Posted By: BigHead248
First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 09:04 PM
Caught my first Bowfin today on Fork!!!
First Bowfin!
Posted By: RayBob
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 09:05 PM
pic no show
Posted By: BigHead248
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 09:06 PM
Posted By: BigHead248
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 09:07 PM
Posted By: RayBob
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 09:17 PM
I grew up hearing them called "Grinnel" or grindle. Also called Choupique (shoe-pick) by the Cajuns.
Have caught them over 10 lbs. Interesting side note they look amazingly like the invasive specie snakehead.
Have caught them over 10 lbs. Interesting side note they look amazingly like the invasive specie snakehead.
Posted By: Jarrett Latta
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 09:21 PM
They got some serious teeth. They make great catfish bait
Posted By: BigHead248
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 10:34 PM
Yeah it was definitely a toothy critter!
Posted By: 361V
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 10:59 PM
They will flat tear up a spinnerbait. No really tear it up!
Posted By: H2ODawg67
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 11:01 PM
Originally Posted By: 361V
They will flat tear up a spinnerbait. No really tear it up!
Yeah, a pitbull with fins. Might as well trash the spinnerbait when they get done with it.
Posted By: bradnitro175
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/15/17 11:16 PM
Bet you thought you had a toad for awhile.
Posted By: BigHead248
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/16/17 12:52 AM
Yeah until its tail broke the surface. Luckily I saw someone catch one on TV and remembered they had teeth. Otherwise I would have lipped it without a glove.
Originally Posted By: bradnitro175
Bet you thought you had a toad for awhile.
Posted By: Nathan_Flovin
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/16/17 01:01 AM
Originally Posted By: RayBob
I grew up hearing them called "Grinnel" or grindle. Also called Choupique (shoe-pick) by the Cajuns.
Have caught them over 10 lbs. Interesting side note they look amazingly like the invasive specie snakehead.
Have caught them over 10 lbs. Interesting side note they look amazingly like the invasive specie snakehead.
Posted By: fish4bass
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/16/17 01:32 AM
The state record is 17.65. I boated a #24 in 1989 on fork that I didn't know was a state record. Got a polaroid picture somewhere. They are usually colored up this time of year. Definitely better be ready for a fight if you bring it in the boat.
Posted By: nitroslim
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/16/17 03:33 AM
They will stay near their fry after the hatch protecting them. They will kill a jig also at that time.
Posted By: David Burton
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/16/17 03:43 AM
Originally Posted By: nitroslim
They will stay near their fry after the hatch protecting them. They will kill a jig also at that time.
...And a Shakey Head...
Posted By: Mike Keenan
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/16/17 04:27 AM
Yea I caught one on fork back in 89 on a rattletrap thought I had a whale on... I want to say Butch Ray pulled along side of us in little mustang and weighed it for me.. it went 18 pounds. It was nasty and slimy
Posted By: Space
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/16/17 01:14 PM
Saw my first one a couple of weeks ago.
Posted By: deucer02
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/16/17 03:32 PM
I saw a show on tv a year or so about cajuns harvesting the eggs for commercial sale as caviar. I didn't know there was a market for grinnel eggs.
Posted By: Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/16/17 08:20 PM
They love frogs....
Posted By: Rayzor
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/17/17 01:22 AM
Mean suckers!
Posted By: Bass Bug
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/17/17 01:32 AM
caught a few over the years, always thought they were a bass untill the last moment
Posted By: Brad R
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/17/17 01:33 AM
We have them up in the shallow water on Lake Athens. I pulled my kayak up on the bank one day and passed one in 3 feet of water while I was coming in for a landing. It was totally unconcerned that I was nearby. And, I often see them from the boat dock where they sort of rise up just below the surface like a submarine then slowly swim on by.
Cool looking, sort of prehistoric features!
Brad
Cool looking, sort of prehistoric features!
Brad
Posted By: TigersWhiteSon
Re: First Bowfin! - 04/20/17 07:28 PM
pretty cool looking fish there