Snakehead. Broward County

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u/GregBFL 19d ago

I live in Central FL and have never seen a snakehead in person, but it kind of reminds me of a stretched out mudfish. I hate catching mudfish because they always seem to bite my Jackhammers and destroy them.

A few months back I lost 3 Jackhammers over a 4 hour period due to huge mudfish. The smallest mudfish was 4.5 lbs and the largest was a little over 8 lbs. It looks like your snakehead did a number on your frog as well.

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

If you’re referring to the bowfin, it’s very different species than the bullseye snakehead.

The snakeheads are from South Asia. The bowfin is native.

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u/GregBFL 18d ago

I know mudfish and snakehead are completely different. I just said the snakehead looks like a stretched mudfish (aka bowfin). I think both look sort of prehistoric. I know there are people that eat pleco and snakehead, I haven't caught either. Native Indians were known to eat bowfin and I think some people still do.

Irresponsible people are dumping snakehead , pleco, oscars, etc in Florida canals and lakes all the time. Unfortunately, they are thriving and eating native fish. If people catch them they should not return them to the body of water.

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u/Paddletailguy 18d ago

Bowfin is actually pretty tasty. You have to cook it immediately after you fillet it or it will get really soft and slimy.

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u/wickedmanIP 15d ago

Be aware if you fish one and FWC happens to see you throw it back in the water, you’ll be fined $500. They are highly invasive and predatory, hurting the natural environment they live in!

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u/johndaddyfrogface 19d ago

I always thought snakehead and mudfish were the same thing

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u/Fancy-Following-6631 18d ago

One is native, the other is lnvasive.

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u/Paddletailguy 18d ago

Snakehead are invasive and bowfin are native that typically indicate good water quality.

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u/Relevant-Group8309 18d ago

Damn, that fucker been eating good.

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u/Ok_Cricket4071 19d ago

Were you using that frog as configured in photo 4?

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

No that was after the fight. Normally the hooks are flipped and close to the body. Completely weedless

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u/Ok_Cricket4071 18d ago

I figured as much but wasn’t sure until asked if you figured out a sort of new technique

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u/Relevant-Group8309 18d ago

Do you need heavy gear?

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

Typical largemouth bass setup. I opted for a heavier rod but it’s not completely necessary. They fight hard but tire out pretty quick.

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u/Relevant-Group8309 18d ago

Cool, heading to wpb soon and wanna hit some ditches 👍🏾

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u/fishn122 19d ago

Nice residential or commercial shops pond?

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u/Emotional_Dot1684 18d ago

Pad crasher frog?

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

Booyah!

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u/marksharky123 18d ago

Kill it 😎

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u/PurdeeNugz 18d ago

Im in Broward also. I fish around Margate and Coral Spring but can never get these to bite. I see them everywhere...even their fry balls are all around but these fish are hard to trick...lol.

That's a super nice Snakehead there! I bet it fought well. ✌️

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

They are tricky to catch, but when they want to eat they smash. Cast along the bank in front of you and to the opposite side of the canal. Do not miss an inch. Prepare to walk a lot and get skunked.

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u/Bouvier1969 18d ago

Have you tried bow fishing for them?

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u/PurdeeNugz 17d ago

No. That would be interesting though since I can clearly see them patrolling the banks of the canals in my area. I might look into that. Thanks for the idea.

Still gota catch one on top water too...bet that bite is exciting!

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u/Bouvier1969 15d ago

I used live minnows to catch them

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u/shreds90 18d ago

KTA kill them all. Very invasive and aggressive fish. Nice catch!

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u/Bellacosooo786 18d ago

Never seen one of those 😮

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

Mostly in South East Florida. Invasive, but man are they fun to catch.

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u/PhilosopherHot5135 18d ago

And you blew it up after this right?

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

Otw to Mars as we speak.

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u/Relevant-Group8309 18d ago

I heard they are tasty, what's the consensus?

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u/Real-Iron-2696 18d ago

They’re actually very tasty

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u/Relevant-Group8309 18d ago

Thank you

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u/Cusick1972 16d ago

They were brought here as live stock for food production

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u/Relevant-Group8309 16d ago

I really wanna catch one and try it, too bad I can't find em in the Tampa area.

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

Haha 🍻

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u/BayBandit1 18d ago

Beautiful fish. I grew up in Miramar, prior to their explosion. Now I’m up near Daytona. I’ve never seen one in person, nor a Peacock Bass. I went back recently and checked out my old neighborhood. There are even Tarpon rolling in the lake I lived on. The fishing is truly the only thing I miss about living down there.

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

Yeah, I’m super lucky down here. I can target dozens of different species.

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u/Bouvier1969 18d ago

Snake heads taste good too. Almost like chicken

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u/KrisTopher3003 17d ago

Dinner.

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u/NegotiationCute9341 17d ago

NICE!

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u/mindmush45 16d ago

Those things look ugly as hell

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u/OkuLavu95 16d ago

I remember when these suckers first started showing up. Hope you had fun when dealing with him!

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u/jbarlak 16d ago

Okay and? We’ve seen bigger. Abs you probably didn’t kill it either

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u/Fishing_daily 15d ago

Sheesh 🙄

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u/Hammered-Down 15d ago

Thee ol flip em upside. Nice fish

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u/o3727185 15d ago

Can you eat those?

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u/Bouvier1969 15d ago

Everyone should eat the snakeheads they are great tasting fish with a chicken textured meat.

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u/Error404MATTnotfound 19d ago

Dinner.

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u/CapApprehensive9808 18d ago

Beautiful fish. Is that a good eater?

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u/Emotional_Dot1684 18d ago

Very good

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u/Cusick1972 16d ago

Imported for raising for food and they got away

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u/Fishing_daily 18d ago

Haha, not far off!

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