News report

[pabassman]

 

[Don]

It seems no members are catching anything else at blue marsh. Why not snakeheads.

 

[A-5]

That’s awful

 

[troutspinner]

Sucks. Flatheads in there have done their damage and now these. Oh well, Snakeheads are aggressive fish and will make for easier catching.

 

[Solitario Lupo]

A lot of guys are fishing for them now. Say they are fun to catch. Not good at all. Don’t confuse them with burbot.

 

[Don]

Tasty I hear

 

[truecrimson]

Damn. Sucks that someone put them in there but now I want to fish there even more. May have to take my chances with getting run over.

 

[Melvinp]

Bucket biologist at least there good eaten from what I heard

 

[Bootfoot]

They ain’t as easy to catch as you would think. They are aggressive but not stupid. Best taken with a bow.

 

[Don]

They ain’t as easy to catch as you would think. They are aggressive but not stupid. Best taken with a bow.

Are they in the Delaware?

 

[Bootfoot]

Yes they are.

 

[troutspinner]

Best taken with a bow

As far as I can see, it is not legal to take them with a bow.

 

[truecrimson]

https://www.fishandboat.com/Fish/FishingRegulations/Documents/2022summarybook.pdf

BOW AND ARROW (including compound bows and crossbows) may be used for taking ONLY carp, suckers, and catfish on all Commonwealth waters, day or night, with the following exceptions: (1) bow fishing is strictly prohibited in stocked trout waters during the closed season and (2) bowfishing is strictly prohibited in special regulations trout waters.

It would make sense to have this regulation not apply to invasive species, though I can find no evidence that have done that.

But if you were looking at a snakehead in the water, could you tell it from a bowfin?

 

[Solitario Lupo]

I would think if you can get a couple on the bow no one would say anything.

 

[Melvinp]

I would think if you can get a couple on the bow no one would say anything.

Except the gamies

 

[A-5]

Can you Bow fish, Bow fin, in Bow manstown PA while looking like a Bow foon?

 

[Bootfoot]

I’m pretty sure guys are bow fishing for them. They are easy to see but not so easy to catch.

Wait a minute. Just looked it up. Your right, it’s not legal in Pa. Hmmmmmm