How to catch Bowfin (Early Spring Tactics)

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Spring is here and this in my opinion is the best time to get after these prehistoric predators. This week we take cut bait and floats and we head into some shallow water canals and creeks in search for the next Canadian record Bowfin. Steve and myself soak some floats and watch em get dunked in hopes of hooking the next giant. I go over all the techniques we use to find and catch these hard to find fish. We have a great day in the April sun and of course we get on the monsters we were looking for. Enjoy!
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@mikek860 Год назад

This is BY FAR the most undervalued freshwater fish. They put up an insane fight, they jump, they DESTROY spinnerbaits, frogs and jigs and they’ve been in the lakes for millions of years before all of the other species in your favorite lake (minus gar). Glad to see another channel getting serious about them.

@The_hahAman Год назад

Yeah your right about the spinners. Had one wreck my favorite one today

@sgtdykstra643 Год назад

110% accurate. I got laughed at yesterday while fishing when another group asked what I was targeting but I guess they’re just not into a fish that put a legitimate and exciting fight!

@fishingmaster99 5 месяцев назад

Here in Vermont they are all over and fun as hell to fish for.

@NorthOntarioDave Год назад

Nice dude. Such an underrated fish to target. It’s been years since I caught a bowfin. Fun multi species day. And a giant snapper to top it off 😂 Man those peepers are loud! Cheers!

@CastandConquer Год назад

The snapper was crazy. He was so close to getting a hold of me. I sure do love my bowfin that’s for sure man. Such an amazing fish with crazy power. The peepers were crazy loud that night. Full mating mode.

@519OUTDOORZFAMILY Год назад

Great stuff I plan trying to catch one on the fly this year there an awesome underrated fish and fight awesome

@CastandConquer Год назад

On the fly would be unbelievable and really not to tough seeing as they are very hard to spook. You can get right on top of them and dangle the fly in their face.

@519OUTDOORZFAMILY Год назад

@@CastandConquer yea I was think some kind of deer hair fly on sink tip fish it like a jerkbait should get destroyed

@makwafishing Год назад

J'ai tellement hâte de retourner pêcher ce petit dur!! Merci pour ce vidéo!!!!

@CastandConquer Год назад

Pas de trouble. Une poison vraiment fort pi aggressive

@DshaunBirch 9 месяцев назад

“it’s gonna be a bowfin video!” that’s why i’m hereee

@CastandConquer 9 месяцев назад

Heck ya such an underrated fish. One of my favourites to pursue in the spring of the year

@erickendell5437 Год назад

One of my favourite species. You crushed them man! time to get the cutbait out.

@CastandConquer Год назад

It is definitely the time. They are out and about.

@MattVavrochFishing Год назад

Good stuff dude, such an under appreciated fish!

@CastandConquer Год назад

One of my favourite fish to catch in the spring before the weeds gets to thick to see em in spots

@jacquesjrroy785 Год назад

Looks like allot of fun. Never caught bowfins before. I didn't know we had some so close by.

@CastandConquer Год назад

Most waterways have them. Just to find shallow water with a lot of weed that will grow in the summer months. Bowfin will be close by

@jacquesjrroy785 Год назад

@@CastandConquer I think you are around south Glengarry. But is there bowfins on the Ottawa river?

@joeyonlyfins9256 Год назад

Can’t steal the josh pig patrol song!!!! Lol but great video

@CastandConquer Год назад

I didn’t even realize it was a song he uses hahaha. We all get out music from the same places

@Balgus_ Год назад

Any tips for catching those without live bait? Great vid as always

@CastandConquer Год назад

I have a video on the channel from last spring where I targeted them in Quebec where we are not aloud live or dead bait in the open water season. I like flukes, and flipping jigs for when I’ve seen fish and want something to put right in their face. When I’m searching for them a top water frog or spinnerbait are my go tos

@hamiltonbell2472 10 месяцев назад

Chatterbaits, Berkley PowerWorms, and Spinnerbaits are good options. I’ve gotten all caught up in fly fishing for them though. 7/8/9 weight with weighed streamers. Sight casting is so fun, but you can get without sight fishing them

@nickcourt4735 Год назад

Hey sweet video, I'm just wondering what glasses those are? And which brands you recomend? Right now I've got 2 pairs of Oakley prizms(amber, and blue lens) Im going to buy the Maui Jim's green double polarized next. I do you have any recommendations?

