A fishing story/problem

[ice fiend]

I love catching bowfin i target em hard in the spring they put up a good fight

[rdhammah]

you've tried play=it out a few times. I'd try to horse it in next time.

[mussburger]

Muskrat , we get a couple 2-3 every winter in Maine.

[JoeGG]

not really sure about this but the way you described your 3 saturdays and where your bait was sounds much like a big turtle. i have caught turtles on cut bait when fish catfish and wow they are tough to land. i guess the only way we will know is if you catch it and then the next thing will it fit in your ice hole.

Turtle??? They hibernate....

[fishy1]

Turtle??? They hibernate....

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

[flagfishon]

Any updates on what this was?  Perhaps open water will offer more clues.

[BomoBrown]

I am pretty sure that it was a sweet pike wrap pining itself in stones or a down tree. If I ever know for sure I will post it.

[lowaccord66]

Ah catfish I didn't think about that.  I've targeted them through the ice and big ones are wicked tough.  What they do is take the bait and then try to lock themselves in the mud when you fight them.  I have broken off on many.

[spot]

Are there Bowfin in Bomo?

If there are, I'll bet that's what you had.

When they decide hey want to go they will pull like a big truck.

[panfris]

SNAPPER!!

[NEK_VT]

Any possibility it could be an eel? I have heard stories before of eels wrapping around things like pipes and boards.

[Light liner]

It could be a Henway.