Hey Lucas.

I have a friend that fishes the Sugarbush chain and he was just there this past week, also. Sounded like he had about the same amount of success as you.......Not very good.

He said that he also fished Pokegama lake (which is near the Sugarbush chain) and he caught quite a few snake northerns. He also caught a pretty big bowfin there, about 26 inches! He hooked into the bowfin right next to his boat. He knew the bowfin was there because it banged the bottom of his boat a couple of times. I've had that happen to me, as well. For whatever reason, sometimes bowfins will come up under your boat and announce their presence by banging into it. I've caught a number of them this way.

Thinking about, it's pretty funny, because there's no doubt that there are many anglers out there that have had this experience and wondered what in the hell was banging on the bottom of their boats. Well, wonder no more, it's just a dogfish letting you know he's there.

Sorry to hear that you were unsuccessful in breaking the bowfin record. It sounds like you have a little bit of an advantage over the rest of us in finding bowfins on Mohawksin because of your brothers knowledge. I wont be surprised then, when I read one day that you or your brother have got the new record.

As soon as I can clear my schedule, I plan to get there and give you guys a run for your money.