Thread: Rango would be Proud!!!!!

Originally Posted by [email protected]

never tryed to eat one --- dont know even iffin ya can does anybody know if they are eatable and how would you fix and cook it?

First you nail the bowfin through the head onto a maple plank.

Then you pull off the skin. Bake it on the maple plank @ 250f for two hours.

Then take it out of the oven, throw away the bowfin, then eat the board!!!

Originally Posted by Crappie Buster

This one, along with the others we've caught, came from the Little Saluda River arm of Lake Murray. Do you target bowfin? How? I've never heard of anyone doing that... do you eat them or just catch and release them for fun?

I catch and release. I like to catch gar too. I love big toothy hard fighting fish. Actually I love catching any kind of fish, but the toothy critters add a little more adventure to the trip.

Opinions vary on eating them. I've never tried them. They eat them in Louisiana, but those Cajuns will eat anything with enough hot sauce on it.

Most of the recipes I've seen involve making patties with bread crumbs and potatoes, which tells me the texture of the meat must not be too good.

Fish for them like you would for B*$$...just hold onto your rod tighter. They fight much harder than those over-rated over-grown brim. 'course I don't have to tell you that as it sounds like you've hooked your share of them.