Wirenut :
I've caught Bass, panfish & a red fin pickerel in there. Before you guys say red fins are not native to our watershed & it was prob a baby pike, I had a photo of the fish positvley ID'd the PAFBC. They didn't believe me when I told them where I caught it, but there are a few of them in there or was at least one !
I want to hit  the swamp again for Bowfin, trying to knock another species off of the list. 

hello mr grant :)P

Jeb, Cutbait is the way to go for the fins. They will hit live shiners and gills, on most days, but even on the slowest of slow days they always will hit something that is dead and stinky.

ORIGINAL: sunfishhunter

Jeb, Cutbait is the way to go for the fins. They will hit live shiners and gills, on most days, but even on the slowest of slow days they always will hit something that is dead and stinky.

are you talking bout catching a gill & cutting it up for bait or something else? also, never saw a bowfin ,what kind (size) of tackle do you use?

medium action spinning rod and 8 or 10lb test mono will do fine and if you want a bowfin then check your pms

jeb tried to pm you some info but your box is full let me know when there is room in it and i will pm you.

sorry my bad fellas dont mean to insult anyone i hate those dam bowfins never seen so mush slime in my life i think we could do wit out them just an opinion tho and for the record iv NERVER killed one personaly i cut my line and throw the back

Just one more fish in the sea....and yeah, lots in the swamp.
Certain sections of french crick, and Sugar & conneaut lakes...
Here's some info if anyone's interested... http://www.bowfinanglers.com/index.html
The recipes sound killer! Thanks for the link palerydr
*disclaimer* ~ as mentioned bowfin are a 'candidate species' in PA & must be released unharmed.
http://www.fishandboat.com/pafish/fishhtms/chap8.htm

ORIGINAL: streamerfisher1

jeb tried to pm you some info but your box is full let me know when there is room in it and i will pm you.

not sure what pm box is or how to do it, but if grand son shows me i will. also dont know bowfins, but went to minn. for eelpout contest last ice season , they are really slimy, so that won,t bother me. also,not afraid of snakes so no prob., unless some kinds are protected. dont want the MAN to fine me for having some rare snake in boat!!!

Just to be clear, I have never seen anywording (except for perhaps the quote)suggesting that you Must return bowfin.

the followed in a link to the LAW regarding endangered/threatened/candidate species and the wording is "Encouraged"...

in just about any OTHER waterway I would surely release a bowfin, these are Very rare catches... however the upper french creek and the lakes that at their headwaters clearly seem to be something of an exception.

this fish commission I think did a poor job on the wording on Chapter8.

ORIGINAL: Pork

Just one more fish in the sea....and yeah, lots in the swamp.
Certain sections of french crick, and Sugar & conneaut lakes...
Here's some info if anyone's interested... http://www.bowfinanglers.com/index.html
The recipes sound killer! Thanks for the link palerydr
*disclaimer* ~ as mentioned bowfin are a 'candidate species' in PA & must be released unharmed.
http://www.fishandboat.com/pafish/fishhtms/chap8.htm