Prospertown Dinofish

[Ol Pedro]

Grandson Chris and I went to Prospertown for our Sunfish fix this evening. Grandson was on fire in the creek below the dam and on the main lake catching 30 plus small Sunfish,a White Bass, and a couple Crappie. I had a dozen Sunfish, a small Bass, another monster Roach, and 4 dink Crappie. It was almost dark when I heard Chris yelling for me to come down to the creek. I ran down the hill to see Chris staring at fish on the bank by the pipe. He said I got this weird looking Catfish. Well it wasn't a Catfish. He caught a large Snakehead from out of the pipe! We had a hard time stringing it . It was like handling a Conger Eel. The Lightningbugs were out as we walked to the truck with Frogs and Crickets singing away.
We cooked it up when we got home. Wish we had more! Pretty tasty for an invasive species. Snakeheads Snakeheads yummy yummy Snakeheads. Snakeheads Snakeheads eat um up yum!

[DanH]

Nice report ! Didn't know there were snakeheads there .

[Ol Pedro]

Originally Posted by DanH

Nice report ! Didn't know there were snakeheads there .

It was in the creek below the dam. Don't think it could make it into the lake as the water to the creek comes down the skimmer into the pipe like a waterfall.We see lots of other fish below in the creek that are not in the lake.

[AndyS]

Thank you for killing it.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Thank you for killing it.

Yeah agreed,,, They are here to stay.. Guys need to catch them and eat them. Best way to keep a species in check is to target them as food.. Never ate a snakehead, not many up here[yet], but I understand they are very good eating.. Yeah they are ugly, but so is a Bullhead and guys love those things.

[thmyorke1]

cool catch! interesting seeing one there, it shows how far up they will trek just to spread out. Fish & Wildlife may want to be notified?