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ken77 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:33 am Post subject: Snakehead Fish?

Not to try and scare anyone but a buddy from work was talking to me about this fish he caught at labonty park was really weird looking. Has the look of a snakehead, I Pray that its not but couldnt think of anything else it could be. He has a cell phone pic thats not very good. He was actually scared of the fish said it was super aggressive, hit a lure. He said it would not stop trying to bite, even while on land. Bad part of the story is he released the damn thing. We googled up a pic of one and he said that it looked just like it. He's supposed to email me the pic later, I'll put it up.

RodBreaker · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:40 am Post subject:

sounds like a lizardfish.

http://www.corpusfishing.com/messageboard/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4346&highlight=lizardfish

ken77 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:42 am Post subject:

I've caught a few lizard fish, didnt look like it. He said it had 2 big teeth top and bottom. Also said it was crawling back to the water.

ken77 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

hope ur right. The cell phone pic looks like the body of a catfish and the head of bass, is the best I could describe it.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

The crawl part sounds like a snakehead. Let's hope it is only a bowfin.

ken77 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:08 am Post subject:

Bowfin would be pretty close.

ken77 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:15 am Post subject:

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POST THAT CELL PHONE PIC NO MATTER HOW BAD YOU THINK IT IS
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topdog15 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject:

seasonalsalt · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject:

I caught one of those last year with my cast net at Station Street Pier. Mine was much...much smaller.
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sharkhunter1994 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject:

me and my dad were up on the red river by texoma and we caught a snake head we shot it in the head with my 22 and brought it to the game warden
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barnaclebill · Horse Mullet Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 139

I'll bet what he caught was a Big Mouth Sleeper, I've caught several of them there at Labonte Park,, most people mistake them for a bowfin,,
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3831
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ken77 · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:55 am Post subject:

Wow, big mouth sleeper. Never seen or heard of that one. Thats probably what it is. Still waiting on the cell phone pic.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/G/Gobiomorus_dormitor.asp

ken77 · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:42 am Post subject:

Thanks for the links guys. He just saw the pics and has confirmed that it was indeed a big mouth sleeper. He though I was messing around with him when I told him the name. Are they pretty common around our lakes and rivers? First time I have ever heard of one.