Very cool to see a bowfin on a lure. Now that I see your location and this pic, I think I'll have to try a spot I know down there with lures to see if I can intentionally catch one like that!
Long time ago as a young man I tossed lures, mostly in lakes for bass and northern. Got a good handful of nice bowfin on all sorts of lures. Spinnerbaits like this guy did, rattle traps and even on a weighless plastic worm once. Someday I'd really like to catch one thru the ice. Seen it happen only once before.
There's a field and stream video about fly fishing for them with poppers. I don't know how common that is or how many spots it works in, but they caught one in the video.
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Graceclaw
Fri, 03/08/2019 - 14:49
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Very cool to see a bowfin on a lure. Now that I see your location and this pic, I think I'll have to try a spot I know down there with lures to see if I can intentionally catch one like that!
Dr Flathead
Fri, 03/08/2019 - 14:54
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Long time ago as a young man
Long time ago as a young man I tossed lures, mostly in lakes for bass and northern. Got a good handful of nice bowfin on all sorts of lures. Spinnerbaits like this guy did, rattle traps and even on a weighless plastic worm once. Someday I'd really like to catch one thru the ice. Seen it happen only once before.
RiviereCachee
Fri, 03/08/2019 - 19:25
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We catch them ocasionally
We catch them ocasionally while casting spinnerbaits for bass in the backwater channels.
SomewhereDownstream
Fri, 03/08/2019 - 17:44
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Flyfishing for bowfin?
There's a field and stream video about fly fishing for them with poppers. I don't know how common that is or how many spots it works in, but they caught one in the video.
SomewhereDownstream