What Is The Best Bait For Bowfin?

Top baits for bowfin fishing are nightcrawlers, minnows, salamanders, frogs, and stinkbait Other good options to use for catching bowfin are crayfish and other crustaceans. A shiny spinner with bait on the hook is often productive in the murky brackish waters. Is bowfin hard to catch? Pound for pound, they’re stronger than smallmouth bass and … Read more

Are Bowfin Rare In Lake Erie?

The feisty bowfin is a rare catch along the Lake Erie shoreline , and in canals and marshes around the area. Is bowfin good eating? In fact, bowfin are so maligned as table fare (unlike morels) that the nickname “cottonfish” refers to the conviction that bowfin are generally mushy with pale flesh. In the realm … Read more