Fish liked todays dirty weather

[bigugli]

Won't tease bore you all with yet another perch report Despite the wind, drizzle, new moon , the bite was pretty steady. The morning was a light perch bite, but by about noon, the bigger fellas came out to play.

The bowfin slammed the bait as it hit water.

 

The catfish, on the other hand, were nibbling like dink perch. Just had to patiently wait up to 10 minutes before they would commit. Every one ended up lip hooked. Lots of fun on light tackle. These are a few of the many that were caught.

[bassmastermike]

Nice WTG thanks for the report !!!

[Leecher]

Great report and pics Bruce

Nice bowfin!!! Must of put up a great fight on light tackle

Good job and thanks for sharing

Leechman

[limeyangler]

Great report Bruce, looks like those fish gave a good battle.

 

I was fishing on Lake Erie about 6 years ago and we caught one of those Bowfin things...at least it looked similar.....do they also call them 'Dogfish'?

[bigugli]

I was fishing on Lake Erie about 6 years ago and we caught one of those Bowfin things...at least it looked similar.....do they also call them 'Dogfish'?

One and the same

[ohhenrygsr]

I hate DogFish Gross

[Zubris21]

Wish you had better pictures of the Bowfin. I've never seen one in person but would like to catch one just to say I have. They seem like they are a relatively rare species, but I'm told they can be caught in similar locations to largies?

[Mike Pike]

Now that's fishin'. A little bit of everything including a bowfin! That first pic looks like something out of a monster movie! I'm still looking forward to catching my first one.

Edited May 28, 2009 by Mike Pike

[BillM]

Those are nasty nasty fish, do not get your fingers close to them or say goodbye