Hi, my name is Gonefishn, I am a metal detecting addict because....

[sweetinsanty]

Forgot the weights-and medicine bottle View attachment 1404947 View attachment 1404948

the bullet sinkers are on my bucket list. I hit the creeks around Gettysburg hard. we find lots of bullets....but none with the hole! lol! some day. nice finds.

 

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[Wildcat1750]

Welcome to TNet, from Nick in Connecticut!

 

[Peyton Manning]

I would have thought that one was a snakehead

 

[Gonefishn]

You would have thought correct-some jacka$$ snuck a couple out of the Potomac and dropped them in a nearby impoundment...now there's hundreds...all he got cited was a misdemeanor...

 

[Peyton Manning]

am I correct that you are required to kill them?

 

[Gonefishn]

It did used to be that way. they don't seem as vicious as they've been said to be-when they're feeding you'll know. Not from here, don't want them here, but are really gun to catch. The government found out while doing electroshocking that native fish float, snakeheads torpedo themselves down into mud/vegetation, usually suffocating.

 

[Peyton Manning]

ever eat one?

 

[Molewacker]

Gosh, looked like a Burbot, but heck, are they good eating?

 

[Gonefishn]

Sorry for the delay- one cannot imagine the difficulty in cleaning these fish, and that was a little guy. As far as tablefare- they taste like a regular fast food fish sandwich...which may be why people say they taste great; if I eat fish, I don't mind the flavor-snakehead are mild white meat with little flavor

 

[dsdigger]

Hi Gonefishn, Welcome to TNet from another Virginia member. Looks like some nice finds and hope you have access to that place as I bet you have a lot more to find there. Nothing says that you can't do both freshwater and dirt fishin'!