Fishin' 2022

[Principal Skinr]

Went to the river this afternoon. Figured I'd try to find some catfish.
Hooked into a few of these instead, one got off and it was easily the biggest one I had ever hooked into View attachment 208709 View attachment 208710 .

What is it?

 

[two70]

What is it?

Bowfin is the official name but they are known by quite a few different names colloquially depending on where you are.

 

[klausm]

Bowfin is the official name but they are known by quite a few different names colloquially depending on where you are.

dogfish around here

 

[two70]

dogfish around here

They are often called pond grinnel in southern Indiana.

One of the outdoor rags had an interesting article on the origin of many of the names for bowfin several years ago. I searched for it online but wasn't able to find anything.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Dogfish, Mudfish or swamp muskie are what I hear around here.

 

[Creedmoor]

My oldest son and I kayaked Sardis lower lake in MS Monday. There isn't a size limit there, just the 15 creel limit for crappie. I had a double jig set up on my 4 rods and kept 11 that were 9 to 14 inches. He had 2 rods with single jigs and was casting crank baits with the 3rd. He kept 9 crappie and 4 bass. 9 of the 14 catfish we caught were big enough and given to others.

One of my aunts lives on the upper.

 

[KokomoDave]

These things will eat anything they can fit in their mouth.

I used to know a few gals just like that!
We used call them: Gulpers!

 

[MinuteManMike]

Watched a video just a few days ago that said Bowfin meat is weird, like jelly-ish?

 

[tmschuller]

Have the grandkids at the beach and the middle one loves to fish. Just playing in the surf with a sabiki rig(small lures on a line) baited with fish bites and she’s been catching Atlantic whiting and mullet in the surf this morning. Then a storm rolled in and we’re off to eat breakfast. Headed to the pier this afternoon.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Have the grandkids at the beach and the middle one loves to fish. Just playing in the surf with a sabiki rig(small lures on a line) baited with fish bites and she’s been catching Atlantic whiting and mullet in the surf this morning. Then a storm rolled in and we’re off to eat breakfast. Headed to the pier this afternoon. View attachment 209060 View attachment 209061

That's a good picture with the storm front in the background.

 

[tmcindy]

Have the grandkids at the beach and the middle one loves to fish. Just playing in the surf with a sabiki rig(small lures on a line) baited with fish bites and she’s been catching Atlantic whiting and mullet in the surf this morning. Then a storm rolled in and we’re off to eat breakfast. Headed to the pier this afternoon. View attachment 209060 View attachment 209061

Wow! That's a doozy of a storm coming in.

 

[KokomoDave]

Ahem! I like fishing too!! Hint-hint

 

[tmschuller]

Ahem! I like fishing too!! Hint-hint

Well I’m leaving tomorrow morning but next time??!
We were rained/stormed out at the pier and just got in from the beach and the kids caught about 20 whiting on the sabiki rig. Sometimes 2-3 fish at a time

 

[tmschuller]

 

[Bill2905]

Dogfish, Mudfish or swamp muskie are what I hear around here.

We called them dogfish when I was a kid growing up in Ohio

 

[Chase515]

Caught a couple whiting and a couple remora on the beach in gulf shores fishing for pompano earlier this week. Had a nasty storm blow in and shut us down fishing for a day. Loud thunder and close lighting for 12 hours Tuesday night Wednesday morning. Made it to the gulf shores pier Wednesday right after dinner. Kid on the pier gave away a Spanish mackerel to a meth head. Meth head hooked it up by the tail and tossed it in front of a shark. No luck catching any fish after the shark went crazy.

 

[tmcindy]

God durn, tying a fluorocarbon leader to a braided line ain't NEAR as easy as they make it look. Finally got it. Thank God almighty!

 

[tmcindy]

Spent half a day getting all my new fishing gear ready. Pretty much all done. My new rod came today as well. What an awesome rod. Can't wait to go fishin.

 

[tmcindy]

UGH! Tried to be cute and singe the loose ends of that leader knot with my lighter. Yeah, you guessed it. God damnit! lol Just got done re-tying a new, even better knot. Practice makes perfect.

 

[tmschuller]

UGH! Tried to be cute and singe the loose ends of that leader knot with my lighter. Yeah, you guessed it. God damnit! lol Just got done re-tying a new, even better knot. Practice makes perfect.

You tube has an easy knot for fluorocarbon or braid to monofilament. Quick and easy. Just practice tying it and it works. What I’ve been using for sometime.