Can you identify this creature? - Page 2

Saltydog235 · February 20, 2012, 05:58 PM

Bowfin, slow, low oxigenated water and mud bottom rivers. I think they're found more in fresh/tidal rivers. Mean and full of toofs. Still nothing compared to a PO'd Mako or similar NACL H2O dweller.

carprivershooter · February 22, 2012, 02:00 PM

When I first saw it I thought Poop Bear's skull. So it's a mud fish, cool.

briandg · February 25, 2012, 08:49 PM

I could tell by the lack of socketed eyes and the lack of nostrils, as well as those pin shaped teeth that it was a fish, but had no idea what.

RangerHAAF · February 25, 2012, 09:54 PM

Looks like a creature from the pit waiting for us humans to destroy ourselves and then finish off whatever survivors there are. Scary & creepy.

briandg · February 26, 2012, 06:57 AM

ain't that the truth.

Show that to some of the less grounded among the population, and that is exactly what they will think it is.

1goodshot · February 26, 2012, 06:36 PM

Nancy Pelosi without her makeup.

jimbob86 · February 26, 2012, 06:56 PM

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You Boys down South got some gen-u-wine nasty looking critters in the waters down there.

Nebraska Game and Parks says they are present in the Missouri river here ...... I have not seen one of these yet, but have seen some strange fish in there- Burbot, various sturgeon, Skipjack Herring .....

Jeremiah/Az · February 27, 2012, 12:36 AM

Is that a skeleton or the actual head?

Keg · February 27, 2012, 03:35 PM

Jeremiah...

Prof Young · March 2, 2012, 01:05 AM

Not a good fish for . . . noodling.

Live well be safe
Prof Young

Keg · March 2, 2012, 12:49 PM

Amen to that Professor.....lol

Shell'sButt · March 4, 2012, 12:47 AM

I was going to say that it was the skull of Toothless from the movie 'How to Train Your Dragon', but something tells me that's not the right answer...

Wild Bill Bucks · March 20, 2012, 11:54 AM

They are called Grennel catfish here on Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma, (don't have a clue why since they don't resemble a catfish at all)
My first encounter with one was at Lake Fork Texas, when I saw a guy try to thumb one, into the boat, from the end of his line.
I do a lot of night fishing for bass, and have always thumbed my fish, but after seeing that guys thumb, I have used a net ever since at night.
Guys here that noodle Lake Eufaula absolutely hate these things since they aren't fit to eat, and are really bad to hang under rocks and places where they are looking for catfish.

Beagle333 · March 21, 2012, 12:41 AM

We call em Grinnel or Dogfish here in Alabama too. They like all creeks, no matter how stagnant. They have a functional lung, like a gar, so they can live in a hot shallow drainage ditch and just gulp air every now and then, if that's all they got. They hit almost any lure or bait. Most of em I've seen will go 3 to 5 pounds, but I understand they will go to 20 or better.

DWFan · March 22, 2012, 10:37 PM

Oklahoma recipe for them...
Nail the fish to a board and wrap in heavy duty aluminum foil and toss on a bed of hot coals. After about 90 minutes, remove from the fire, scrape off the fish and eat the board.

**hogdogs** · March 23, 2012, 09:35 AM

I have never found a single American who sought to eat Bowfin...

Supposedly tastes like a mix of spoiled carp, post spawn salmon and mud pond catfish!!!

We tried to avoid any bait they were hitting on... Lake Jessup in Seminole County Fla. had a crap load of them nasty prehistoric buggers!

Brent

BigMikey76 · March 23, 2012, 09:58 AM

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Oklahoma recipe for them...
Nail the fish to a board and wrap in heavy duty aluminum foil and toss on a bed of hot coals. After about 90 minutes, remove from the fire, scrape off the fish and eat the board.

Sounds like one of my Mother-in-law's recipes... a couple of petrified biscuits on the side and you have a meal!

deerslayer303 · March 23, 2012, 10:25 AM

I've caught them plenty of time while catfishing. I simply insert my blade into the top of his head and back in the water he goes to carry on the circle of life

Cluck Me · March 23, 2012, 10:46 AM

We call'em dogfish here in Iowa as well. I caught one that was about 10 lbs in a sand quarry, that was the biggest one I've seen until that skull.

okiewita40 · March 23, 2012, 04:08 PM

Wild Bill you can keep those things at Eufala I sure don't want them up here in Grand lake.

February 22, 2012, 02:00 PM	#27
carprivershooter Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2008 Location: Michigan, Upper Pennsula Posts: 392	first look When I first saw it I thought Poop Bear's skull. So it's a mud fish, cool. __________________ CarpriverShOOter Finch, I don't like guns. Reese, Me either but if someone has to have guns I'd rather it be me. (Person of Interest). No trees were destroyed in the posting of the this message

February 25, 2012, 09:54 PM	#29
RangerHAAF Senior Member Join Date: June 10, 2007 Location: Decatur, GA Posts: 225	Looks like a creature from the pit waiting for us humans to destroy ourselves and then finish off whatever survivors there are. Scary & creepy. __________________ Where excellence is possible, good is not enough. NRA Benefactor Life member Last edited by RangerHAAF; February 25, 2012 at 10:05 PM.

