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Bow Fish ??????? #5944345 03/12/11 01:30 PM
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My granSon caught this off my dock last night here on cedar Creek lake, I think it may be a bow fish but not sure , it was
27 inches long and weighed about 6 pounds, If not
a Bowfish, tell me wqhat it is, lol




Re: Bow Fish ??????? [Re: lakeman] #5944392 03/12/11 01:50 PM
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that is a bowfin. I caught one at CC last year. They fight hard don't they?




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Re: Bow Fish ??????? [Re: lakeman] #5944394 03/12/11 01:51 PM
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Re: Bow Fish ??????? [Re: Lannie Robertson] #5945649 03/12/11 11:52 PM
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Its bowfin

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Its bowfin
Your brave to put your thumb in it's mouth

Re: Bow Fish ??????? [Re: jdc93] #5945978 03/13/11 01:38 AM
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Here in north central mid west we call them "dog fish". further north, in Minnesota, they have a similar fish but without scales, has skin like a catfish and they call that one an "eelpout".

Both species are a very aggressive preditor fish and can consume numerous game fish in a days time.

We usually cut open their bellies and turn them loose. Turtles have to eat also.


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Re: Bow Fish ??????? [Re: bigdipper] #5946058 03/13/11 01:59 AM
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Its a female Bowfin, the males have a black spot on their tail.
Bowfin are a Native Texas Species.

They are predatory to other game fish, but they themselves fall victim to LMB, Turtles, Gators, Gars, and everything else.

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Originally Posted By: bigdipper
We usually cut open their bellies and turn them loose. Turtles have to eat also.


Illegal.


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Nice fish thumb I'd like to catch one of them one of these days


Re: Bow Fish ??????? [Re: bigdipper] #5952165 03/14/11 10:15 PM
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Nice Bowfin! A very cool, native Texas fish!

Originally Posted By: bigdipper

Both species are a very aggressive preditor fish and can consume numerous game fish in a days time.



That also describes largemouth bass, hybrid and stripped bass, and all three varieties of big game catfish.


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Re: Bow Fish ??????? [Re: Starless] #5952193 03/14/11 10:23 PM
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BTW, there is no Junior Bowfin record for Cedar Creek.


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