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Post by dody727 on Jun 6, 2012 16:44:17 GMT -4
this morning we decided to try our luck on crappie at dillenbeck it was a great morning just 1 other boat in the bay. What a peaceful morning then suddenly it was gone Nikki was in the back and she was hooked up. This was no sunfish she was into a large mouth after reassuring her it was not as big as last years she calmed down and landed her bass  she was happy and went back to sunnies and bluegills at 11:15 Scott Blair called to see what we where catching as we talked i caught a few more sunfish and perch then my bobber went down and i set the hook on a good fish i hung up the phone and played my fish on a pan fish rig 4'6" micro lite rod 4LB line and a 1/8 oz. jig ten minutes later we finally saw it a bowfin. Nikki has the net she is coiled like a spring i will get it. Oh great this should be interesting but we are doing the LCI together no better time to learn to net a fish then now.She did a great job with the net as a matter of fact when she lifted it into the boat the jig was straight. I don't know what it weighed and my buddy Ben was playing hooky in his boat so i could not use his scale at dockside so i took her down and release her estimated her at 12-14 LBS she was 31 1/2"  this was the jig  |
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Post by scott blair on Jun 6, 2012 16:50:37 GMT -4
Nice report Dody
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Post by gofish on Jun 6, 2012 17:05:44 GMT -4
I've caught a lot of fish in that bay, but never a bowfin...must have been one helluva fight.
gofish
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Post by barrebobber on Jun 7, 2012 6:44:21 GMT -4
Nice job with the report there Dody, good writing and nice selection of pics. Thanks for contributing.
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Post by dody727 on Jun 7, 2012 18:36:45 GMT -4
so using a formula length times girth chart that fish would have won it's category in the LCI last year. To add insult to injury, i did not enter it in the all season this year. Now to top it off that walleye i caught that day bob would have been the 2nd place fish in its category for may LCI AST. Next time Nikki will pull my head out of my well you get it.
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Post by dylan8351 on Jun 7, 2012 18:41:59 GMT -4
Damn! Sweet fish regardless! What would you do with the money anyway...
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Post by Champlain Islander on Jun 8, 2012 6:10:09 GMT -4
I've caught a lot of fish in that bay, but never a bowfin...must have been one helluva fight. gofish I have a funny story about bowfin in Dbac. It was winter and real cold well below zero. I was catching gills out to the north of the access but in closer to shore than usual. They were very large and since it was cold I was in my fish trap. I filled a seven and was about halfway through the second and bowfin started to come up in the hole and gulp air. The gills would stop biting and then the hole would turn dark and a big head would come up. I got sick of it after about the 4th time and figured I would knock it on the head with my scoop. The hole turned dark and up he came. There was a good 2' of ice and when his mouth opened to gulp I hit him with the metal scoop. It must have scared him and his flipped his tail and came sailing right up out of the hole. it was about 10-12 pounds and I really don't know how it got through the hole but they are a slippery critter. It knocked over the heater and the half filled bucket. I tried to get the trap open to get it off me but it had frozen to the ice since I had been in there for a few hours. I finally broke it free and got the darn thing and it's teeth away from me. I couldn't get it back into the hole so I had to cut a new one and finally got him back. Very nice bass and bowfin especially on UL gear. |
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Post by barrebobber on Jun 8, 2012 6:44:34 GMT -4
thats a great story, never heard of anything like that before, you didn't even need a rod! You should change your name to fish whisper
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Post by Strafford on Jun 8, 2012 7:54:28 GMT -4
Ive never even caught a bowfin and your beating them on the head with a scoop!
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Post by Champlain Islander on Jun 8, 2012 12:23:47 GMT -4
Ive never even caught a bowfin and your beating them on the head with a scoop! Just fish any of the flat fish grounds where there are lots of weeds and rig a bobber over a small jig and crawler. Getting hooked up is a common thing for us pan fishing guys. Getting them into the boat and released is another story. If you really want to catch one put on a dead minnow. When I fish bass I often use a spinner bait. If you spot them in the weeds just dangle the spinner bait in front of them and they will usually hit that too. Eating machine. |
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Post by dylan8351 on Jun 8, 2012 14:13:27 GMT -4
Ive never even caught a bowfin and your beating them on the head with a scoop! hahahaha |
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Post by Champlain Islander on Jun 8, 2012 15:18:03 GMT -4
I have another good story which I swear is 100% true and can be verified by a few of the "regulars” out on the flat fish grounds. It was several years ago and I was fishing Pelots near the end of the season. I had at the time 2 rods that I used almost all the time. One was blue and the other which I still have was red. They both had my favorite reel which was a Shakespeare Wonder Reel 10. They now make them in different makes but they all are really great reels for the shallow water gill and crappie fisherman. I would use the rods and switch them often just so they would last and not wear out. I was slamming the flats and already filled a seven and had dumped it into a tote on the sled. I finished my second seven and put the rod down with the #10 demon jig next to the hole and carried the loaded bucket to the sled. When I got there, emptied the bucket and started back I could see a gull standing next to the hole, my rod and the jig. All of a sudden it pecked at the jig which was tipped with spikes and started to fly away. I dropped my bucket and raced towards that gull which had at that point hooked itself up with the jig. I had one chance and as the blue rod (which was really my favorite) swung past I dove for it and missed. By then the bird with wings beating like a duck had gained a bit of altitude and I had one last chance and jumped to try and snag the rod hanging below its body. It was gone and the last time I saw the bird it was at about 200 feet and flying straight south probably to its roost on one of the Sister Islands. That rod was swinging 6’ under its body and you never saw a gull with wings beating that fast. Lesson learned….don’t feed the gulls because they get too brazen and will steal your stuff.
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Post by dylan8351 on Jun 8, 2012 16:45:00 GMT -4
Unreal! The gulls really have no fear up there!
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Post by scott blair on Jun 8, 2012 20:13:41 GMT -4
I caught a gull on a tipup we even got it on video. Great stories and good times on the ice.
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