of fish in gereral thank you for your support....p.s. please do not attempt tp correct my grammer nor spelling as i am a doctor in fisholigy and have a phd in bullcrapoligy...
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holy crud i work late one night and i miss all this glad it wasnt moved so now to change the subject has anyone ever caught one of these on the fishapault and how did it work.
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it's a bowfin i have caught a ton of these in wilson fishing for bass
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it's a bowfin i have caught a ton of these in wilson fishing for bass
See Trapper? Some people just don't get it ...
can you say Berhbitt? :blink:
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holy crud i work late one night and i miss all this glad it wasnt moved so now to change the subject has anyone ever caught one of these on the fishapault and how did it work.
i'm not sure you can use the fishapault without RG's writen permission , i'm sure he has a pat. on it....
sully some really don't but i think most have i see you use latin too :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
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It's Berrbidtt....
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Six pages to ID a fish we need some cold weather to beef up the ice!!!!!!!! :cookoo:
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See Trapper?
can you say Berhbitt? :blink:
You need to roll your tongue in the middle of the word for the pronunciation to be correct. Serious.
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whatever it is,,it doesn;t look from this world! .. i recently watched the ufo siting episode on the discovery channel and.. oh nevermind.. ;D
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definately a ling
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Thanks to this thread we should be ahead of Maine in posts... ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks for making me laugh while reading this thread I hurt like hell from a hernia and every time I laugh it bulges out of my gut BWahahahaha this is awesome. Oh by the way it is no way a Burbot or ling or whatever name you want to call it. I was scuba diving lake erie off cattaruagus creek back in the mid 80's and came across a monster burbot 28 inches long in some rocks my buddy told me I just about ran across the water trying to get out of the lake, LOL but i went back and got the thing in a net and put it in my kids pool till the DEC game warden came and looked at it. It was a 28 inch Burbot,lingcod,eelpout all names for it and the fish in this thread is not a burbot for sure. PEACE ;D
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in the south they call it a grinel