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FL, USA
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Posted: 7/8/2020 12:38:54 AM EDT
[Last Edit: WildBoar]
Working on my last few cast before getting too dark I had a Bullseye Snakehead take my frog. Hard hit like always' I set the hook good and the fight was on. For like 2 seconds. After that was like reeling in some weeds. On the end was a lifeless snakehead. Total head scratcher moment. Bastard was 100% deader than a doornail.
Looks like when I set the hook one of the barbs pierced his skull.and brained him. Never heard of that happening before. My fishing buddy didnt see the cast or brief fight' just me pulling in a dead as shit fish. Thought I was goofing around at first but this one was only like 3 lbs where the one I had before it was pushing 7. What luck lol |
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MP, USA
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Posted: 7/8/2020 12:55:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Concentricity]
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Edit: Didnt realize that this wasn’t GD.
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Posted: 7/8/2020 12:58:43 AM EDT
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How do you catch them, and lets see a pic!
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Posted: 7/8/2020 7:13:14 AM EDT
[Last Edit: JPK]
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We catch snakeheads in MD.
Frogs and other surface baits work, but do do jigs, spinnerbaits, chatter baits, plugs... Big live minnows are like candy to them. The big one in the photo below is 35.5” and 13.75lbs.  Attached FileThey are good rating and good looking when they are alive or fresh dead.  Attached FileSorry for the sideways photo, it’s oriented correctly on my phone. |
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Posted: 7/8/2020 7:25:22 AM EDT
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OP, didn’t know snakeheads were in Florida. Public or private?
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FL, USA
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Posted: 7/8/2020 2:08:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WildBoar]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Oldgold: OP, didn’t know snakeheads were in Florida. Public or private? Public waterway behind my house. We have a different species down here as they die when the water gets below 50 degrees so they are concentrated tons small area for now. We have the Bullseye Snakehead |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 7/8/2020 2:10:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WildBoar]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BillofRights: How do you catch them, and lets see a pic! Cheap Booyah plastic frogs. Just send it along the shore and a steady retrieve. I didnt take a pic of him though. I only took a pic of the spawner that I caught right before it  And another ugly one that I got that AM. Just to snow the color variations  Biggest one from my area was 14lbs collected. by the State but most caught are between 2-7 lbs. the bigger ones come out at night so I am going to start trying for them. I dispatch everyone I catch. I am stocked up on SHTF meats so anything I catch becomes cat, turtle, buzzard food. The spawner left its fry and the bluegills cleaned em up pretty quick. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 7/8/2020 2:26:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JPK: We catch snakeheads in MD. Frogs and other surface baits work, but do do jigs, spinnerbaits, chatter baits, plugs... Big live minnows are like candy to them. The big one in the photo below is 35.5” and 13.75lbs. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/428630/806D99B4-05C9-49CA-9FCF-877A92601402_jpe-1494789.JPG They are good rating and good looking when they are alive or fresh dead. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/428630/849D36A0-C22C-4E26-95D5-0A912541E696_jpe-1494790.JPG Sorry for the sideways photo, it’s oriented correctly on my phone. The ones you have are much better looking than the ones we have. Fugly bastards down here. You are right about them being good eating though. Might even be the best freshwater fish meat around. Super firm, absolutely no smell or fishy taste. I dont even bread em. Just into the pan with oil, butter, Tonys cajun seasoning, lemmon pepper and done. And I don't even like fish lol but I. will eat them. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 7/10/2020 9:18:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: urbanredneck]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Oldgold: OP, didn’t know snakeheads were in Florida. Public or private? Bullseye snakeheads in Fl. Northern snakeheads in M d. |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 7/12/2020 5:51:48 PM EDT
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More gifts from the Chinese?
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Posted: 7/14/2020 1:58:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WildBoar: Cheap Booyah plastic frogs. Just send it along the shore and a steady retrieve. I didnt take a pic of him though. I only took a pic of the spawner that I caught right before it https://i.postimg.cc/PqHpNDww/107548183-3926668837343280-7304592429909370690-o.jpg And another ugly one that I got that AM. Just to snow the color variations https://i.postimg.cc/Y9HCdB3L/105375157-3877539668922864-6206465570357414640-o.jpg Biggest one from my area was 14lbs collected. by the State but most caught are between 2-7 lbs. the bigger ones come out at night so I am going to start trying for them. I dispatch everyone I catch. I am stocked up on SHTF meats so anything I catch becomes cat, turtle, buzzard food. The spawner left its fry and the bluegills cleaned em up pretty quick. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WildBoar: Originally Posted By BillofRights: How do you catch them, and lets see a pic! Cheap Booyah plastic frogs. Just send it along the shore and a steady retrieve. I didnt take a pic of him though. I only took a pic of the spawner that I caught right before it https://i.postimg.cc/PqHpNDww/107548183-3926668837343280-7304592429909370690-o.jpg And another ugly one that I got that AM. Just to snow the color variations https://i.postimg.cc/Y9HCdB3L/105375157-3877539668922864-6206465570357414640-o.jpg Biggest one from my area was 14lbs collected. by the State but most caught are between 2-7 lbs. the bigger ones come out at night so I am going to start trying for them. I dispatch everyone I catch. I am stocked up on SHTF meats so anything I catch becomes cat, turtle, buzzard food. The spawner left its fry and the bluegills cleaned em up pretty quick. Beautiful fish. Why are you trying to eradicate them? |
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Posted: 7/14/2020 2:20:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BillofRights: Beautiful fish. Why are you trying to eradicate them? |
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