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can someone tell me where the thread or pics are of the fish that can crawl on land and eats everything that was found in arkansas. i think i caught one the other day on an oxbow off the mississippi river but need to see a pic and cant seem to find them. Thanks
lol never heard of one crawling on land but your probably talking bout snakeheads if its arkansas
is this it
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/2004art/m..._snakehead.jpg
that looks like it but the one i saw had a dot on its tail kind of like a red fish. dont know what it was. never seen one before. thanks for the pic though
they have different color schemes just focus on overall shape, i read up on them and they can survive out of water like you said
Could be a bowfin or grinnel as I grew up calling them
Fish of Missouri
Sounds like a native fish called a Bowfin or Grinnel. They are real similar.
This is a bowfinQuote:
Originally Posted by john h
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...wfin_large.jpg
catch em and kill em both! (I wouldn't suggest with a fillet knife either..)
I was with gbaddour I believe it was the bowfin.It had the dot on the tail like a red fish has.
If it was a bowfin it will stretch your string.:eek: Also don't put your finger in their mouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
The fish in the above pictures is a snakehead. Here is a good link to an article from the u.s. fish and wildlife dept. Kill them if you catch them. They are bad news to our waters.
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/fisheries...-snakehead.pdf
Ringo
If you catch one in AR waters, I would keep it and GPS your fishing location and call or take it to the AGFC HQ and let them know where and when you caught it, and show them the fish or a pic of the fish.They need to know this info.
Thanks for all the information on this fish that gbaddour1 caught.
Why? cann't your fishing tackle handle them *LOL*Quote:
Originally Posted by bobberwatcher
I'll never kill a bowfin,to much funny in landing one those peacock bass as I call them b/c of the dot on the tail.Have landed several 10 plus on 4# test with a 1/32 jig.It will tear up spinnerbaits,buzzbaits in a heartbeat b/c he is the meanest,badest and most disliked fish in the oxbows.There is nothing like a good blood rush when one those things hits a buzzbait or spinnerbait when seaching for that monster bass.I turn them all loose to tear up another bass fisherman tackle or for him to get the shear enjoyment in fighting a Bowfin(peacock bass).
Now the snakehead may be a different story,haven't caught one yet or know nothing as in how good they taste fried.The Bowfin is a native fish as the reason I do not kill,I do hear tell some people enjoy eating them.The only reason I'll kill a snakehead is b/c we have been ask to.This too may be another fish that will destory buzzbaits and spinnerbaits as they sorta look alike,almost.I hear tell they'll eat every fish in the lake even their own,sounds like a bowfin killer for sure not counting all the crappie,crappie,crappie and crappie.