Missouri

Missouri, was that 19 pound fin the last one in the state or have you all given up fishing to see the shows at Branson? Send those pics!

We don't know all the hotspots, so if you know of a Bowfin Hotspot, please let us know. Locate your hotspot at Google Maps and e-mail the link info to me so I can add it to the map. When sending pics, please include location info and all the catch details that you can. Be sure to mention our favorite fish in the "Subject" line. BAGman's address is public and garners lots of junk.

The Yellow dots indicate the State Record (lb-oz or 00.00 lb), the Red dots are other fin locations that have been revealed to us. They link to Topozone maps that get you in the neighborhood, if not to the exact spot. The Photos name the location the fins were caught (if known). Thanks to Dave D (Osama Bin Bowfin) for this idea.

August 2009, Mingo Wildlife Refuge

BAGman,
My father and I (NickE and ChrisE) are both members of the website, and I mentioned a while back that I would send in a few pictures from our most productive fishing trip early this summer (May 2009). The story behind the photos is as follows. My dad and I went down to the Mingo Wildlife Refuge, our normal fishing territory, one day and did well enough that we decided to come back the next day, only earlier. I'll just say that the next day was much more productive (I'll let the pictures speak for themselves). After we had hooked and netted 17 grinnel, our stringers were getting a bit full and my dad began cleaning the fish. I went on fishing and we finally quit after the 25th. The good lord only knows how many we may have caught if we would hav kept fishing, but our cooler was full, dad was rather tired of cleaning the fish, and we weren't sure how much room we had in our freezers. Just for the record, they were still biting when we quit (and showed no signs of slacking any time soon) and we lost quit a few too. The pictures are the four stringers before my dad began cleaning the fish.
Thanks,
Chris and Nick E, 08/11/09




Missouri Tips

Too bad he couldn't back it up with some pics:

I was surprised to come across this site, but very pleased to see it. The Bowfin has been the fish of choice for my family for decades. I am originally from Southeast Missouri and have fished numerous holes around that area; I would venture to say I have caught hundreds of Bowfin in that area and I would say my parents in the 1000s over the years. I have been in Alaska for about 3 years with the Air Force but will be moving back to Missouri in June of 2003. I have enjoyed the Salmon fishing up here but I am looking forward to the upcoming fights in Missouri. A few of the places I have had excellent fishing experience with the Bowfin are: Mingo & Duck Creek Wildlife Refuge, and quit a few areas of Back water off the Mississippi around Charleston, Cruthersville, Wolfe Island, and smaller creeks around the area -- too many to list.
Scott W



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