Snakeheads on topwater???

  • tom_gursky
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    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
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    February 17, 2009 at 4:45 pm #1319025

    Caught In Fisherman on the tube yesterday and they were catching Snakeheads up to 7-8lbs in the Florida drainage canals on topwater (Gulp Frogs)… It looked like a blast!

    Jeremiah Shaver
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    La Crosse, WI
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    February 17, 2009 at 5:20 pm #749487

    aren’t snakeheads an invasive species that should be killed upon catching?

    tom_gursky
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    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
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    February 17, 2009 at 6:36 pm #749524

    The Northern Snakehead is the only one that can survive over 50 degree water and certainly should be. The local expert on the show was promoting the Florida Snakehead as a new sport fish like the Peacock Bass…
    To each his own I suppose…

    Ralph Wiggum
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    Maple Grove, MN
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    February 17, 2009 at 7:57 pm #749560

    Quote:

    Caught In Fisherman on the tube yesterday and they were catching Snakeheads up to 7-8lbs in the Florida drainage canals on topwater (Gulp Frogs)… It looked like a blast!

    Thanks for the heads up! Should be on the DVR when I get home

    Ralph Wiggum
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    Maple Grove, MN
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    February 18, 2009 at 2:03 am #749666

    Dude! That was an awesome episode!!! Paddlefish, Lake Sturgeon, and Bullseye Snakeheads. Very cool.

    castandblast
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    Eau Claire, WI
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    February 18, 2009 at 6:00 am #749730

    I agree with the erradication of snakeheads in our home waters but over here in SE Asia they are one cool fish. We have 6 different snakehead species in my area. The Giant Snakehead is the biggest and most colorful. I have caught a few of them but nothing over 2 lbs. yet. I am hoping for the 10+ lb. variety. They are kind of like fishing for muskies because they are the fish of multiple casts. I am taking all my midwest angling know-how and applying it to the Giant Snakehead.

    This is just a baby one.

    Check out some of these that Jean Francois Helias has caught. They have some really cool colors.

    Francois has given me some tips on fishing these things but I would sure love to watch that In-Fisherman segment you all are talking about.

    bret_clark
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    Sparta, WI
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    February 20, 2009 at 7:37 pm #750894

    They look like the Mississippi Bow Fins all dolled up for a night on the town

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