What species?

That's a fish of many names. I know it at a grinnel. Some know it as a dogfish. Properly it's known as a bowfin.

They're cool fish. They're heavy eaters and can tolerate very warm, almost stagnant water. Some people think they're a trash fish and throw them on the bank to die, but they're good for the system, and should be treated as such. They're not a sport fish, but it doesn't make them garbage.

That's not a bad one!

Yes Bowfin. Pre-Historic fish goes way back in time. Nasty teeth in there hey iamfish?

Nice catch

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i believe they are good eating, from what i am told.

Bowfin, dogfish--->great fight!!!

nice bowfin, they are usually found right of the shore I'm talking inches off the shore you can catchem with nets! Never ate them...

bowfin.dogfish they do have some naste teeth i caught one last year on a spinner bait was shocked i always thought they ate dead fish

bowfin. look quite similar to a snakehead but are two diff species. snakeheads are not native while bowfim are.

thats a monster peks

Scientific name - Amia calva

Some of them get pretty big, all of them fight.
I've caught quite a few fishing from shore, but never one from the boat.
The canals on Harsen's Island are full of them.

QUOTE(Large Mouth Peks @ Jun 9 2009, 01:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nice Bow! Gotta love'm. They fight like a ton of bricks and they will hit about anything. And yes, they are MEAN, def watch them teeth.

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That looks like the same spot i caught my first Bowfin around 15 yrs ago, great spot for Carp too,nice one Peks.