jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 9, 2015 12:18:29 GMT -5
Did some fishing. target was a small naturally occurring hybrid bass called the Suwannee Bass, world record 3.89 pounds. Very aggressive fish and fights like no tomorrow. Swims fast shoals a lot so strong. Buddy Steve and plastic worm.  Loser me catches prehistoric Bowfin  Plenty of coral   Very smelly coral bearing clay flow. Coral camouflaged, collected loose coral in the water washed out of the bank instead of digging the bank.  Looks like wild asters and ferns growing out of said smelly clay.  Coral from said clay     |
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Post by cobbledstones on Sept 9, 2015 12:41:09 GMT -5
cool fish, sounds like a lot of fun. Does that coral from the clay have a blue tint or is is my monitor?
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 9, 2015 13:47:51 GMT -5
cool fish, sounds like a lot of fun. Does that coral from the clay have a blue tint or is is my monitor? Hard to say cobblestones. Grey is more accurate. But it does seem to have a blue tint. Dense and has few cracks. Very hard. Here is some tumbled.  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 9, 2015 15:55:25 GMT -5
Did some fishing. Loser me catches prehistoric Bowfin
jamesp catchin' dinosaurs, lol. Well, at least ya got some nice corals.
I'll post catches from our fishing trip on Labor Day. Coming up in a minute.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 9, 2015 16:43:31 GMT -5
Will stay tuned for station identification rockpickerforever. By the way, that fish smelled terrible. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 9, 2015 16:48:52 GMT -5
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 9, 2015 17:51:46 GMT -5
Not sure, never had a fish smell so strong. It is a bottom dweller, may eat not-so-desirables. |
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cdfcal
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Post by cdfcal on Sept 9, 2015 18:41:12 GMT -5
looks like a bowfin......
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 9, 2015 19:28:09 GMT -5
looks like a bowfin...... correct |
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Post by garock on Sept 10, 2015 18:40:13 GMT -5
Mr James ! Here is how to cook a "bowfin". Get an oak board just a little bigger than the fish. Next have oven preheated to 350 degrees. Rub butter on the bowfin and make sure the top of the oak board is covered in butter too. Place in oven and cook for 1 hours. Remove and let the bowfin cool for 10 minutes. Next, throw the bowfin away and eat the oak board !
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Post by orrum on Sept 11, 2015 8:05:33 GMT -5
Hey James they call that a black fish around here, they can get really big. The old timers will tell you that the best way to eat a black fish was to catch some every day and feed them to the hog and eventually they tasted like sausage, bacon, and ham! LOL. Seriously they used them for feeding the hog! Hogs are opportunitarians, they will eat anyyhing!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2015 15:44:38 GMT -5
Mr James ! Here is how to cook a "bowfin". Get an oak board just a little bigger than the fish. Next have oven preheated to 350 degrees. Rub butter on the bowfin and make sure the top of the oak board is covered in butter too. Place in oven and cook for 1 hours. Remove and let the bowfin cool for 10 minutes. Next, throw the bowfin away and eat the oak board ! Ya forgot the vegetables.need a mirapois to season the oak plank. Discard veggies too. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 12, 2015 18:01:32 GMT -5
Mr James ! Here is how to cook a "bowfin". Get an oak board just a little bigger than the fish. Next have oven preheated to 350 degrees. Rub butter on the bowfin and make sure the top of the oak board is covered in butter too. Place in oven and cook for 1 hours. Remove and let the bowfin cool for 10 minutes. Next, throw the bowfin away and eat the oak board ! Sammy Campbell's aunt cooked up his bowfin catch. Sammy said the more he chewed it the bigger it got. You know Sammy knows how to tell a story Frankie. He is missed. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 12, 2015 18:03:25 GMT -5
Hey James they call that a black fish around here, they can get really big. The old timers will tell you that the best way to eat a black fish was to catch some every day and feed them to the hog and eventually they tasted like sausage, bacon, and ham! LOL. Seriously they used them for feeding the hog! Hogs are opportunitarians, they will eat anyyhing! LOL You ever see what happens to a snake when hogs happen up on one Bill ? And then fight over eating the remains. |
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Post by garock on Sept 13, 2015 15:46:44 GMT -5
Mr James, the statement about Sammy Campbell's aunt cooking the bowfin, I remember him telling this years ago at one of the Campbell Reunions. You are right, he could tell some stories. Yes Mr Sammy is missed. I think all those Campbell's tell some good stories. I once caught a bowfin on with my flyrod. Thought I had a record bass on the line. It was the first one I had ever caught !
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Post by ash on Sept 15, 2015 16:28:42 GMT -5
In North Louisiana they are called Grinnel. In South Louisiana they are called Choupique. A very cottony textured fish. I don't much care for them. Don't lip em by the way, big ol teeth lol.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 15, 2015 17:46:16 GMT -5
In North Louisiana they are called Grinnel. In South Louisiana they are called Choupique. A very cottony textured fish. I don't much care for them. Don't lip em by the way, big ol teeth lol. Ofter two fangs right where the thumb goes Ash LOL. You won't do it but once. Florida folks uses Grinnel. Not going in my menu. Some do cook them. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 15, 2015 17:49:05 GMT -5
Mr James, the statement about Sammy Campbell's aunt cooking the bowfin, I remember him telling this years ago at one of the Campbell Reunions. You are right, he could tell some stories. Yes Mr Sammy is missed. I think all those Campbell's tell some good stories. I once caught a bowfin on with my flyrod. Thought I had a record bass on the line. It was the first one I had ever caught ! i was fortunate to have him as a neighbor and dear friend for over 20 years Frankie. Probably the finest human I ever met. And one of the best tricksters. He was assigned as one of Eisenhower's guards. He could play hard for his age. |
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