Caught this Saturday at Cedar Creek? Is it a grinnell or bowfin?

yes,it is.

MO

Grinnell

thanks. Toothy critters. Put up a good fight too. Thought I had won the tourny until I saw him.

Nice bowfin.

I always say that when people are fishing for fish they're not going to eat (i.e, Largemouth Bass) and they catch a fish that swallowed their lure, and gives them a great fight, they should still be pleased.

I also always say that if they are fishing a tournament, they may want to cuss bowfins to no end.

Nice catch anyway, how did you fare in the tourney?

I had 1 keeper in the tourny, about 15.5". ad two nice ones hooked up but lost them both, other then that I caught 3 sandies, 1 cat, the bowfin and another fish I have no idea what it was. It was shaped like a sandie but it was blue. Maybe a large shad, it was about 1 lb or so.

Is it a grinnell or bowfin? - They are one in the same.

Grinnel, bowfin, choupique! That fish goes by many names, some of which can't be printed here. One of the best fighting fish around and they absolutely deserve your respect.

The "best" name for a bowfin I know is lawyerfish.

Both.

When fishing for fun, I would RATHER catch several of these than under slot bass any day of the week!

Funny...I caught one about the same size at Cypress Springs Saturday evening. Never caught one before. Only knew what it was because I had seen someone post here about catching one before. Was draggin a shakey head worm on a small slider head at the time. Was a good fight on light tackle.

Good fighters, great fun. They will however rip up a lure. Bent hooks and ruined skirts are common.

dude i caught one on Palestine in Kickapoo creek that was at least an honest 12lbs, i was flipping a sweet beaver with a 1oz tungsten in the grass and catching a couple bass then i hooked a monster i knew it was i 10lb bass but i was wrong it was a huge bowfin, fun though

Caught one that was around 10lbs in Florida I thought I had hooked the world record until I saw him... I was disappointed. But still a very fun fight.

+1

Hooked up to about an 8 lber a few years back and as soon as I hooked up I yelled for the net. Thought I had a world record also, haha. Great fighters.

So....are they any good on the table??

Looks like a cypress bass to me.

coonazz

where u at, shaa?

Nice fish, there fight almost can't be beat!

We used to eat em back on the bayou...but we will eat anything.

Man, cher, dats what we call a "shoepick" in Louisiana, LOL.

i hooked one at Fork a couple of weekends ago. Man that thing fought! It was in shallow water and that thing was going crazy on my chatterbait!! It tore my chatterbait up!!! Had to get the pliers out to fix it.... luckily it got off at the boat..

SNAKEHEAD

Both are one and the same. Bowfin Grinnell.

I look forward to catching a bowfin, never have any luck. Stupid green trash fish get in the way.... lol The "blue" fish was probably a drum. 2 species I've been targetting and can't seem to catch this year. Guess I should try fishing for bass. Nice surprise even if it didn't weigh.

Amia calva (Limmaeus) Cypress trout,

Definitely not a snakehead lol. Bowfin are a native Texas species.

My tourney partner hooked one on Fork last month, went over 30" long. looked like a Pike because of its sheer size

Wow. I bet that was fight.

That thing is massive. Nice catch

Thanks for the pic. Would like to catch one some day.

Bowfin. Caught a few bigs ones at Fork. Best fighting freshwarter fish I have caught.

Don't lip him you will be sorry. Mouth full of teeth.

Grinell caviar is woop but on a stale cracker.

we caught alot of grinnel at the sunken bridges on Lake Palestine when I was a kid about thirty years ago. They were much darker, same shape, the fins were a dark green with the long dorsal fin going the lenght of the fish. Awesome fighters!

The state record came out of Fork. I believe it was 24 pounds and caught on a rattletrap back in the 90s.