Check this out! Both out of Cranberry

[fisherman21]

Mirror carp out of cranberry.

And 12.05 pound Bowfin. State record is like 12. 13 or something

Got both out of cranberry

[henrybud]

That's a fine catch; easily the biggest bow fin I've ever seen. I used to catch them in Port Bay when I was kid but never a giant like that. In fact, I remember catching my first bow fin and leaving it on the dock so I could show my dad. That fish laid motionless on the dock for 45 minutes and when I put it back in it took off as if it were fresh as could be. I wasn't even aware that mirror carp swim in our waters.

I noticed a fly rod. How'd you catch these fish? Help me out.......I want to take my son out there to catch a monster like that.

[Jammer]

Wow! Nice bowfin. You might want to report that one on www.bowfinanglers.com

JAM

[BAZOOKAJOE]

That is a huge bowfin!!

[Rippin'Line]

I could be wrong but that bowfin looks bigger than 5 lbs...

[fisherman21]

It was 12.05 pounds

[slimyfish]

looks like a snakehead and not sure what the record snakehead weighs

but i bet its more than 5 pounds

[fisherman21]

Not a snakehead

[Tim Bromund]

Why is it every time someone posts a picture of a bowfin, someone ALWAYS says they think it's a snakehead?

Just curious...

Tim

[Shelby Lynn]

[panfisher]

Please, please, PLEASE! For all who read this..... If anyone who sees this who think that a bowfin is just another name for a snakehead, you are absolutely mistaken. Get to teaching yourself about the difference between these two completely different and only similar looking species. It's like thinking a rock bass is an oscar!! Or a walleye is in the pike family... There is plenty of literature out there about these two fish, including a recent back issue of New York Outdoor News and the link that "jammer" supplied, as well as the above reply by "shelby lynn" to help....

[slimyfish]

  tbromund said:

Why is it every time someone posts a picture of a bowfin, someone ALWAYS says they think it's a snakehead?

Just curious...

Tim

i guess its just fun.....

internet rhetoric

snakeheads are way cooler than bowfin and would beat the bowfin up in a fight...

[zaphod4]

  slimyfish said:

  tbromund said:

Why is it every time someone posts a picture of a bowfin, someone ALWAYS says they think it's a snakehead?

Just curious...

Tim

i guess its just fun.....

internet rhetoric

snakeheads are way cooler than bowfin and would beat the bowfin up in a fight...

LOL

Snakeheads.from what I've heard,are really disruptive to a fishery.

Funny comment though

[SteveFishes]

That bowfind is incredible. I've never seen one so huge. Nice catch! Where do you speak of when you say Cranberry? I only know of Cranberry Lake, in the adirondacks.

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[fisherman21]

its in greece ny

[Jax]

Congrats on both fish! That Mirror Carp is a cool looking fish!