Can somebody tell me what kind of fish this is?????

meatball · Baitfish Rank Joined: 21 Feb 2011 Posts: 5 Total Points: 9

My son caught this fish in the CT RIVER in Portland CT and can not find any info on what kind of fish this is! Or a web site i could look it up at! Thanks! Go Fish

pramsey

Check out the comments on your first posted photo, protacanthopterix already called it. http://www.ctfishfinder.com/view_photo_details.php?id=23773&pid=1

P-x, couldn't you pick a name that is easier to spell? Wink

aqualung · Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:41 pm Post subject:

I second Bowfin

carp13 · Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:38 pm Post subject:

definitely bowfin.

protacanthopterix · Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:55 am Post subject:

Haha, you guys can just call me Rix if you prefer.

Meatball places the Bowfin at Portland. Has anyone heard of them further south on the river? Prior to this, Glastonbury was the furthest south I've heard of.

I must say that this is a sharp-looking Bowfin. It seems to have a "double eye-spot" on the caudal peduncle and bright green not only on the paired fins, but on the lower shanks of the body. It may be spawning time for bowfin.

billysenko · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject:

It`s a bow fin, caught one of those while in FLA while seeing my parents.

timmeh · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject: bowfin

definitely a bowfin

angryjohn · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:15 pm Post subject:

we cought one on our trip to black lake NY and had not a clue what it was when we hauled it in. We nicknamed it a devil fish, and it still holds that name when we fish Wink