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Comment by bobby emory on January 27, 2012 at 1:41pm

ahhh mattamuskeet that place has always interested me

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 27, 2012 at 1:38pm

Thanks for the interest Bobby, I catch quite a few gar in extreme Southeastern Virginia and the rivers and lakes I fish in North Carolina....I have to dig up some of the pictures and add them.....I caught a 12 pound gar in 2009 fishing in Lake Mattamuskeet on the culverts.....that got interesting to land him.......Thanks for joining Bobby!

Comment by bobby emory on January 27, 2012 at 1:21pm

hello all anybody fish for the gar I personally enjoy wading the nottoway when the water is low and catch 'em nothing like a dinosaur swimming around your legs haha

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 27, 2012 at 1:21pm

Yep- « shoe-peek » is right. In Cajun country, they are supposedly prized among the locals... For their eggs. I've read there is even a minor cottage industry in the swamps for bowfin roe, called "Queen Roe," or "Roe Royale"... Or something like that, anyway.
I also know that choupique can be eaten, just as with any other fish. The trick, it is said, is to never allow the flesh to touch water, once it has been caught and cleaned. I don't know if it's true or not, though.

Comment by Tony Livingston on January 27, 2012 at 12:44pm

Shoe-pic and Sock-a-lay....

Awesome! I would've never learned either one anyplace but here!

Thanks guys!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 27, 2012 at 12:35pm

Choupique is pronounced as follows Tony...."Shoe-Pic"...Often you hear something like..."A dam shoe-pic tore up my rig or I thought I had a nice bass then I realized it was a dam shoe-pic"......

Comment by Tony Livingston on January 27, 2012 at 11:58am

Okay david, same scenario as "sacalait"......

How do you pronounce that?

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 27, 2012 at 10:59am

@ Tony - I first knew the bowfin as 'mudfish,' somewhat less classy than even dogfish.

But nowadays, I prefer the Cajun name for the fish - "Choupique."

These fish predate human kind and are true prehistoric survivors. They deserve a name befitting their long and storied heritage. 'Choupique' works.

Comment by Tony Livingston on January 27, 2012 at 10:02am

In Indiana, a lot of anglers' refer to Bowfin as Dogfish.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 27, 2012 at 9:23am

My nephew Dan wanted a big bass something fierce but nobody was surprised when we netted another big bowfin in Tulls Bay....Often winner of last place in the beauty contest, these fish are known as Cypress Bass, Cypress Trout, Grindle, Choupique, Mudfish and many other names depending on what part of the country anglers cathch them.....They 're alot like riding a bull as once the hook is set you're often just along for the ride.........

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