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has anyone ever caught a bowfin or a snakehead? if so where and how big?
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Ten pounders are common in Florida. We considered them trash fish. BTW they can bite the crap out of you.
Yes I've caught quite a few bowfin, the largest just over thirteen pounds. Mine were caught in oxbow lakes and meander scars in southwest Alabama. They fight well and will jump, but I never figured out what to do with them after I caught them. Everyone told me they're no good to eat, so I never tried one.
Oh yes, Del, you're right about biting. The first one I caught got my attention when he used those needle sharp teeth on my thumb when I was careless getting the hook out.
Caught 2 by rod & reel, one of 7 pounds on a topwater plug on Sam Rayburn and one about 3 pounds on a worm in a backwater that was very shallow. They fight hard but it's over fast.
Also called grindle or dogfish.
10-12 pounds.
ive caught a lot of them down in south carolina in lake greenwood there numbers are growing ever year and we are shootin more everytime we go bowfishing. they usually weight about 10 to 15 pounds
It's common in Florida to catch a bowfin about 10 pounds like Del said.......
Snakeheads, is a native to Asia and Africa, have the potential to cause undesirable impacts on native fishes in waters where they have been illegally introduced by competing with natives for food and habitat, preying upon them and transmitting disease. An established snakehead population could reduce the abundance of popular game and non-game species, affecting the angler catch rates..........
i have never caught one.
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Ten pounders are common in Florida. We considered them trash fish. BTW they can bite the crap out of you.
Caught 2 by rod & reel, one of 7 pounds on a topwater plug on Sam Rayburn and one about 3 pounds on a worm in a backwater that was very shallow. They fight hard but it's over fast.
Also called grindle or dogfish.
ive caught a lot of them down in south carolina in lake greenwood there numbers are growing ever year and we are shootin more everytime we go bowfishing. they usually weight about 10 to 15 pounds
It's common in Florida to catch a bowfin about 10 pounds like Del said.......
Snakeheads, is a native to Asia and Africa, have the potential to cause undesirable impacts on native fishes in waters where they have been illegally introduced by competing with natives for food and habitat, preying upon them and transmitting disease. An established snakehead population could reduce the abundance of popular game and non-game species, affecting the angler catch rates..........
Yes I've caught quite a few bowfin, the largest just over thirteen pounds. Mine were caught in oxbow lakes and meander scars in southwest Alabama. They fight well and will jump, but I never figured out what to do with them after I caught them. Everyone told me they're no good to eat, so I never tried one.
Oh yes, Del, you're right about biting. The first one I caught got my attention when he used those needle sharp teeth on my thumb when I was careless getting the hook out.
10-12 pounds.
i have never caught one.
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