Bowfin fishing??

[crappieperchhunter]

You'd have to eat it while the water's still pretty cold, i'd imagine. Anything that lives in shallow/warm water usually has mushy meat. Largemouth from deep water in the fall are wonderfully delicious.

I'm sure your right Rich. I have only had largies from shallow waters in the heat of summer. I have however had smallies in May from "up north" where there is no closed season and they where awesome.

[aplumma]

Take them and cut them into boneless chunks soak in milk and lemon juice for 4 to 6 hours. Flour then egg dip them then fish fry mix and deep fry them. MMMMM MMMM good. You can make any fish taste bad if you cook it wrong lol.

 

 

Art

[Ben_Daniels]

They're in the Toronto Islands, I've caught a few using bass lures. They put up a GREAT fight. You can see them guarding schools of fry in the spring, cool thing to see. They also have awesome colors when they're spawning!

[davey buoy]

Maybe this will be the year for me?,sounds like a awesome fight.

[jimmer]

Waubashene has some good ones. We did catch some out of Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park up by Killbear. I don't think they are any good to eat though. They eat everything.

[Gerritt]

Ugly looking suckers

[MCTFisher9120]

I have many pictures with those suckers, biggest ones were in the 7lb range for me. Here is one from last summer frogging off shore one evening. was in the Gananoque area, they love slop frogs the dam things. Always get me excited thinking I hooked into a giant largie but then I realize I have a giant dogfish on the line. North Kingston lakes, shallow water look for slop and pads...

 

Edited April 17, 2013 by MikeTheBassFisher

[knightfisher]

Caught two bowfin In Caledonia from shore by the dam, about two pounds.

 

Also caught two bowfins in the Ausable river that goes through the Pinery near London.

Those ones were eight and nine pounds and fought like pikes.

 

All four were caught with dead minnows under a float.

 

I was targeting pike