i live in florida. i catch them with my castnet in shallow streams, especially close to a spring if you can get there. same fish as a snakehead imo, very mean, known to attack people. i've caught a 2-3 pounder, brought it halfway up the pier when it dropped back into the water. it sat exactly where it fell back in so i just dropped my bait back down, it attacked it AGAIN got hooked, where i let it go. crazy fish