This was sent to me for identification, but I don’t know
mudfish/bowfin/amia calva/dinosaur
Fun to fight…
miss’n fish’n
212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16
not many good recipes for that one…
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Originally posted by saltfishernot many good recipes for that one…
not in your circles…
Don’t try to lip one like a LM bass!
Semper Fi
18’ Sterling
115 Yamaha
Big Ugly Homemade Blue Push Pole
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Originally posted by jspach42This was sent to me for identification, but I don’t know
You ain’t from 'round here, are ya?
Ranger Bay 2000
Yamaha F150
Molon Labe!
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Extremely fun fish to bring in on a medium action rod and reel, catch them on the lake pretty frequently
They will leave tooth marks in a spinnerbait. Fight you all the way to the boat and then open their mouth and release the bait that they were holding. No head shaking throwing of the bait-they were just holding on. Mean critters. Bill Dance claims that if the bowfin had a better PR agent there would not be a Bassmasters!
They suck. They destroy lures, pop lines, eat gamefish, and have a bad attitude with teeth. Oh…and they don’t eat well. Anything else?
Yeap…that’s a nasty ole bowfin aka the mudfish. Use it for fertilizer. They are not much good for anything else.
2012 Skeeter ZX22 Bay
Yamaha 250 hp SHO
Minnkota Riptide 101
10 pounders in the lake at hickory hills.
Stonoman
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Originally posted by empty pocketsThey suck. They destroy lures, pop lines, eat gamefish, and have a bad attitude with teeth. Oh…and they don’t eat well. Anything else?
All that sounds fun to me! Love catching those.
Here’s a few recipes, though I’ve never tried them.
http://www.bowfinanglers.com/recipes.html
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles. ~Doug Larson
Malibu X-13
WS Pamlico 120 Angler
I don’t know why people bash mudfish. You just don’t know how to cook it. This was the fish we ate during the winter when I was growing up and I still prefer it any day to catfish.
You have to eat it fresh, if its not alive when you are cleaning it throw it away. Got to be cold too. You don’t want to eat them during summer months.
Some people talk about some catfish taste better than others. We would never eat a mudfish unless it was caught off Big Pee Dee or Little Pee Dee rivers. That might make a difference, don’t know.
To each his own.
18’ Hewes Bayfisher/115 4 Stroke Yamaha/6’Powerpole, etc
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Originally posted by empty pocketsThey suck. They destroy lures, pop lines, eat gamefish, and have a bad attitude with teeth. Oh…and they don’t eat well. Anything else?
You talking about fish or fishermen?
John
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Originally posted by Skeeter22Use it for fertilizer. They are not much good for anything else.
2012 Skeeter ZX22 Bay
Yamaha 250 hp SHO
Minnkota Riptide 101
Once again, you talking about fish or fishermen?
John
i think his name was fred, but cannot be sure without dental records, lol
Some People Create Their Own Storms And Then Cry When It Rains!
yep that was him Mr.Fred B.A. Mudfish,
Some People Create Their Own Storms And Then Cry When It Rains!
Def. a mudfish!! Any fish that you have to make in a stew or catch a certain time year and remember 15 steps to take for it to be good is a fish I don’t want to catch. After I caught my first one years ago, it was enough. Makes for good eel bait!!
17’ Key West
“Give a man a fish, feed him for a day…Teach a man to fish, he’ll probably be in your spot next time.”
LKJ
Old timers in my area used to net these fish in the winter months. (Four hole swamp) Everyone ate them and were a winter time prize. The summer months their flesh is soft like mud. I have tried some cooked fresh and its not bad. The filets cook up real light color almost white. I was told to darken the color of cooked filets you put the liver of the fish in the grease while frying. My opinion of the taste is almost as good as well prepared catfish but more rich in flavor. You would eat a few pieces and say not bad. Because of rich flavor a few pieces is all you want. Not surprised by most peoples replies. Times were tough back then people ate a lot of things people turn their nose up to today. They are high in mercury also.