Fredrick Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 Haven't posted on here in a while but thought I would share something that I have come to enjoy last summer . Here are two videos I made fly fishing for snakeheads if you haven't tried it yet I highly recommend you do . https://youtu.be/tKsVIrQ5ZEo Juan Nabers, The Mad Deckhand, Matt7082 and 2 others 5 " Rule #1 Fish where the fish are, Rule # 2 Fish where the fish are ." Jack Gartside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGreen Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 Thank you for sharing! I love videos like this. No drama, bs, music, just raw footage of what we love. I've never fished for, let alone seen a snakehead. If I can I'll try it out sometime this summer. OPE and Fredrick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBob Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 Being invasive, do you kill them? Do they fight well? And without spot burning, what general region do you find them in? They are not here in CT as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBM Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 Most states don't want them released alive. They fight well enough, or so I've read, and they're a popular food fish. They're all over Florida and spreading North steadily. I believe they've reached the Potomac River basin. How far west they have gotten, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLflyfish Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 They’re established in the Patomac watershed, and I believe they’ve been found in the Susquehanna. If you don’t want to keep them for conservation reasons, apparently they taste great. Snakehead goes for high dollar in DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smath Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 In New York State, the snakehead is considered "injurious wildlife" and the DEC requires that they be killed and reported to the local DEC office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrick Posted March 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 The Northern Snakehead is in the freshwater tidal area of the Delaware River Potomac watershed and in the Susquehanna river below the Connowingo dam . These fish were caught in the Delaware river drainage. They put largemouth to shame with the way they fight and hit lures . I like to fish but I don't particularly eat allot of fish and I only kill what I eat although I have to talk to a few people who have eaten them and they say they are tasty . I haven't fished NY but I have caught them in the states of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and none of these states have a law that requires you to kill the fish but they do recommend it . " Rule #1 Fish where the fish are, Rule # 2 Fish where the fish are ." Jack Gartside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmedina Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 13 hours ago, Fredrick said: The Northern Snakehead is in the freshwater tidal area of the Delaware River Potomac watershed and in the Susquehanna river below the Connowingo dam . These fish were caught in the Delaware river drainage. They put largemouth to shame with the way they fight and hit lures . I like to fish but I don't particularly eat allot of fish and I only kill what I eat although I have to talk to a few people who have eaten them and they say they are tasty . I haven't fished NY but I have caught them in the states of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and none of these states have a law that requires you to kill the fish but they do recommend it . wow I would have believed you were down south somewhere. That is one swampy area. If a man has no plan for the future, any road will take him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrappieAttitude Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 They are in Maryland - state law requires them to be killed and not returned to the water. Ladyfish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyHillBilly Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 In Pa as well. The state's stance to kill them is ignorant. They're here now and killing a fish because the state asked you to is ineffective and absurd IMO. Many fish species were invasive to an area at one point or another, nature will find it's balance. Enjoy the new angling opportunity. oneeyewilly and Bjorn240 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigredgolf Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 4 mins ago, PhillyHillBilly said: In Pa as well. The state's stance to kill them is ignorant. They're here now and killing a fish because the state asked you to is ineffective and absurd IMO. Many fish species were invasive to an area at one point or another, nature will find it's balance. Enjoy the new angling opportunity. Yea, the cat is sort of out the bag at this point, but does that mean we should give up? Rhetorical question Every day above ground and on the water is a great one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaistick Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 They are abosutly great table fare and ferocious on any tackle...tastes and texture like our sea bass.. Bottom picture is not the one I ate I like them on the small side Fredrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smath Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 2 hours ago, PhillyHillBilly said: In Pa as well. The state's stance to kill them is ignorant. They're here now and killing a fish because the state asked you to is ineffective and absurd IMO. Many fish species were invasive to an area at one point or another, nature will find it's balance. Enjoy the new angling opportunity. Non-native and invasive are different situations. A non-native species may not threaten the balance, whereas an invasive species can be very damaging. As I posted above, New York State considers the Snakehead "injurious wildlife." As a fisherman interested in conserving our resources, I take that designation seriously. Ladyfish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyHillBilly Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 It's a pretty subjective label isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyHillBilly Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 34 mins ago, thaistick said: They are abosutly great table fare and ferocious on any tackle...tastes and texture like our sea bass.. Bottom picture is not the one I ate I like them on the small side Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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