March 2015 Florida Bragging Rights

[FD]

I'm going to fish Lowery in the am and get a few more I hope

[MCS]

Very nice fish West....guess you don't need mine after all....fine be like that....hmft

[West6550]

I'm going to fish Lowery in the am and get a few more I hope

Good luck!

Thanks anyway MCS lol 

[bassindude]

Hey Lou, mark me in the contest for April

Jim

[Dark3]

Went to lake oliver which is another chatt pool. It SUCKED.

13"

Could have been worse, my buddy failed to land a single fish so he has to live with that now lol.

[LgMouthGambler]

Wind was howling today. Got a huge Mudfish on a swimbait. 2 dinks on a lizard. 2 dinks on speed worms. I didn't even bother to measure. They were all about 12".

[Dark3]

Wind was howling today. Got a huge Mudfish on a swimbait. 2 dinks on a lizard. 2 dinks on speed worms. I didn't even bother to measure. They were all about 12".

What is a mudfish, like a bowfin?

[LgMouthGambler]

What is a mudfish, like a bowfin?

Yes. We call them muds down here.

[Dark3]

Nice, I love getting one of those on the line. Ussually land one or two a year if im lucky. That was upstate NY anyway

[Pferox]

Although I never tried it, I heard tell that they are good eatin' if they are cleaned right and soaked in something or other.

[LgMouthGambler]

Although I never tried it, I heard tell that they are good eatin' if they are cleaned right and soaked in something or other.

I'm the wrong color for that. Lol

[Capt. BassinLou]

Went to lake oliver which is another chatt pool. It SUCKED.

13"

Could have been worse, my buddy failed to land a single fish so he has to live with that now lol.

Dark, documented your catch.

[Capt. BassinLou]

Hey Lou, mark me in the contest for April

Jim

Cool... I will. Just say your "in" on Wednesday April 1st. 

[Dark3]

I'm the wrong color for that. Lol

Lol!

[Dark3]

Although I never tried it, I heard tell that they are good eatin' if they are cleaned right and soaked in something or other.

Yea I once seen that bowfin anglers have a dedicated website and they say they are good table fare. Im with LMG though, no pike either.

Not only that, the bowfin is kinda special to me so they get catch and release treatment from me.

[Capt. BassinLou]

Yeah, mudfish are a very common occurrence here South FL. Especially the Everglades. Big mudfish, give you a momentary feeling of catching a lunker bass. That's until you feel the fish begin its death roll like a gator. 

[Pferox]

Man there were certain times of the year, all I caught were those suckers.  I thought they were fun to catch.

That is like those Hoplo fish. (Those armored fish you see dead after a cold snap)  It is considered a delicacy fish for some group of people, I just can't eat black fish meat. 

[Capt. BassinLou]

Man there were certain times of the year, all I caught were those suckers.  I thought they were fun to catch.

That is like those Hoplo fish. (Those armored fish you see dead after a cold snap)  It is considered a delicacy fish for some group of people, I just can't eat black fish meat.

LOL!! Yeah, we have tons and tons of those plecos. (Aka: armored catfish, suckermouth catfish) mudfish, gar, and loads of exotics. Pferox, you have come down and visit again, the Glades is full of various species of fish.

[Pferox]

When I was a kid in Chicago, I used to breed and raise Plecos for an aquarium store.  Those were some tough critters.

[Capt. BassinLou]

When I was a kid in Chicago, I used to breed and raise Plecos for an aquarium store.  Those were some tough critters.

, I never knew those little fish tank suckers could grow so big in the wild. They get to be pretty big down here. They are all over the place. Canals, ponds, the glades, etc.

[Pferox]

I swear I NEVER flushed one down the toilet!!!!   

[Capt. BassinLou]

I swear I NEVER flushed one down the toilet!!!!   

Lol!!

[Capt. BassinLou]

Dammit another peacock!!

[SFL BassHunter]

Yeah tamiami trail canal was loaded with them a couple of weeks go. They were all shallow. Saw at least 30 of them. Lou when you called them armored catfish the time we fished in the canal i thought you were talking about another fish. Ive always known them as suckerfish.

[SFL BassHunter]

Dammit another peacock!!

Wow nice! Peacocks are beautiful fish.