snagged Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 first of, are bowfin the same as snakehead? I caught one today on the lakeshore and didn't know weather to kill it or put it back. I wasn't sure so I put it back. I remember hearing that they are invasive and the MNR wanted us to discard them if caught. Can anyone shed some light? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Not the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Lots of images on the net. Similar personalities but fairly easy to distinguish between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Thanks for the pictures. I definately caught a bowfin today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Stick your hand in its mouth. You get back more than a wrist its a bowfin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfisher Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Bowfin's have a gular plate (which is handy for holding on to them), snakeheads don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millhouse2020 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 I did not know they were harvested for their caviar. They are definately a primitive fish that has survived with little change for a very long time. They can breath air, like the snakehead. To me they closely resemble a coelacanth which a 400 million year old fish thought to be long extinct until a specimen was discovered in 1938 off the coast of south africa. Aparantly the locals had caught them periodically for some time and thought nothing of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowfin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 If you can get your lure out of there mouths and still have 5 fingers it is a bowfin. Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RsX Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 i caught a snakehead at the islands and damn the teeth on those things crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 i caught a snakehead at the islands and damn the teeth on those things crazy The Toronto Islands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 The Toronto Islands? Is, so, it was probably a bowfin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GYPSY400 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 To my knowledge, there is no snakeheads in Ontario.. Once they arrive, we are all screwed.. Those things eat everything!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfisher Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Kinda like how the Potomac has really taken a beating from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GYPSY400 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Kinda like how the Potomac has really taken a beating from them I googled Potomac since I didn't know what your referring too.. It seems as though they have a snakehead tournament and all caught fish must be killed immediately .. Well that's one way to deal with the problem!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 i caught a snakehead at the islands and damn the teeth on those things crazy Ya, apparently there are no snakeheads found in Ontario. It is too cold. Lots in the Potomac around Washington, D.C. however. Apparently they eat them where they originally exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snidley Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 They are very tasty apparently. The Potomac is not loaded with them but they are there to be caught. They actually have a decent fight to them and many anglers like catching them, except for the teeth. A nuisance for Bass anglers similar to hammer handles here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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