Fly Fishing for Snakeheads and Bowfin success thread 2022

[Fredrick]

New personal best 12.25

 

[dc410]

Congrats Fred, on your new PB. What a monster! Did you get it on topwater?

 

[Fredrick]

Congrats Fred, on your new PB. What a monster! Did you get it on topwater?

Yes on topwater he demolished the head of my popper

 

[tomgamber]

Bowfin?

 

[Fredrick]

Bowfin?

Northern Snakehead

 

[Fredrick]

Northern Snakehead

 

[Fredrick]

New personal best 13 pounds caught on the popper above

 

[use2wuz]

New personal best 13 pounds caught on the popper above
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Boom!

 

[goose54cdd]

Congratulations. Have you ever eaten them? I read they're good.

 

[Fredrick]

Congratulations. Have you ever eaten them? I read they're good.

Thanks , I did once I prefer the taste of saltwater fishes

 

[Fredrick]

Nice ten pounder from last week .

 

[goose54cdd]

Wow, I bet they're awesome on a fly rod. Nice

 

[AndyP]

Fred - is that John Heinz Nature Refuge ? Have you fished there ?

 

[Fredrick]

Fred - is that John Heinz Nature Refuge ? Have you fished there ?

No this isn’t JH , I have fished there but they don’t allow kayaks in the main pond where most of the snakeheads are .