I hooked a huge fish off chicken liver the other morning and i couldn't tell what it was but it was silver and had a long dorsal

[dimaggsa]

I hooked a huge fish off chicken liver the other morning and i couldn't tell what it was but it was silver and had a long dorsal fin i saw it because it jumped a couple of times. The fight this fish put up was crazy. I knew it wasn't a catfish because of the way it was jumping. I had Power pro 50lb braid and the line got bit. I saw the line was cut like kind of like the fish had teeth. I knew it wasn't a rock because this fish was staying on the surface. It was early in the morning. I was fishing the delaware river up by Delaware water gap. I thought the fish was a Striper but it wasn't because i saw the dorsal fin and it was nothing like a striper. I was fishing off the bottom in about 12feet of water. Can anyone tell me what kind of fish they think it was? Thanks.

[GERG]

The silver kinda throws me off but sounds like a bowfin or possibly a snakehead?

[Gary Devine]

The Delaware River at the Water Gap area has huge muskellunge.
I saw a guy land a monster muskie at the Worthington Campgrounds off of the Old Mine road.
If your line broke and he was jumping you hooked into a big muskie.

[dimaggsa]

Yeah i think it was a back fin i saw than.

[dimaggsa]

@GERG
I know there is Bowfin but not that many and i doubt it was a Snakehead. But i think Gary Devine is right.

[GERG]

That would explain the silver you saw. Muskies arent something that come to mind much in south AR. lol

[tleichty1989]

Sounds like a carp to me.