State record Bowfin:

[AndyS]

F&W Record Bowfin 2024
Frank Hubert caught the new state record Bowfin in Mantua Creek on December 17, 2024. The fish weighed 12 pounds, 10 ounces, replacing Pierce Dopkin’s 11-pound, 8.5-ounce record from 2017, which was caught in the same creek.

Frank was casting from a kayak and using a Sixgill spinning rod with a Shimano spinning reel loaded with 30-pound test Snakehead Outlawz braided line when the fish hit. A Snakehead Outlawz Dragon Destroyer was the lure used for catching this new record bowfin.

[Jigman13]

That's a cool looking fish. Good stuff!

[Pondhopper8]

Very cool! Mantua creek is about to get some fishing traffic!