Grennal catfish/ dog fish comments

[rocket rich]

I got a good one for you guy and gals, Has anyone ever been bitten by a fish. ??? This morning I hooked a grennal cat on a crank bait and got him to the boat and zipped him into boat at which time the line broke. I went to pick it up at which time he lounged at my hand and bit my thumb with six teeth marks and did it ever bleed?Needless to say he went to the big pond in the sky. Are these fish toxic when they bite??? Anyone ever have this happen??

[Fatman]

They kinda have teeth like pike and walleye - you might want to check and make sure there's no broken ones in your hand

[huntinslabs]

Ok what the heck is a grennal catfish? And yes been bit by a many fish. Wanna see some cutters look at snapper and speckled trout.

[rocket rich]

That was a good idea, I checked for buried teeth, none... I lost another crankbait to what now appears to be Dog Fish hitting , they are about 2-3 pounds

[huntinslabs]

Nevermind found em on google. Yep hate them things. Usually open their heads up and feed em to the big lizards round here.

[river scum]

bowfin are just like bullheads. you stick anything in their mouth and it chumps on it. have lost a few buzzbaits to them critters what a vicious strike!

[M R Dux]

We used to catch a bunch of them in West Point when bass fishing. Having one over 10 pounds come thru a grass bed to bust a spinnerbait will take years off your life. I always kept a pair of channel locks on the casting deck. First to knock the crap out of them then to get the spinnerbait out of that mouth. I've had them almost break my arm when they would twist while getting the hook out of them. Luckily I never got bit.

["G"]

Yep....Bowfin.....commonly called grinnel.......very strong jaws and lots of teeth.

[Tracker123]

Can't stand them Bowfin, I'll cut the line on them before they're in the boat.

[okhawg]

Went to a lake years ago when it was turning over in the spring, bowfin were on the surface everywhere. We caught a ton and nearly everyone would throw the hook if you released the tension by the boat. They were fun to catch, but those things feel weird and mushy.