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lakefisher7 New Member Posts: 45	snake head caught. Apr 29, 2014 13:07:27 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lakefisher7 on Apr 29, 2014 13:07:27 GMT -5 A friend was fishing at philpott the other night for walleye. They hooked a snake head. Don't know size or anything but thought I would pass it along.

Kayaksticks Senior Member Posts: 379	snake head caught. Apr 29, 2014 13:18:44 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kayaksticks on Apr 29, 2014 13:18:44 GMT -5 You know if they passed the info onto DGIF? I know they try to track those things and this is the first I've heard of one caught in this area.

bigd7400 Senior Member Posts: 280	snake head caught. Apr 29, 2014 13:33:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bigd7400 on Apr 29, 2014 13:33:52 GMT -5 that could be very bad for this area. those things are pretty vicious invasive predators and have already taken hold in the potomac.
	Never had a bad day fishing....the wife on the other hand may disagree

Kayaksticks Senior Member Posts: 379	snake head caught. Apr 29, 2014 13:53:13 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kayaksticks on Apr 29, 2014 13:53:13 GMT -5 Any chance you could get your friend to send me a picture of it? I sure hope he killed it.

hokiefisherman Full Member Posts: 150	snake head caught. Apr 30, 2014 12:42:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hokiefisherman on Apr 30, 2014 12:42:19 GMT -5 Please post a picture; I know a bunch of biologists here that would be very interested to see if this is actually a snakehead. It's the first I know about in this area

lakefisher7 New Member Posts: 45	snake head caught. Apr 30, 2014 14:10:35 GMT -5 via mobile lakefisher7 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lakefisher7 on Apr 30, 2014 14:10:35 GMT -5 `Fish I will get a picture soon just can't get posted yet. looking at the pic it looks like a bowfish` Attachments:
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snake head caught. May 1, 2014 6:49:55 GMT -5

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Post by hokiefisherman on May 1, 2014 6:49:55 GMT -5

Based on the fact that the anal fin is not elongated I would have to conclude that this is a bowfin but if you have any additional pictures that could help me be more confident.... I can only hope that snakeheads haven't been introduced into SW VA

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irons Full Member Posts: 106	snake head caught. May 1, 2014 8:08:38 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by irons on May 1, 2014 8:08:38 GMT -5 That's a bowfin, not sure that it's legal to catch and posess one. The fins and markings differentiate between bowfin and snakehead. Still are you sure it was caught in philpott?

lakefisher7 New Member Posts: 45	snake head caught. May 1, 2014 12:18:58 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lakefisher7 on May 1, 2014 12:18:58 GMT -5 Yep it was caught at philpott at night. They said that the walleye were busting and then they stopped and things got real quite then they caught this fish. They did take it to the DGIF.

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