flaswimbaiter Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 I am down in south Florida for a few days and was determined to get a snakehead on a swimbait, but they had other plans. On day one I lost 4 fish and had my little booger destroyed, I had no back up or glue and was so pissed I switched to conventional baits…..and got a nice one about 4 pounds on a frog. Day two I was not going to fish with anything but a MF, I lost 4 fish with one cut off. Frustrated I decided to give up, I was walking back down the canal just tossing in front of me and got nailed by this little guy. After getting him on shore he twisted around like a bowfish and sliced right though 30lbs braid like butter. I know he aint much, but after what I went through I was happy to get him. Next target…….peacock bass!!!!!! Lucid_Dreams23, Salty_Cak and everythingthatswims 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke V. Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 sounds like fun man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trav Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Awesome! We have snakehead in the Potomac River up here, Im still trying to catch one of these ugly critters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunkerPunkTW Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 cool dude what size mission fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vedak Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Cool! I got rid of mines before they got banned. SUPER agressive fish. Cool pet though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Baiter Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Glad they aren't here for the most part.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triv Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 That fish looks like it rides the short bus Got0ne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubberdaddy Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 I never know what kind of fish you're gonna post up next.... Certainly the undisputed obscure species champ of the underground Got0ne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell S. Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Dang those things are cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Dogg Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 crazy fish! he even smiled for the pic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonesaw Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 how do you tell between snakehead and bowfin? or are they the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oprcsr Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Different fish though they look very similar. One of the neat things about nature is they are totally different, not related at all like pike/musky etc. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wi ... wfin.phtml Great fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtrwsel Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Hey bro, from the decription the oprcsr posted, I think that is a male Bowfin from the eyespot on the tail. Could be wrong. Those thing are nasty and fight hard, roll like a gator, and will try to tear up your gear. On the coast of Georgia, folks refered to them as Cypress trout. But nice to catch when the bass are not biting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaswimbaiter Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Hey bro, from the decription the oprcsr posted, I think that is a male Bowfin from the eyespot on the tail. Could be wrong. Those thing are nasty and fight hard, roll like a gator, and will try to tear up your gear. On the coast of Georgia, folks refered to them as Cypress trout. But nice to catch when the bass are not biting. I have caught plenty of both, I know the difference. I specifically target them when I go down south. If that were mud fish it would have been close to eight pounds. Here take look. Snakehead Bowfin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtrwsel Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Brotha, I stand corrected. Thanks for the pic's, even better than the decription. They look like some mean suckers for sure. everythingthatswims 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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