bobad, I've read several comments stating that Bowfin is good to eat. Like any fish the diet and water quality have an influence. If they don't reproduce well in ponds that could mean I can use them to help control WM numbers without fear that they'll overpopulate.

I think they're really beautiful:


And here's an interesting article about BF from ESPN

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tv/columns/story?columnist=sutton_keith&page=g_col_sutton_bowfin