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Bowfin? #109722 02/28/08 04:30 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 101 Starkville, Mississippi T tjstubbs OP Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
OP tjstubbs Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker T Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 101 Starkville, Mississippi	Has anyone ever used bowfin as a predator species? Fisheries Biologist Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks "Success is often overlooked because it dresses up in overalls and disguises itself as work."

Re: Bowfin? tjstubbs #109725 02/28/08 06:10 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida G GW Lunker
GW Lunker G Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,287 Central florida	No, but I love the idea of it. $\:\)$ Beautiful fish.

Re: Bowfin? GW #109736 02/28/08 08:28 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,513 Likes: 271 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,513 Likes: 271 Miss.	They occur naturally in our oxbow lakes. We shocked one up in a newly purchased pond and Greg took it to Bass Pro for the aquarium. There are AFS studies on the subject also.

Re: Bowfin? ewest #111831 03/17/08 08:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 285 Birch Run, MI R rexcramer Lunker
rexcramer Lunker R Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 285 Birch Run, MI	They are the meanest fish I have ever come across. I have no idea if they taste good, but they are very very hardy. If you ever decided to get rid of them you would need to pump the pond dry or poison it.

Re: Bowfin? rexcramer #111871 03/18/08 08:58 AM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 285 Southern Illinois (KY border) J Jeff Walker Lunker
Jeff Walker Lunker J Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 285 Southern Illinois (KY border)	Check out this site if your interested in Bowfin. http://www.bowfinanglers.com Lots of info on them and even several recipes. There is a local lake around here loaded with these guys. When it was to hot to catch much else, we would head over there and fish the spillways for them. Incredible fight. Caught more 5-10lbs than I can count as a kid. Had no idea you could eat them. Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish. Mark Twain