new #1 ranked Bowfin caught in Florida

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(02-02-2013 10:53 PM)Jeremy Ray Green Wrote:  ontarios record is, just over 6 kgs, or nearly 13 pounds...

One of the Oldest registered DNA for Any fish Species...

The closest to a dinosaur than almost any fish out there.

~Jeremy

Just for interest discussion sake...

Some fossil of gar species (some records may include relatives or early forms of the Alligator Gar) were found in Cretaceous rock formation, which dates back to a period from 145–66 mya.

The oldest bowfin record (where the bowfin evolved into its current form) were found in Triassic rock formations, which dates back to a period from 252.2–201.3 million years ago (mya).

The oldest coelacanth record (where the coelacanth evolved into its current form) were found in Devonian rock formations, which dates back to a period from 419.2–358.9 mya.

According to Wiki...

There are two extant coelacanth species, the Western Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), and Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis).

Latimeria chalumnae have been found in the Comoros, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa.

Latimeria menadoensis, was described from Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia


How sick would it be to partake on a year long fishing expedition to catch, and to document on video, a coelacanth species that is caught on hook and line? This will not be some randomly chance encounter...but using local knowledge to TARGET a coelacanth!

There are lots of "holy grails" and unexplored opportunities in angling, but catching a coelacanth on hook and line probably rank at the top of my list (and one of my friend's list). I think it would put you way above ANY angling record in the world.

If I strike it rich...it's not be too far fetched...and I may just chase after such a unrealistic and unreachable but completely stupendous endeavour!

...Oh, and then I can sign up on Roughfish and rub it in all their faces. Who else can claim a coelacanth on their life list?