Posted By: olenarey87
Bowfin - 08/12/13 04:12 PM
First of all I'm not positive bowfin count as rough fish so sorry if this is in the wrong section.
I caught my first bowfin today (by accident). I was fishing next to some good cover with cut sunfish and that thing hit my bait like a freight train. It was a blast. Only like 3-4 pounds I'm guessing, maybe 5. I thought I was pulling in a 10-15 pound flathead. It was a good fight and I released the fish to fight another day.
I had some questions about it though seeing as I have zero experience with them:
1) are they any good to eat?
2) if try are good to eat, what is the legal size? I didn't see anything about bowfin on the TPWD site.
3) if not good to eat, are they legal to cut up and use as bait?
The answers to these questions might be on TPWD but I did not see them in my quick search. I did notice bowfin isn't listed as a game fish so does this mean its fair game?
Thanks for any info.
I caught my first bowfin today (by accident). I was fishing next to some good cover with cut sunfish and that thing hit my bait like a freight train. It was a blast. Only like 3-4 pounds I'm guessing, maybe 5. I thought I was pulling in a 10-15 pound flathead. It was a good fight and I released the fish to fight another day.
I had some questions about it though seeing as I have zero experience with them:
1) are they any good to eat?
2) if try are good to eat, what is the legal size? I didn't see anything about bowfin on the TPWD site.
3) if not good to eat, are they legal to cut up and use as bait?
The answers to these questions might be on TPWD but I did not see them in my quick search. I did notice bowfin isn't listed as a game fish so does this mean its fair game?
Thanks for any info.