Here is a link to the story I got my info from, with a picture of the actual
fish you can blow up and look at yourself and see if you think it's a
bowfin.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/4115924.html
Not to worry, most who fish in Wisconsin despise bowfin, and if it is
caught , it will be tossed on shore and stomped on, slit up, or some other
gruesome butchering and then kicked into the tall grass and brush to rot.
Certainly bowfin will loose on this one, when people are encouraged to kill
snakeheads, as they are ruffe, gobies, and white perch.
The whole situation is bad. Several Pacu have been caught in Lake
Columbia, a cooling lake that is very warm all year. No race to ban Pacu or
even Pirahna in Wisconsin. A Tilapia was caught in Horicon marsh some years
back. No race to ban all cichlid species. Just as the mass ban on Channa and
Parachanna has banned some delightful dwarf species in some states. Yet
exotic salmon and trout are stocked here every year, since they raise lots
of money for the state. You won't find them bashed on the rocks of Lake
Michigans coast.
Ray
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