While on a recent fishing trip, I had an unexpected surprise, bowfins seem to like vienna sausage.
Bowfin, also known as Grindle, Grinnel, Mud Fish and Cypress bass are considered a trash fish by a lot of people. There is something about the meat so that it can not be frozen. If the meat is frozen, it crumbles.
I threw some juglines out in a slough that was maybe 8 feet deep. Came back an hour later only to find 2 bowfins on 2 different jugs.
Keep your fingers away from the mouth of the bowfin, they have teeth. Bowfins are one of the few freshwater fish with teeth.
The lines on the jugs were anywhere from 2 - 8 feet deep.
I was using Circle hooks instead of regular J hooks. The circle hook causes the hook not to get hung in the stomach of the fish. The hook is swallowed, comes back out, then gets caught in the mouth of the fish.
