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02/03/08 03:26 AM
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smokepole
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anyone know if there are any bowfin in Lake Waco?
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Re: bowfin
[Re: EarlG]
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02/03/08 01:37 PM
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kingfish_1970
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Why?Do you think you caught one?Or do you want to catch one?
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Re: bowfin
[Re: kingfish_1970]
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02/03/08 05:12 PM
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John175☮
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Lake Fork has a ton of em. Nasty little creatures!  
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Re: bowfin
[Re: John175☮]
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02/03/08 06:37 PM
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texcajun
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I'd venture to say just about every lake in Texas has a population of bowfin. Some lakes have more than others. It's hard to target only bowfin, most are caught by mistake, usually while bass fishing. They hit the same stuff bass will hit. If you decide to target them and actually catch one, please admire it and return it. They cause no more harm to their domain than bass do. Cool fish and have had many an angler thinking they just hooked the biggest bass of their lives.
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Re: bowfin
[Re: texcajun]
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02/03/08 07:13 PM
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Starless
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Yeah, very cool fish. I'd love to catch one!
They are definitely far more common the further East you go in Texas.
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Re: bowfin
[Re: Starless]
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02/03/08 07:25 PM
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bassman1
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Yeah, very cool fish. I'd love to catch one!
They are definitely far more common the further East you go in Texas. Just make sure you don't try to lip it...
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Re: bowfin
[Re: texcajun]
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02/03/08 07:37 PM
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Cameron
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They cause no more harm to their domain than bass do. Tell my $75 3:16 wake bait about that. Bowfin broke the tail off and twisted the joints so bad it won't swim straight anymore.
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Re: bowfin
[Re: Cameron]
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02/03/08 10:28 PM
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M3talH3ad
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They cause no more harm to their domain than bass do. Tell my $75 3:16 wake bait about that. Bowfin broke the tail off and twisted the joints so bad it won't swim straight anymore. lol they will definately tear things up as far as fishing equipment goes... ive had many a mishapen hooks after catching one. 75.00 for a lure? wow....
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Re: bowfin
[Re: M3talH3ad]
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02/03/08 11:05 PM
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LoneStarCarper
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RESPECT...
a fish that will destroy (and I didnt know there was such a thing...and to think in my bass days I was proud of my 6 12" AC plugs at $25 each....tells you how long I have been carp fishing) a $75 bass lure?!?!?!?!?! post a pic of the trashed one!
very cool fish...I was witness to one on a flyrod...we where targeting them..belive it or not....and that thing was a beast!!
there ugly,slimy,distempered and have teeth...whats not to like??
now on to the post topic...I have never seen them in lake waco....
I did catch a really large Pacu there...only one I have caught in texas....
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Re: bowfin
[Re: LoneStarCarper]
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02/04/08 12:29 AM
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smokepole
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a friend asked about it, i told him no, he thought that there might be. Who knows?
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Re: bowfin
[Re: smokepole]
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02/04/08 12:49 AM
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gotreal formerly known as getreal
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yup   if ye aint been skunked, ye aint been fishing! <<al einstene IAMCOUNTRY texas made lures. getcha some 
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Re: bowfin
[Re: LoneStarCarper]
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02/04/08 12:35 PM
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Bob Smith
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I fished a tournament a number of years ago on Richland-Chambers. The gentleman in the back of my boat had bad eyesight and a nasty habit of throwing over me, clean past the trolling motor and the front of the boat. I tried to teach him how to pitch and flip as we were fishing a narrow creek channel with little pockets (looking for bedding fish). It didn't matter, he would always go back to casting. So as we rounded a small bend in the channel I spotted a big old Grinnel nestled up next to a stump, almost on the bank. I told this fine old Gentleman that there was big old Bass right up by that stump. In one of his best casts of the day, that spinnerbait almost hit that grinnel on the head. Needless to say it was an offering too great for that fish to pass up, and the fight was on! He kept yelling get the net, GET THE NET! I told him, nah! you figure out how to get him off! I went back to fishing and managed to get the water in front of the boat to myself for a while. I warned him not to lip the fish, and after he got it up the boat and saw why, he ended up cutting the bait off and let the fish swim away with it. Mean and Ugly, and full of fight! 
Last edited by Bob Smith; 02/04/08 12:37 PM. Reason: spelling and missing words!
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