7LikesWhat kind of fish is this?
11-08-2018, 05:53 PM
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What kind of fish is this?
Caught this on a plastic worm in a northeast Florida pond.
11-08-2018, 06:01 PM
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Grinnell
in Louisiana we call those Grinnell.
11-08-2018, 06:03 PM
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I somehow manage to catch them on 4lb line with tiny beetle spins.
11-08-2018, 06:08 PM
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Bowfin
Some call them mud fish.
We usually catch them when we are bass fishing (North Florida).
Some call them mud fish.
We usually catch them when we are bass fishing (North Florida).
11-08-2018, 06:10 PM
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Bowfin, I had the all tackle record for a while. Not many folks eat them, but they are fun to catch.
11-08-2018, 06:19 PM
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Good swordfish bait.
11-08-2018, 06:28 PM
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I just started bass fishing, well other than when I was like 12yrs old. Caught that thing as by catch.
11-08-2018, 07:24 PM
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Some guides refer to them as "Cypress Bass". 
11-08-2018, 07:31 PM
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Nasty, bony
11-08-2018, 08:25 PM
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We called them Mudfish too.
11-09-2018, 03:51 AM
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Mud fish but they are similar to a snake head.
11-09-2018, 03:51 AM
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Snake heads are a south Florida invasive fish
11-09-2018, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by peacemon
We called them Mudfish too.
And just in case you were thinking about it, NO!!, they aren't worth a SHIT to eat and I don't care what you do to them.
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Last edited by FishLife; 11-09-2018 at 05:39 AM.
11-09-2018, 05:14 AM
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When I was a kid, my parents would cook anything I brought home from fishing. I brought a bowfin home once, which, of course, they cooked for supper. It was like fishy mashed potatoes with needles in it. Nasty.
11-09-2018, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by bulldogfishin
Snake heads are a south Florida invasive fish
11-09-2018, 07:57 AM
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11-09-2018, 09:06 AM
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A mud fish my kid caught flipped my Costas out of the boat.
11-09-2018, 09:12 AM
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Don't put your thumb in his mouth that's for sure. Mean SOB's with razor teeth.
