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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/03 09:47:13
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BehrendFisher
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/03 19:47:58
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I just looked up pictures of a bowfin and it did look alot like one. Are they common around presque isle and how big do they get around here? Creepy looking little bugger
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/03 20:06:18
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Not too common but dont tell that to Mr.Slickfish. ![](https://forums.fishusa.com/upfiles/smiley/s2.gif) He seems to find em every year. Better yet they find him ![](https://forums.fishusa.com/upfiles/smiley/s3.gif) Ive only caught 1 my entire life fishing. That was 7 years ago and at the time I had no idea what it was. Im hoping to hook up and land another one sometime soon. That being the next 7 years. As far as the size,they seem to average 5 to 7 pounds. Ive seen pics of Slick's that hes caught. Prehistoric lookin things. Slick you still gots that pic?, if so post it up duud.
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BehrendFisher
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/03 20:29:13
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yeah it almost seemed as though it was watching me, then it slinked off into the deeper water. im going out tomorrow morning or afternoon if its raining when i get up. stopped at gander mtn and picked up some new toys this evening.
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Mr.Slickfish
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/04 00:24:12
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SHould ya whack one...fair warning...they bite...got lots o teef too
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Nbobich
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/04 12:19:06
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Slick isnt that a bowfin?
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/04 12:22:56
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I watched River Monsters this week about snakeheads. they showed a map of the snakeheads range and Pa was totally covered. I wonder if erie has any snakeheads, never heard of any. ~fish
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Mr.Slickfish
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/04 13:09:13
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yup...one of my favorite ugly fish.
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/04 17:10:40
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Went out around 11am today. Got 6 or 7 bass with 2 of them being pretty nice sized. Plastics seemed to work the best today, maybe because of all the chop on the surface. Had trouble hooking fish with my plastic setup though, probably had 5-7 fish completely engulf my bait and still didnt get a good hookup on them. Also saw 3 more bowfin today, two of them were pretty big looking and I also caught this picture of what appears to be one spawning. He was completely surrounded by weeds in about 4 inches of water.
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/04 18:09:54
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Nice fish!! Big ole fin right there! sweet
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/07 00:49:22
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The male's mouth and underbelly turn an ungodly flourescent green during the spawn. I've always wanted to catch one while they were glowing, but never have.
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/07 01:06:51
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The one in the picture had a pretty bright spot near its tail, but that may be there all the time. It was acting kinda weird like it was sitting on a nest, I poked at it with my rod and it didnt flinch. It took off when I kicked it though
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RE: Wading Presque Isle
2010/05/07 02:08:25
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ORIGINAL: Mr.Slickfish SHould ya whack one...fair warning...they bite...got lots o teef too Look at da turd cutter on dat one ..
post edited by Dream Catcher - 2010/05/07 02:10:23
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