Snakehead Wranglin! A cool South Jersey Adventure

[KenBeam]

Figured you guys & gals might like to check out my latest Adventure way down deep in the swamps of South Jersey.

Hope ya like it.

Thanks!

Ken-

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[icebadger]

really nice invasive spices smackdown ken.did you try a mouse?that plate looked real good too.

[23cardinal]

Nice stringer! Their invasive, so their a must kill yes? And only down the deleware so far? It's a long ride from Wanaque - but maybe if their good eating and encouraged, I'll have to try it- besides frogs and mice- anything special or a good starting point?(without giving away too many secrets- could always just replicate this trip)-ty

[KenBeam]

Originally Posted by icebadger

really nice invasive spices smackdown ken.did you try a mouse?that plate looked real good too.

Hiya Icebadger -- thanks......and no, I only used the KVD Frog that day in the swamp. And yes, they are delicious!

[Fred E. Goose]

That is SOUTH! LOL, I grew up in Blenheim (Close to Deptford and Runnemede). Never caught one, but friends that have caught 'em tell me they're delicious. I even read an article awhile back about them in the Potomac and how the fancy-pants restaurants were serving them as a delicacy to the politicians and movers-and-shakers in the D.C. area, they're that good! Nice catches, especially on an artificial.

[XXlyakattacker]

I wish I had known they were tasty to eat. Back in the late 80s-90s I bought 2 African snake heads that were about 1 1/2" long. Things grew at an insane speed starting out eating brine shrimp then guppies then small gold fish. Went from a 20 gallon tank to a 45 and then a 150 gallon tank. Was dumb enough to keep trying to put other fish in with them that were 4 times their size but they grow so fast and eat so much that they ended up being the sole survivors in the tank. In the end I was ordering jumbo goldfish that were about a foot long to feed them. They ate frogs, lizards, mice, rats, anything you dropped in. And don't put your fingers in either cause I guys they are on the menu also. Many of my friends found that out the hard way. Finally put them in a big cooler and tried to find a home for them. Thing lived in a cooler of water in my garage for 3 months. No filter just a bubbler. Then my girlfriends friends boyfriend said he would fit in nice in his huge tank with his "nasty" African cichlids(LMAO). A month later I saw him and he only had the 2 snake heads left in the tank. Guess they had cichlid dinner. Things grew from guppies sized to about 28"-30" in a year and a half. Incredible.

[Eskimo]

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Originally Posted by XXlyakattacker

I wish I had known they were tasty to eat. Back in the late 80s-90s I bought 2 African snake heads that were about 1 1/2" long.

I remember those days when you could buy Snakeheads in the pet store. Fish & Game put an end to that.
Asian supermarkets were also importing snakeheads and selling them alive as delicacies.

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[jmurr711]

i have fished every swamp & backwater down there from brooklawn south & have seen em but cant catch em guess I need to stick to the salt

[KenBeam]

Originally Posted by 23cardinal

Nice stringer! Their invasive, so their a must kill yes? And only down the deleware so far? It's a long ride from Wanaque - but maybe if their good eating and encouraged, I'll have to try it- besides frogs and mice- anything special or a good starting point?(without giving away too many secrets- could always just replicate this trip)-ty

Yea..... just study the river a bit & look for Tributaries off the river...... that`s where you`ll find the Snakes. Gotta do a little scoutin`........ but it can pay off if ya ain`t lazy.

I just throw KVD Frogs down there...... too thick to throw much else. Maybe a Mouse as well.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Way to go Ken! Ton of fun to catch and absolutely delicious! Nice stringer of invasive Snakeheads! YEA BUDDY!!!