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BOWFIN #15253 06/19/06 10:00 AM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 56 NJ USA M masterbasser OP Member
OP masterbasser Member M Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 56 NJ USA	Saw my first one ver this weekend. Does anyone stock them? Why or why not?

Re: BOWFIN #15254 06/19/06 11:15 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 764 Sioux Falls, SD N Norm Kopecky Lunker
Norm Kopecky Lunker N Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 764 Sioux Falls, SD	masterbasser, I don't think anyone does. Others will provide more details than I can. In my opinion, we are just moving past the LMB and BG thinking and into other "gamefish". We haven't moved into recognizing the value of and use of "non-game species". We had a thread (maybe some can find it for masterbasser) that mentioned a club for people that like to fish for gar and bowfin. Common carp are considered the number one freshwater game fish in the world but few people appreciate them in this country. Norm Kopecky

Re: BOWFIN #15255 06/19/06 11:29 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker
Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana	Someone I believe in Minnesota is raising them for their "caviar." No kidding! Not just sturgeon and paddlefish! Sorry no links but maybe if you do a google search. Here's an interesting link I found really quick: http://www.nativefish.org/articles/Bowfin_Culture.php If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: BOWFIN #15256 06/20/06 08:36 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 823 S.E. Iowa M Matt Clark Lunker
Matt Clark Lunker M Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 823 S.E. Iowa	Well, I'll admit I've seen someone try to clean one of them things...it wasn't pretty. They tend to slime up REAL bad, and it won't quit. Far as fighting goes, they're awful feisty, however, they're major predators, so if you don't mind competition with your CC, LMB or Eyes, go for it. In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times. My wife figures I'm due to die any day now...

Re: BOWFIN #15257 06/20/06 09:09 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 50 Tampa, FL S sebof Member
sebof Member S Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 50 Tampa, FL	http://www.bowfinanglers.com/