bowfin pic

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Yesterday I caught a male bowfin, 3 warmouth, 3 largemouth bass and 12 bluegills with a 1/32 oz green leadhead jig and 1" chartreuse twister tail on 2 lb test line in a Central Jersey beaver pond. The bowfin had bright green fins and tail markings indicating that it was a male. Its mouth was deformed. 2 beavers were swimming together nearby and simultaneously slapped their tails and dove underwater at exactly the same time twice.