So I went to the weight in, in case you guys were there too, I was with the cute petite blondie and two little kids who kept peeking into the fish bucket :-)

 

I wanted to cry when I saw all the beautiful, large, and DEAD snakeheads :-( Saw the kid with the state record and I vowed before the gods of Catch and Release that I shall beat his record one day!!! :-D

To be honest because of Capt. Shane when I first caught snakeheads I killed them but after the first 2 I just felt horrible about it. Did some research and found out they are being hunted down for the wrong reasons. They are a blast to catch even though they almost always destroy my lure. I catch my biggest bass in the same spot I catch huge snakeheads

I caught a snakehead on saturday and a school of bass came along with it for the ride. They almost looked as if they were trying to free it.

 

 

The only positive thing about the roundup is that people may actually eat the meat since they fillet it/donate it rather than leaving it on the bank but its overfishing at this point, but you could do the same with bass and or panfish that has a bag limit

 

Its still my favorite fresh water fish to catch, cant top it in terms of excitement/size of potential fish.

 

 

This one was huge, potential record fish, he didn't even care, just caught and released

 

Beautiful !!

the snakehead problem wasnt overhyped  i fish C-14  every week for the past 23 years.. 2 years or so ago u owuldnt catch many LMB  it was mainly snakeheads  maybe a avg of 10 SH to 2LMB    now 2 years later    (this was saturday)   caught 2 snakeheads n 12 LMB   so i do believe they caused problem    it you let them over run the canals  killing some  to keep control is nothing wrong with it  and so you guys know  i dont fish for snakeheads im a LMB fishermen   

the snakehead problem wasnt overhyped  i fish C-14  every week for the past 23 years.. 2 years or so ago u owuldnt catch many LMB  it was mainly snakeheads  maybe a avg of 10 SH to 2LMB    now 2 years later    (this was saturday)   caught 2 snakeheads n 12 LMB   so i do believe they caused problem    it you let them over run the canals  killing some  to keep control is nothing wrong with it  and so you guys know  i dont fish for snakeheads im a LMB fishermen   

 

and i was really starting to like you man! LOL J/K!

I'd have to agree with Shane on this. The snakehead "problem" has been over-hyped from the get go. I remember the guys on this forum from up north explaining how they went through a similar fiasco years ago. Personally I have never caught or even seen a snakehead in the Everglades. And I am out there fishing at least once a week. Who is benefiting from these round-ups? Think about it

there not in the glades you wont see them there  

and i was really starting to like you man! LOL J/K!

just saying how it is from someone who fishes the canal every week for 23 years  like i said id rather be catching LMB then snakeheads  but if people doing the round up helps keep them down and me catching LMB n not them i dont mind at all

just saying how it is from someone who fishes the canal every week for 23 years  like i said id rather be catching LMB then snakeheads  but if people doing the round up helps keep them down and me catching LMB n not them i dont mind at all

Its to bad the young anglers hear don't understand that.... If the snakeheads are not keep in check it once again become a problem. If that's allowed to happen the problem will spread to adjacent systems as the snakehead dominates the food chain eventually most LMB will be targeted as a food source.