2018 Fly Fishing for Snakeheads and Bowfin success thread

[Fredrick]

With the heat wave this week I knew that the snakeheads and Bowfin would be putting the feed bag on. So I headed out to my local toothy critter spot . I first started throwing the old faithful snake charmer and I did get some solid hits but I couldn’t hook up . So I went to the old stand by and started catching right away .all said and done I bought three snakeheads to the boga which equals some good times .

 

[afishinado]

^ I guess snakeheads being a summertime fish only is a myth.

Yuh didn't pull 'um off their spawning nests.....didja?!

 

[Fredrick]

afishinado wrote:
^ I guess snakeheads being a summertime fish only is a myth.

Yuh didn't pull 'um off their spawning nests.....didja?!

They don't use beds, they pair up and lay their eggs on aquatic vegetation and both parents guard their eggs and eventually the fry for at least a month . I'm not sure on what the normal time frame is but when they guard their young the female will stay in the fry ball and the male will act as a sentry and patrol around the fry ball . Allot of times you can spot a fryball ball by seeing other fish leap out of the water trying to get away from the male attacking them because they got to close to the fry ball . A few years back when they found out that snakeheads have invaded a pond in Delaware was because a kid on a kayak was messing with a fryball and was attacked and bitten.

https://www.fishwild.vt.edu/snakeheads/nesting_habits.html


https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/weird/Snakeheads-Delaware-128033358.html

 

[afishinado]

Here is a good article:

https://coastalanglermag.com/snakehead-spawning-patterns/

 

[jifigz]

Those are some beautiful uglies! Congrats Frederick!

 

[Fredrick]

jifigz wrote:
Those are some beautiful uglies! Congrats Frederick!

Thanks, Snakin aint easy but it's rewarding

 

[Fredrick]

Was supposed to float the Delaware today but had a last minute cancellation so I hit the local toothy location for snakehead and Bowfin
Ended up catching 4 Bowfin and one snakehead.

 

[jay348]

Been a while here...stumbled upon a new species the other day and fred insisted i contribute the photo evidence. super cool fish.

 

[jifigz]

That's a very cool picture Jay. It really shows the pattern of the fish. What fly is that stuck in its mouth?

 

[jay348]

jifigz wrote:
That's a very cool picture Jay. It really shows the pattern of the fish. What fly is that stuck in its mouth?

Appreciate it, just a flashy clouser there

 

[Fredrick]

jay348 wrote:

jifigz wrote:
That's a very cool picture Jay. It really shows the pattern of the fish. What fly is that stuck in its mouth?

Appreciate it, just a flashy clouser there

 

[streamerguy]

I can't get over the snakeheads you catch. Well done!! Sure they're invasive, but the smallmouths and brownies don't belong out there either. Would hate to see the snakes nudge out the 'fin, but that doesn't seem like the case? Such awesome fish though. Keep on doin' what you're doin'!!!

Congrats on your first jay348. Such a sweet catch.

I want one

 

[streamerguy]

Have had a really solid spring for bowfin on the western end of the state, and a little bit in Ohio.

 

[streamerguy]

Maybe the pics will work this time...

 

[Fredrick]

Nice catches Bowfin are a seriously underrated gamefish .

 

[jacob]

Aye! I didn’t see this thread the other day when I caught my first snakehead on the fly- not a big one, but a snakehead nonetheless!

https://instagram.com/p/BkgkNV4Bl80/

 

[jacob]

 

[jifigz]

Nice catch Jacob. I've been meaning to make a snakeheas trip for the last 5 or 6 years. It still hasn't happened.

 

[Fredrick]

jacob wrote:
Aye! I didn’t see this thread the other day when I caught my first snakehead on the fly- not a big one, but a snakehead nonetheless!

https://instagram.com/p/BkgkNV4Bl80/

Awesome congrats

 

[afishinado]

Snakehead Symposium info found on the PFBC site for Fredrick and other Snakeheads:

Snakehead Event