In the dark, however, in the heat of the moment, parsing out what’s a bowfin and what’s a snakehead when you’ve got an arrow nocked and a second to fire proved challenging for some shooters. Meanwhile ...

The New York state angling records revealed that Soptelean’s bowfin would nudge out the previous state-record bowfin by 10 ounces. Soptelean’s Yanty Creek mudfish is now an official New York record.

One of New York's most unique fish, the bowfin is the sole living survivor of a group of fishes whose fossil representatives date back to when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Chase Soptelean, of Brockport, recently caught this 13-pound, 8-ounce bowfin, which is a state fishing record for that fish species. NYS DEC photo.

A record bowfin was caught on a NJ creek on a warm day last month. Bowfin are living fossils as they're last survivor of a primitive family of fish.

Ontario’s Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe are popular for their summer cottages and beaches. Once the snow flies, however, they both attract outdoor winter enthusiasts with ice fishing, skiing ...

Toronto Residents of idyllic small town on Lake Simcoe worried about huge high-rise condo project New ultra-modern community with 7,000 homes called the Orbit proposed for Innisfil ...

His catch broke the previous state bowfin record - a 16-pound fish caught in 1988. The DNR says it got 54 entries for the 2009 Fish-of-the-Year, of which 27 were accepted. The smallest was a 12-inch ...

This May long weekend is not the time for Greater Toronto Area residents to head north for the day, say the leaders of municipalities that surround Lake Simcoe.

A 7-year-old girl out fishing with her godfather on Friday caught a fish they weren't expecting on Friday at Sippo Lake in Perry Township.