But I'm looking for place to catch mudfish! Or bowfin, or dogfish, or grinnel, or chopique... whatever they're called down here. I just moved from SC to Gainesville for grad school and based on what I know about mudfish, most of florida must be a haven for them. If yall dont mind telling me where they're a "problem," I'll gladly go help solve it lol I know mudfish holes are a precious secret that some may not want to part with...
Like I said, I am in Gainesville but more than willing to travel. They're my favorite fish to target, I guess because I'm an idiot, and I'd love to get on some!
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This.
Back to the original post, how do you like to fish for them ? In the Suwannee they will find a piece of cutbait pretty quick..
Believe it or not in the infancy of the world renowned Miami Metropolitan Fishing Tourney (1950’s?) mudfish were an eligible species. They were called bowfins and apparently since they readily took artificial lures they were included with more respectable freshwater game fish like bass and pickerel. They would probably be game fish today if they were good eating.
I've since heard that they MUST be eaten absolutely fresh. Makes sense...I've since eaten all sorts of "odd" stuff at least once for the experience,I've never again been tempted to try bowfin/mudfish/dogfish/lawyer...
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Another president put a man in the Lady's bathroom.
It might of been a record I never even weighed it.
I used live shiners for bait. That little creek was full of them.