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kidnikarus · Feb-17-12 9:23AM

I thought I caught my first snakehead yesterday in the rain at Four Mile Run. Turned out to be a bowfin. I was a little disappointed - not sure why since it was my first Bowfin and it was still fun to catch. Thought it was a carp at first from the way he pulled.

On a side note, my phone does not take pictures in the rain. Any time there is any drop of water or fish slime on my phone it acts completely crazy. Any else have this issues with a touch screen phone? I may need to invest in a regular camera and keep it in my fishing bag.

Bryan · Feb-17-12 9:43AM

Are you sure it wasn't a snakehead? Don't think I've ever heard of a bowfin in the Potomac. I think I'd be more excited about catching one of those!

Bruce · Feb-17-12 9:58AM

The snakehead and the bowfin resemble each other. The biggest difference is on the anal fin...the bowfin has one that is only an inch or two long whereas the snakehead anal fin is about half the length of its body.
Bruce

kidnikarus · Feb-17-12 1:31PM

I could be wrong, but I checked the VDGIF site and this thing looked exactly like a bowfin. I do not remeber what the anal fins looked like and I did not check for the spot on the tail. But the shape of the head looked more like a bowfin's and it was greenish with slight darker green markings. When I first saw the head I thought it was actually a bass until it rolled and I saw the looong body. Either way it was pretty awesome. I had been skunked the last three times I went out.

Curly · Feb-17-12 1:40PM

I'm not aware of any bowfins this far up in the Potty either. There are plenty of NSH in 4MR! My money is on it being your first NSH!

Pacemaker Fishing Forum

#1 Feb-17-12 9:23AM

No Snakehead yet.

#2 Feb-17-12 9:43AM

Re: No Snakehead yet.

#3 Feb-17-12 9:58AM

Re: No Snakehead yet.

#4 Feb-17-12 1:31PM

Re: No Snakehead yet.

#5 Feb-17-12 1:40PM

Re: No Snakehead yet.

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