Snakehead

[tom1441]

We have started to to see the snakehead in the Upper Chesapeake Bay. I haven’t got a chance to fish for them yet but I will get out soon for one.

[ctom]

Let's try hard to keep them in your digs Tom. We don't need any here.

[tom1441]

We don’t want them but years back someone dumped there fish tank pets in a pond. The rest is history. I don’t know if they ever found they people that started this mess, but they are everywhere in the bay from Virginia to the top of the Chesapeake and all feaders

[ctom]

Sounds about like the big-head and silver carp so yak catfish farmers put in rearing ponds to try and control algae years back.....then floods cleaned the ponds out, catfish, carp and algae. Like-wise....the rest is history.

[olsarge]

Cast a plastic buzz frog right next to the bank and reel at back parallel to the bank as fast as humanly possible.  Then hang on.  I have heard they are quite tasty but have never tried one (but then again I heard the same thing about freshwater drum but I found the texture to be such a turnoff I couldn't eat them).  Hope to take a trip to south Florida in the future strictly to fish for snakeheads.

[tom1441]

[olsarge]

Cool.  dude looks like he has an attitude just layin there.

[Lines]

Looks like a muskie/bowfin cross.

[basscatlildave]

Mean looking for sure.

[ctom]

Looks like an axe target to me.

[tom1441]

Agree ctom nasty looking. Should be good fertilizer, but they say they are good eats