Eff me Norm, you got some nice leg action there!
well that narrows it down to two anyway

That is a SWEET picture!!!!! Awesome!!!!!
Once a hippie always a hippie, right?
Yep - it's a bowfin. Have caught many while fishing for bass pitching plastic worms. They are a mean fighting fish when they smash a plastic.
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Mid 80s. Mr. Twister Keeper hook in upper right. I'm sure the bowfin tore the crap out of my Mann's Jelly Worm.
Don't hate me because of my OP shorts and Max Rouse and Sons cap.
Hate me because I was a long haired hippie.