What is it. Have any of y’all ever caught one? Is it fresh water or saltwater fish? Is it good to eat? What kind of bait does it like?
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺
hacksaw wrote:
What is it. Have any of y’all ever caught one? Is it fresh water or saltwater fish? Is it good to eat? What kind of bait does it like?
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺
Choupique or Bowfin. Have caught on artificial worms in freshwater and yes I have eaten them. We make fish patties and pan fry them.
hacksaw wrote:
What is it. Have any of y’all ever caught one? Is it fresh water or saltwater fish? Is it good to eat? What kind of bait does it like?
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺
Bowfin , catch them here by accident when bass fishing. Either live bait or rubber worms. Official opinion is they're invasive species, kill them if caught. They fight good but supposedly will wipe out bass population by eating eggs and fry, 10x more than any native species will. Have never tried to eat one.
Gordon
Loc: Charleston South Carolina
Never heard of it, never caught one but now i know what it is. Still learning
Thanks yall
That's a bowfin for sure - we don't have those out here. I don't think they dwell much west of the Mississippi. Never ate one or caught one.
never got one in my area. But im southwest of you. Looks like others are way more knowledgeable than I on this site
It is a bowfin. I’ve caught them from down south to Canada the Canadians call them dogfish
Never ran into one of those.
I've never caught one. Sounds like some of these other fish trying to take over
Lee626
Loc: Brick NJ [ near the Jersey shore ]
Never saw one of those before, guess they don't have them near me
Down here and probably in Louisiana we call them Grinnell. They fight like hell and the guy who introduced them to me made Grinnell balls out of them full of Cajun spices, then deep fried them. They were a little larger than hush puppies and were delicious. I wish I had his receipe but he passed away a few years ago. They look prehistoric to me. I did not know they eat bass roe. Thanks for the different history on them.
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺
Definitely a Bowfin! I've caught plenty on Florida's Harris Chain of Lakes while fishing for bass. Caught a 16 pounder right off my dock and wow did it fight hard!! Thought it might be a Florida record size Bowfin, so, filled a 50 gal garbage can with water, put the fish in it and looked up record Bowfin. And, it was 3 lb shy... Record was 19 lb. Most of the time we kill them, but I put this back in the water so he could grow up🤣!!
We call ‘em Mudfish down here in SC. When you catch ‘em, you need to blues em out immediately. These fish differ greatly though if you catch it in stagnant water (etc.... lakes, ponds....) or if you catch it in running water (etc.... rivers, streams...). When they come out of running water they are really mushy meat, and those caught in lakes and ponds the meat is firm and white/yellow tint.... but they eat about like a catfish.. just keep in mind that as soon as you catch it, cut it behind the gills and bleed the fish ASAP!!! Frying the fish in nuggets is thee best way I think to cook it
John D
Loc: Duncanville Alabama
Fredfish,
Down south they’re called bowfin, grindles, mud fish & several other names such as cypress trout. Scientific name is Amia calva. They aren’t considered invasive as for as I know. They are “living” dinosaurs. Down here we use yellow or white spinner baits such as the snag less Sally. I’ve also caught them on buzz baits. They are a riot to catch but have a an arsenal of baits because they are rough on baits. They’re pretty good to eat fresh out of the frying pan but ooze oil when you let them get cold. They’ve been around for literally eons.
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