By David Graham: 1-19-2022
Last weekend I should have been in Virginia chasing one of North America's largest freshwater fish - the blue catfish, but mother nature had other ideas...
The Richmond area was forecasting a 100% chance of rain and snow, and wind gusts up to 30mph, and sustained winds not much less than that. If I am to secure time and money for this kind of trip, I want to maximize my odds of success... reluctantly that trip was shelved, and I should be heading that way in February.
I spent the hours I should've been in an airplane alongside a creek not far from where my daughters go to school. I decided to kill some hours with chunks of mayan cichlid on bottom hoping for a big bowfin. This creek has never produced a lot of fish for me, and ive had plenty of skunk sessions there, but the bowfin that DO live there are always big and healthy. I managed to pull 4 bowfin and miss several others. Two short stalky males, and two nice females including an absolute brute that was just over 12 pounds
How do you rig your bait for bowfins? I was wondering if you used a circle hook, fished on the bottom, used some kind of bobber - many questions!! Thanks!