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PROPELLER · 07-29-2005, 10:14 AM

I remember as a kid, my father would take me fishing in the early evening before sundown & when we would be leaving to go home others would be arriving with lanterns to fish for Hornedpout.

We never fished for them but I do recall my father saying that they can stick you & you must handle them carefully. I think they have some kind of spikes(for lack of a better explanation) that protrude from their fins. I do not know if there is any kind of venom that they can sting you with.

Does anyone fish for Hornedpout in the NH lakes region? I never hear any talk of it. Never see any posts on this site, you only hear about Bass, Trout & Salmon. I remember catching Pickerel & Yellow Perch as a kid. Yellow Perch tasted real good battered & fried, just a little bony. My wife & I each caught a Pickerel & a Yellow Perch this year. All the rest have been Smallmouth Bass.

07-29-2005, 10:14 AM	#6
PROPELLER Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 340 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I remember as a kid, my father would take me fishing in the early evening before sundown & when we would be leaving to go home others would be arriving with lanterns to fish for Hornedpout. We never fished for them but I do recall my father saying that they can stick you & you must handle them carefully. I think they have some kind of spikes(for lack of a better explanation) that protrude from their fins. I do not know if there is any kind of venom that they can sting you with. Does anyone fish for Hornedpout in the NH lakes region? I never hear any talk of it. Never see any posts on this site, you only hear about Bass, Trout & Salmon. I remember catching Pickerel & Yellow Perch as a kid. Yellow Perch tasted real good battered & fried, just a little bony. My wife & I each caught a Pickerel & a Yellow Perch this year. All the rest have been Smallmouth Bass.