came across this pic of a bowfin skull

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Oh man, I need to get something similar for my collection. I'm short on fish and birds.

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Please pardon my ignorance but what is meant by "lipped it"?
 
Please pardon my ignorance but what is meant by "lipped it"?

It's when you grab a fish by it's lower lip to hold their weight. Most times it done with largemouth/smallmouth bass or striped bass to bring them out of the water when they're caught. Not done with toothy fish though. I thought you fished.lol
 
Thanks for the explanation,I've seen that done before but never knew there was a term for the practice.I do fish from time to time but I'm no seasoned angler lol.I mostly catch minnows and sunfish these days.
 
Almost lipped a bluefish once nightfishing before I noticed it's forked tail instead of the striper's rounded tail. Thx to that, I still own my right thumb.lol
 
Damn,blues can do that hunh?
 
Damn,blues can do that hunh?

Like saltwater piranhas that can fight pound for pound like no other. When they lock their jaws on something beating them with a stick still won't make them let go. I've heard of stories of people having to cut the blue's head off to hopefully get their bodyparts back!
 
Damn,blues can do that hunh?

I literally watched a father with his family on a charter boat that was in close proximity to my boat strike a lipit pose with a mid sized (~ 30") Bluefish. The 1st mate on the charter screamed out a warning to him, but too late. There were literally dozens upon dozens of boats in the immediate vicinity.

We all almost peed ourselves laughing at him losing his freakin' thumb.

I quickly started singing a Crosby Stills and Nash tune: Teach your children well!

I have caught 4' blue fish in the Atlantic ocean Luckily I was just 1 braincell above "noodling" this fish.

You know, stuff your arm down a Catfishes throat to catch it! :ROFL:
 
I've noodles quite a bit. The blue and channel catfish are the ones that have bitten me HARD. Flathead Catfish don't have the jaw pressure that those two have.
 
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