March 2, 2012, 01:05 AM	#35
Prof Young Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2007 Posts: 490	Not a good fish for . . . Not a good fish for . . . noodling. Live well be safe Prof Young

March 2, 2012, 12:49 PM	#36
Keg Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2011 Location: Freestone County, Texas Posts: 877	Amen to that Professor.....lol __________________ Hog Hunters never die........They just reload.........

March 4, 2012, 12:47 AM	#37
Shell'sButt Junior Member Join Date: February 16, 2012 Location: Nunya Valley, NA Posts: 9	I was going to say that it was the skull of Toothless from the movie 'How to Train Your Dragon', but something tells me that's not the right answer... __________________ Attention all game animals: Flight .257 is now departing.

February 20, 2012, 05:58 PM	#26
Saltydog235 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2010 Location: Pawleys Island Posts: 946	Bowfin, slow, low oxigenated water and mud bottom rivers. I think they're found more in fresh/tidal rivers. Mean and full of toofs. Still nothing compared to a PO'd Mako or similar NACL H2O dweller.

February 25, 2012, 08:49 PM	#28
briandg Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2010 Posts: 1,701	I could tell by the lack of socketed eyes and the lack of nostrils, as well as those pin shaped teeth that it was a fish, but had no idea what.

February 26, 2012, 06:57 AM	#30
briandg Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2010 Posts: 1,701	ain't that the truth. Show that to some of the less grounded among the population, and that is exactly what they will think it is.

February 26, 2012, 06:36 PM	#31
1goodshot Senior Member Join Date: November 11, 2001 Location: chandler,az Posts: 844	Nancy Pelosi without her makeup.

February 27, 2012, 12:36 AM	#33
Jeremiah/Az Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2009 Location: Az. Posts: 491	Is that a skeleton or the actual head?

March 20, 2012, 11:54 AM	#38
Wild Bill Bucks Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2005 Location: Southeastern Oklahoma, Next door to Sasquatch Posts: 1,232	They are called Grennel catfish here on Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma, (don't have a clue why since they don't resemble a catfish at all) My first encounter with one was at Lake Fork Texas, when I saw a guy try to thumb one, into the boat, from the end of his line. I do a lot of night fishing for bass, and have always thumbed my fish, but after seeing that guys thumb, I have used a net ever since at night. Guys here that noodle Lake Eufaula absolutely hate these things since they aren't fit to eat, and are really bad to hang under rocks and places where they are looking for catfish.

March 21, 2012, 12:41 AM	#39
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Back in the woods a piece Posts: 743	We call em Grinnel or Dogfish here in Alabama too. They like all creeks, no matter how stagnant. They have a functional lung, like a gar, so they can live in a hot shallow drainage ditch and just gulp air every now and then, if that's all they got. They hit almost any lure or bait. Most of em I've seen will go 3 to 5 pounds, but I understand they will go to 20 or better.

March 22, 2012, 10:37 PM	#40
DWFan Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2008 Posts: 206	Oklahoma recipe for them... Nail the fish to a board and wrap in heavy duty aluminum foil and toss on a bed of hot coals. After about 90 minutes, remove from the fire, scrape off the fish and eat the board.

March 23, 2012, 09:35 AM	#41
hogdogs Staff Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 10,691	I have never found a single American who sought to eat Bowfin... Supposedly tastes like a mix of spoiled carp, post spawn salmon and mud pond catfish!!! We tried to avoid any bait they were hitting on... Lake Jessup in Seminole County Fla. had a crap load of them nasty prehistoric buggers! Brent __________________ Finally have designs going up in the Hogdogs Outdoor Apparel online store. http://www.cafepress.com/hogdogsoutdoorapparel Thanks for lookin'...

March 23, 2012, 10:25 AM	#43
deerslayer303 Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2011 Location: McMinnville TN Posts: 1,116	I've caught them plenty of time while catfishing. I simply insert my blade into the top of his head and back in the water he goes to carry on the circle of life __________________ "You're so drunk you cant hit nothin, In fact you're probably seeing double"...."I have TWO GUNS one for each of ya"

March 23, 2012, 10:46 AM	#44
Cluck Me Member Join Date: March 12, 2012 Posts: 37	We call'em dogfish here in Iowa as well. I caught one that was about 10 lbs in a sand quarry, that was the biggest one I've seen until that skull.

March 23, 2012, 04:08 PM	#45
okiewita40 Senior Member Join Date: June 11, 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 347	Wild Bill you can keep those things at Eufala I sure don't want them up here in Grand lake. __________________ What on god's green earth do you think your doing?