Bowfin Attack 

He gives the camera a smile after eating the bait

Seeing all the different kinds of fish in the same area only seconds apart is super interesting

that bowfin said “you see what i did there? you like that?”

I target bowfin quite often but it's awesome to see their antics and curious behavior under water. Nice vid man!

I love how happy he is while eating.

Bowfin, bluegill, pumkinseed, white sucker and a few more, so many species!!!

pumpkinseed wishes it was big enough to eat the cray

wow, i knew these fish are aggressive, but i had no idea how violent and efficient they are as suction feeders... also, the way it moves and stops its dorsal fin in a wavelike motion to move forward and backward, or hold itself in the water column without having to turn its body is so neat. i dont think ive ever seen a fish do that besides eels.

That bowfin has definitely seen a hook or two by the looks of the scars.

OMG BOWFIN IS SO HAPPY

I didn't even notice that the crayfish was attached to a hook until after it was in the fish's mouth. Cool man

😭That was a Blessing to not only get so many different species but the bowfin getting a good angel for the camera 👏🏾

I catch these fish a lot, have always wondered what their behavior is like, great vid man keep it up

real action starts around 2:10

that was a sweet view of what goes on down on the bottom

Bowfin are cool. I've gotten a couple on catfish rigs with cut bait. What awesome footage. I like how it just hangs around for a bit before it finds the crayfish.

2:28 "you got games on yo phone?"

Lol he was ready for a close up

bowfin are vicious, every time i caught one they instantly hammered the bait as soon as I casted

Don't know where you caught this one but they grow to the size of my leg here in Florida and I'm 6'3". I know some of the old timers eat them but I never could get past the smell when cleaning them. Great fun to catch on a med/lightweight rig though!

What great footage there, you got!! And the Final was like the Bowfin knew it was being filmed. Great job.

Awesome vid!!! Such a variety of fish and what a monster a attack from that bowfin.

I liked how the bowfin smiled at the camera.

2:33 Almost expected the bowfin to start vibing like the polkka cat.

That was sick!!! Bowfin are underrated.

Bowfin = prehistoric monster.

I didn’t even know these existed until a month ago

That bowfin chomped that crawfish like nothing lol

Bluegill : nope ain't falling for that again, Bowfin : hold my beer

Pumpkinseed was like "Oh look it's food" "Oh there's a camera there I'm gonna end up on youtube"

Seeing that thing CHEW its food was amazing lol Crazy to see how they feed!

These are one of my favorites, i almost sunk my boat one time catching dogfish! I was sight fishing them from the dock and caught like 3 before i realized that the plug wasnt in! Lol what a blast! FISH ON!

He looks so happy

is that a crawlfish i see on that moss?

I used to catch these in East Texas creeks. Cool fish.

The bowfin is like what's that looking at the camera than bam it sees lunch lol

Awesome vid man, worth the wait

This is an awesome video! Great job setting this up!

now i know to wait a second before setting the hook because he had to chew on it! Awesome footage. thank you

crustaceans with built-in tackle? Awesome !!

the bowfin at 2:33 : 𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗼

did anyone else jump when the bowfin ate the the crawdad? XD

There are so many bowfin in the Mississippi River, areas that were once loaded with panfish are now almost completely void of them. We went out one night, lights on the boat, between them and gar, they will feast like piranhas.

2:45 He looks so happy

Not gonna lie bro, 2:42 scared the shit outta me.

These are one of the most aggressive hard fighting fish you will ever catch

This was the most suspense I've had watching one of these bait cam videos

Bowfin are my favorite fish to catch in freshwater

Awesome

Awesome footage!!!! Just freaking cool!!!

Great filming

Awesome video. I've caught tons of Bowfin. Always wanted to see things from their end.

Oh we're recording... Ok

And the battle started

Looks like that bowfin has been hooked before.

That must be the coolest underwater footage ever

Did u hook the fish

@2:31 "Who is youuuu?" 👀👀 But fr he scooted off quick asf after that lol

Great footage! Ferocious fish

I like his goofy smile

Didn't notice the hook at first lol

Perfect example as to why you have to give it a second before you set the hook.

DID YOU GET IT?

Where is this?

I liked seeing the pumpkinseed sunfish. Where was this taken?

Great video

Bowfin had swallowed the Crawfish with a hook in it too. But no fish line.

This is so frigging cool.

Damm Mudfish we usually throw them up on the bank ... Feeding the Racoons

Aw! Poor clawed fellow on the sacrificial alter. :( Nice video, liked.

They love crawfish!

Sure is alot of fish activity in this one spot wow!

Set the hook!!!!🤣

Excellent job with setting up the camera and catching the choipique saying 'Cheese". Nosey bream are always the first guys on the scene. One question if you don't mind answering for me. Are they covered in slime? The ones we catch in Louisiana are covered in a heavy thick coat of slime.

Awesome job filming bud!

Left over from the dinosaurs.

Now, if only that crayfish had stayed still...

I caught one of these while muskie fishing, it was like "what the hell is that?!". It fought pretty hard.

Legend says he at the man recording too,

2:30 boops!

Did you actually hook it? That was really cool to see.

I looks like the bow fin is setting up the camera then eating the y Abby for a vid. XD

I JUMPED lol. my stomach jumped lol

Dope vid

Am I the only one that jumped? 😂

The fish had a huk in him

idk what setup you were using looked like just a splitshot and hook from the video lol, but if you throw a sinker on then a barrel swivel and some of the normal eagle claw hooks onto the barrel swivel, you will be able to feel him bite that cray alot earlier, which really helps when using plastic bait to set the hook before he spits it out. great catch never caught a bowfin im big into catfish though

I was rooting for the bait... then I saw the hook, karma works again as design

explains why they be hitting cut bait, almost like bottom feeders like catfish. yet they also attack lures like bass?

Things have gnarly teeth

Cruising by at 00:18. The last one i caught had a green bullseye on it's tail.

2:29 What are you looking at?

poor kray fish just wants to get home

Sick video dude!

Almost looks like that guy had been caught before there was some scarring on his lips

2:29 boop

Cool footage!

Hello? Hello, I seem to be stuck on a hook on a string, bad day really, uh, could somebody help me out here? Hello? Little help please...

#420like excellent capture.

Felt Bad for the Crayfish. He scared away the Bluegills and it looked good for awhile but he made a mistake in moving when the bowfin came within range. I THINK If he "froze" it would be possible that the bowfin would have moved on. Bowfin are a freshwater relative of the Cod.