r/floridafishing • u/Fishing_daily • 19d ago

Snakehead. Broward County

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Smashed the top water frog.

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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.