@CastandConquer Год назад

Hey man glad you asked these are melkin Waterland Co glasses. Honestly the best I have ever used. The link is in the description of the video. You won’t be disappointed in them I promise you that.

@kennethsmith8844 Год назад

I saw the owner of Bert’s Jigs from WayCross Ga. Fishing with spinner baits. He was having great fun

@CastandConquer Год назад

Spinnerbaits, topwater frogs and flukes are a great artificial bait choice

@hamiltonbell2472 10 месяцев назад

Man, that awful red/white plastic bobber is killing my and the steel leader is worse. 20 lb fluro leader and you’re so much better off. I do really appreciate that you named your body of water and documented when you were fishing. I’m always trying to learn and this was helpful to see that they were active really early very far north (I live in Arkansas).

@CastandConquer 10 месяцев назад

Glad u enjoyed the bobber and steel was what I had available to make it work. It ain’t pretty but they really don’t care.

@paulbrown131 Год назад

Are you fishing Ontario Zone 20 walleye opener? Less than 2 weeks!!

@CastandConquer Год назад

Yes sir I will be be. Can’t wait.

@paulbrown131 Год назад

@@CastandConquer we are launching in Cardinal. Will for sure say hi if we see you!!! Tight lines!

@dvntfred366 10 месяцев назад

Bowfin are by far my favorite species to catch

@CastandConquer 10 месяцев назад

Such hard fighters

@CalebplaysGT Год назад

Is 15 pound test good?

@CastandConquer Год назад

I’d go at least 30lbs or more

@Thisnameisnottakenjk Год назад

Have caught a few bowfin in really shallow, weedy back sloughs while fishing for largemouth here in Wisconsin. Have also hooked into my fair share of snapping turtles too. I don't fuck with them though, as soon as I see it is a snapping turtle I just cut the line a couple feet away from the hook lol. Not worth getting bit by one of those.

@CastandConquer Год назад

The turtle was so close to getting me too. I thought initially I had him hooked in the head and I wanted to get it out. But after closer examination it was just hooked on the shell.

@TRESBASSIN Год назад

Braid tends to be waxy. Test your knots good

@CastandConquer Год назад

I agree it was not the knot that slipped but more just a line break from to vicious of a hookset

@bonesdc1 9 дней назад

Ticks

@midsequence1234 Год назад

Damn that's huge

@CastandConquer Год назад

And to think I lost one a few days later that was a few pounds bigger

@brettchamberlain9708 6 месяцев назад

Broooo your hook set was the reason you lost that fish lmao

@CastandConquer 6 месяцев назад

We all know that was the main reason. Should of had that fish.

@austinhernandez2716 Год назад

You call that a "little" creek? That's almost big enough to be considered a river

@CastandConquer Год назад

For us here it’s the size of a creek. It’s actually a canal system only about 2’ deep in this section

@austinhernandez2716 Год назад

@@CastandConquer oh, looks deeper. Pretty wide though

@emitsalokar6547 2 месяца назад

No shit your line broke they have needle sharp teeth dude. Use a leader next time

@CastandConquer 2 месяца назад

I had a leader on 🤔🤫

@diegoforest 7 месяцев назад

This is how NOT to catch a bowfin.

@CastandConquer 7 месяцев назад

It obviously is hahaha. Link me your video I’d love to see how u catch them. I have another video where we smash bowfin sight fishing with flipping jigs. Maybe more up your alley