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Post by featherduster on Jun 4, 2012 6:10:50 GMT -5
Fished Lake Erie this past Friday in very turbulent weather, 6 foot + waves from the SE. We ran from Marble head to the islands where we were able to fish for about 5 hours till another front came in from the SW and blew us off the lake for the day. We did manage 7 Walleye which was just enough for a great fish fry. I fished with 2 gentlemen from the Pike county area that fish the White river for cats and they advised me that last week they caught a Snake head (a first for them) that was about 16". They killed the fish and then reported it to the DNR.
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Post by raporter on Jun 4, 2012 7:06:44 GMT -5
That is some real bad news.
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Post by dead-eye on Jun 4, 2012 8:47:58 GMT -5
Im assuming they know what a bowfin looks like. Alot of people have been catching bowfins around here and they are mistaking them for snakeheads. They look almost identical. Hopefully this is the case because those snakeheads are a bad fish to have in any body of water.
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Post by featherduster on Jun 4, 2012 10:39:25 GMT -5
dead-eye: these fellows were older guys and are good old river rats, I am sure they knew what they had. They caught the fish in a hoop net.
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Post by dead-eye on Jun 4, 2012 10:50:47 GMT -5
It was only a matter of time before they started showing up here. Thats too bad though.
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Post by Sasquatch on Jun 4, 2012 17:15:02 GMT -5
I understand they are an ecological disaster. Too bad.
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Post by duff on Jun 4, 2012 18:36:54 GMT -5
Hard to believe the silver carp allowed it to happen. I am not usually too concerned about these invasive fish but the carp have me scared. Better enjoy your fishing now. I'm afraid the way those thing populate the river it won't be long before our river fishing goes down hill.
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