How to catch Clown knifefish

Clown knifefish feed in 66–95°F water and bite best at 76–88°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 1 water.

20 pts · trophy at 30"Feeds 66–95°FBest 76–88°FIn season nowLakeCanal

About

The strangest fish in Florida: a three-foot, silver, knife-shaped Asian invader with spots along its belly, in the lakes of Palm Beach County, that takes a live shiner at night. Kill what you keep.

How to fish it

Lake Osborne and the Palm Beach chain at dusk; a live shiner under a float, or a swimbait along the wall.

What it eats

live shinerscut baitswimbaits

What to fish it with

the sizes that fish it

Leader10–20 lb fluorocarbon

Hook#2–3/0

Jig head1/8–1/2 oz

Braid10–30 lb

The rule

not confirmed here

A nonnative species: may not be released alive — confirm at MyFWC.

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Where it is, month by month

PPeakSSpawningAArriving·AroundLLeaving

Fresh water by state

Florida fresh water

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