Bowfin fish.
Dec 31, 2021 16:46:03 #
Jerdog
Loc: Central florida
Caught several of these at Henderson lake near Inverness Florida the other day. Is this a trash fish like a Carp or a eating fish. If eating quality how is it best prepared and cooked?
Dec 31, 2021 17:30:59 #
Jerdog wrote:
Caught several of these at Henderson lake near Inverness Florida the other day. Is this a trash fish like a Carp or a eating fish. If eating quality how is it best prepared and cooked?
got any pics?
Dec 31, 2021 17:54:05 #
We call them dog fish around here. I know they fight well, but most consider them trash fish. I have not eaten any.
Dec 31, 2021 17:58:48 #
SONOFASPUD
Loc: S E Virginia
In my opinion carp is edible if prepared properly and bowfin also known as grindle is not edible (unless you are very hungry). We tried one once - very mushy flesh even when overcooked+. They are an interesting fish - one of the oldest species known, related to the lung fish and will come to the surface and gulp air in low 02 water. Let us know if you try one. Adult beverages were involved in that particular fish fry. Happy New Year everyone !!!
Dec 31, 2021 19:35:31 #
Jerdog wrote:
Caught several of these at Henderson lake near Inverness Florida the other day. Is this a trash fish like a Carp or a eating fish. If eating quality how is it best prepared and cooked?
We call them “Choupique “. Pronounced shoepick. The smaller legal ones are good table fare. They harvest them for the roe.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nEoDrD-es
https://www.realcajunrecipes.com/recipe/priscilla-choupique-shoepick-patties/amp/
Dec 31, 2021 22:39:37 #
Well, I think you will be hard pressed to find anyone who eats bowfin, or shoe pics. Just Sayin...RJS
Dec 31, 2021 23:34:05 #
I don't knock what anybody eats. We all have different tastes. But that fish is so ugly I would never want it on my plate.
Jan 1, 2022 00:11:30 #
Jan 1, 2022 02:05:38 #
Grinnel is what we call em.
They will fight till the death and will destroy a spinnerbait to the point ya can’t fix it
Nasty , will try to bite you in the boat.
I’ve heard they are nasty to try and eat.
Not a fan of em.
Ya think you have an 8 pound large mouth on and it turns out to be this nasty beast.
I’m the same with pike , but I’ll occasionally keep a pike cause if done right , they are pretty darned tasty.
Try one. . Maybe a smallish one and let me know how they are.
They will fight till the death and will destroy a spinnerbait to the point ya can’t fix it
Nasty , will try to bite you in the boat.
I’ve heard they are nasty to try and eat.
Not a fan of em.
Ya think you have an 8 pound large mouth on and it turns out to be this nasty beast.
I’m the same with pike , but I’ll occasionally keep a pike cause if done right , they are pretty darned tasty.
Try one. . Maybe a smallish one and let me know how they are.
Jan 1, 2022 02:43:51 #
Seegundo
Loc: Lake s minole Georgia
I've heard of people grinding them and cooking them in small balls like Samon. Never had a hankering to eat one too many years and the bite of a Pitt bull
Jan 1, 2022 13:36:01 #
Sarl
Loc: Cntrl. FL
I occasionally caught these in Lake Champlain in Vermont, which generally does not have a muddy bottom, however, the bowfin tasted like mud when I tried to prepare it like you make a catfish. It would probably make excellent protein for your cats or dogs. But, they also fight like heck and you will enjoy getting them in.
Jan 1, 2022 14:06:36 #
Never eaten one but watched Cajun UTube (thanks FourchonLa): the filets certainly look great and Cajuns know a thing or two about good eating. We have bowfins in NC as well, and they are not highly regraded. Bowfins are highly predatory and great fighters. I feel their status should be elevated as a gamefish, regardless of local opinions as table fare.
Jan 1, 2022 15:11:26 #
MuskyHunter
Loc: Torrington, CT
Although not considered a good eating fish, they are actually a very prehistoric fish and they put up a great fight. They can actually breathe air. They should be released as they are an important part of the ecosystem (at least in my part of the country where they are native). They were stocked in some waters in the 1800s.
Very few fish are trash fish (my definition of trash fish is non-native fish that are harmful to the ecosystem such as carp and other invasive species).
Here is a photo of my wife with a bowfin of around 10 pounds:
Very few fish are trash fish (my definition of trash fish is non-native fish that are harmful to the ecosystem such as carp and other invasive species).
Here is a photo of my wife with a bowfin of around 10 pounds:
Jan 1, 2022 15:15:43 #
Seegundo
Loc: Lake s minole Georgia
They seem to be overpopulated on lake Seminole. In the spring it's hard to go fishing with a spinner bait and not encounter one of these prehistoric fish. In the summer you'll find one on a worm
Jan 1, 2022 15:16:38 #
Seegundo
Loc: Lake s minole Georgia
They seem to be overpopulated on lake Seminole. In the spring it's hard to go fishing with a spinner bait and not encounter one of these prehistoric fish. In the summer you'll find one on a worm
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