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I have a private pond/lake that i crappie fish every year for about 5 years now, well i went out monday and set out my yo yos as i normally do this time of year. An i got 4 crappie and 26 grennell. This is the first time i have caught grennell on this lake. Is that a bad thing or is it just normall for them to be there. What should i do with them when i catch them, can you eat them? An will they wipe out the crappie??
thanks
Cypress trout/bowfin/ grinell are highly predatory fish, they are hard on the sportfish population, even more so in small bodies of water, they are a blast to catch, and really put up a awesome fight. I have not heard of any recipes that will make them edible yet. They do however make good fertilizer for your garden if you know what I mean. They can live out of water for several hours, they dont have lungs, they have gills. they are some what prehistoric. Oh by the way, dont try to lip them out of the water like you would a bass. In my opinion they are a bad thing. I do believe they are considered a rough fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by jphunter
Good for baitin coons an such...
ip, i keep a pair of pliers on the deck of the boat so when i catch one of the nice cypress trouts i get he/she/it by the lower lip with a good hold with the pliers and when i get my bait back i hold tight and give the trout a couple or three spins and tear a good sized chunk out of he/she/it's lower jaw and turn it loose. i've yet to catch one with part of it's lower jaw missing.
oh, and i laugh out loud every time i get to do that. i got a morbid sense of humor don't i?
Make sure they are grinell and not snakeheads
Oldduckhunter, I like the way you think, they serve no porpose in the water of any lake I really don't see that as a morbid sense of humor at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by olduckhunter
Doesnt sound like a good thing...especially in a small lake. I'd kill every one I caught.:o
Plus 1 on killing all of them that you can!!!
They are a native fish and could keep Crappie from over populating small waters. Fun to catch on a pole , but suck as far as table fair. Been told eggs can be used as caviar.
Here is a site all about Grinnel . It covers alot , even recipies.
http://www.bowfinanglers.com/index.html
I ate some grinnel with Soswines uncle and cousin while fishing down toward Island 40. It wasn't too bad hot, but after cooling it was like eating cotton. You sure can get a long fillet off the side of one of those.
Nimrod, to protect these fish saying they may help keep crappie from over populating is admirable, however if he went to that lake and caught 4 crappie and 25 bowfins, I would come to the conclusion that they controlled the population of crappie way to well. The predatory nature of this fish leaves it with no natural predator to controll it's population. We as fisherman are it's only threat, if we don't deal with them in a aggressive manner what keeps them from over populating a body of water as small as he described. These fish are super aggresive, they ain't picky about what they eat either, if it swims it is fair game for them. So my opinion is still not swayed about these fish, dispose of every one you catch for the well being of the body of water a person fishes.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
KILL EM ALL!!! Can't see myself eatin a Grinnell... We always just throw them on the bank..
Shame on ya'll for killing bowfins and gars for no reason other than for self enjoyment in thinking a good deed done.I could see doing so in ponds and maybe small lakes that were over run by them.The bigger lakes and rivers I seen no reason to kill the bowfin or gar or other fish like drum.I call my self a panfisherman but catch every thing thats in the lakes and rivers.When I hookup to a bowfin,gar,drum,buff'O,carp anything other than a panfish I think its a treat in testing my skills.Crappie,bream and bass love feeding on little bowfins,gar and any other fish even its own.Why kill the panfishes eatable meals when they too help in making them fat.I love the battle a bowfin,gar and drum can give a feller,may take a while to land them and I release all mine unharmed.Other than mice,rats and blackbirds I believe if you kill it you eat it....shame on ya'll...
So your screen name says, turtlebait;), if it is a rough fish along the lines of the ones you listed, it will be turned into turtlebait:D, turtles have to eat to, and a fresh dead fish to a turtle, is like prime rib is to us:). turtles are slow and a dead fish is slow and easy for them to catch. So it all depends on how you look at it:rolleyes:. Shame on you for shaming us, we may have just been thinking about the turtles swimming around in the water and their need for a easy meal to:p. If you hit a possum or a skunk with your car, you dont stop and pick it up and call it supper do you:rolleyes:. 9 out of 10 time when you hit a animal with a car you killed it:eek:. and you believe if you kill it you should eat it:). Food for thought:). I am just pulling your leg.:D:D Its hard to argue the point.:D
:D I see your point and alot of fat turtles too and I miss animals crossing the road even turtles:rolleyes:.Any fish that gets on my hook I call it a sport fish nomatter if is a bowfin or smallie.I think my reels work better after a fighting :eek: battle with trash fish :cool: .If its not bass,bream or crappie yeah all others is trash fish.They all sport fish to me so I'll leave the killing of sporty trashy fish to turtle lovers:D.