Bowfin

[zhitoman]

About 6-7 bowfin in an hour of fishing. One of the best fighting fish I ever caught. The bait of choice was shiners cut in chunks.

[gwl2oneida]

Bashakill?

[zhitoman]

Bashakill?

you bet!

[gwl2oneida]

I knew it was that bridge, lol. Nice catch.

[Eskimo]

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I don't think we have many Bowfin in New Jersey.
I know I never caught anything that looks like that.

I checked their range map and it looks like they don't live around me.


http://www.future-digital.com/aquarium_info/info_north_american_freshwater_fish/north_american_freshwater_fish_pics/Bowfin_map_479x383.gif

[zhitoman]

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I don't think we have many Bowfin in New Jersey.
I know I never caught anything that looks like that.

I checked their range map and it looks like they don't live around me.


http://www.future-digital.com/aquarium_info/info_north_american_freshwater_fish/north_american_freshwater_fish_pics/Bowfin_map_479x383.gif
You are in for a big surprize, brother. Delware is full of bowfins.

[gwl2oneida]

I believe theyre stocked in waywayanda state park in upper greenwood lake as well.

[june181901]

Used to catch them on the Little Pee Dee River behind Myrtle Beach AFB in South Carolina. Extremely powerful fish that could spool you.

[HerringKing]

My all time favorite fish to target! My spot got wiped out because people thought they were killing snakehead.

[Skunk City]

My all time favorite fish to target! My spot got wiped out because people thought they were killing snakehead.

What a shame!! I see lots of guys screwing the ID up.

[gwl2oneida]

Hey zhitoman, i mugged your spot this morning but came up dry. A few nice pickeral by the vineyard though.

[zhitoman]

Hey zhitoman, i mugged your spot this morning but came up dry. A few nice pickeral by the vineyard though.
Really?? But they were biting non stop before! I mean every 10-15 minutes I had to grab my pole. What did you use for bait?

[gwl2oneida]

I was using gulp grubs. It was also early morning and raining. No luck there but 2 nice picmeral by the vineyard.

[MisterTwister]

I caught a 12.5 pounder last year up in Ontario and let me tell you if fought HARD. The guide soon after beat it to death in the boat with an anchor - lot of blood involved. Pretty gruesome, but apparently they're a predatory fish and kill off large amounts of bass and even pike. The game wardens up there tell everyone to kill them if they are caught. A really cool fish though, and one of the best freshwater fighters.http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad32/sapes_a/IMG_0628.jpg (http://s919.photobucket.com/user/sapes_a/media/IMG_0628.jpg.html)

[JDTuna]

I caught a 12.5 pounder last year up in Ontario and let me tell you if fought HARD. The guide soon after beat it to death in the boat with an anchor - lot of blood involved. Pretty gruesome, but apparently they're a predatory fish and kill off large amounts of bass and even pike. The game wardens up there tell everyone to kill them if they are caught. A really cool fish though, and one of the best freshwater fighters.http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad32/sapes_a/IMG_0628.jpg (http://s919.photobucket.com/user/sapes_a/media/IMG_0628.jpg.html)

Nice fish! Its a shame that the guide killed it. I would doubt any game wardens would recommend killing them as they are a native species and definitely coexist with bass and pike throughout their range. I sincerely doubt they would have any effect on the bass/pike populations.

[MisterTwister]

I would doubt any game wardens would recommend killing them as they are a native species and definitely coexist with bass and pike throughout their range. I sincerely doubt they would have any effect on the bass/pike populations.
That's what we were told, however maybe it was more of a personal vendetta our guide had with the fish :D

[Basstrackerhp]

Here is one I got last year at Waywayanda. I was using a frog in the pads and
he just smashed it thought I had a 10lb bass the way it fought. Very aggressive fish.

Harvey

[zhitoman]

Here is one I got last year at Waywayanda. I was using a frog in the pads and
he just smashed it thought I had a 10lb bass the way it fought. Very aggressive fish.

Harvey
Which lake was that? Are they abundant there?

[Basstrackerhp]

Waywayanda State Park. There is supposed to a lot of them in there but
that was the only one I have caught. I am targeting bass though. I do know
other people who have caught them.

[lunkertaker]

Yeah, I caught one in FLA and thought it was a snakehead...NO a bowfin...cool fish