Bowfin are aggressive as all get out! Even if they don't eat their prey immediately they can shred a chunk out of anything they decide looks like a meal, with that mouth full of teeth.

I don't know how many I've caught on artificial lures while bass fishing, but the lure is typically useless afterward.

.10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!