View Full Version : Snakeheads, anyone?
carpanglerdude
04-29-2013, 01:44 PM
Just spotted this neat article from the WashingtonPost. Very cool infographic on Snakeheads in the US.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/pages/130430.html?tid=rr_mod
Wasn't really sure where to post this, although there have been a few discussions about people catching snakeheads in SoCal so I figured this would be appropriate. I think Bowler caught one in the past and it was discussed here:
http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?43672-Unknown-Fish&highlight=snakehead
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/images/snakehead.jpg
http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/images/snakeheadyearX.jpg
But one thing snakeheads don't do — contrary to some news reports — is crawl overland.
Ifishtoolittle
04-29-2013, 02:55 PM
I want some snakeheads here now! lol
As I've said somewhere in the past, Northern Snakeheads really do not drastically impact a well established ecosystem. The Giant Snakeheads are the ones that the US doesn't need. Those guys do in fact bite and tear their prey apart.
In Japan Northern snakeheads are well established in some of the country's rivers and co-habituate with bass.
DarkShadow
04-29-2013, 03:51 PM
In Japan Northern snakeheads are well established in some of the country's rivers and co-habituate with bass.
You can also say that about the common carp here in the US.
Ifishtoolittle
04-29-2013, 05:14 PM
You can also say that about the common carp here in the US.
True. .
bowler
04-29-2013, 05:23 PM
Just spotted this neat article from the WashingtonPost. Very cool infographic on Snakeheads in the US.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/pages/130430.html?tid=rr_mod
Wasn't really sure where to post this, although there have been a few discussions about people catching snakeheads in SoCal so I figured this would be appropriate. I think Bowler caught one in the past and it was discussed here:
http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?43672-Unknown-Fish&highlight=snakehead
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/images/snakehead.jpg
http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/images/snakeheadyearX.jpg
But one thing snakeheads don't do — contrary to some news reports — is crawl overland.
yes I did. I have not been back to the pond since I got it. I remember seeing a catfish with orange lips in the pond too.
old pudd fisher
04-29-2013, 05:52 PM
yes I did. I have not been back to the pond since I got it. I remember seeing a catfish with orange lips in the pond too.
I remember that you had a post about that snake head. Know just where that pond is and it is still full of water and deep, would pass by it everyday on my way home from work.
I used to have a large giant snakehead in a tank in the 80's before I moved to Cali... It was 2' long when I sold him to go in a 3600 gallon doughnut shaped tank over the bar Ina restaurant. They took my tiger shovel nose cat and clown knife... Also 2' long. All three grew to 3' long the last time I saw them on a trip back east. The snakehead was ferocious! I would buy bait minnows by the pound to feed all my fish... Piranhas too!
The snakehead would take in air and when he's truck, the air would explode out to further confuse the hapless minnows.
Very cool fish and would undoubtedly be a great game fish, albeit an unwanted one. On my visit to china, they had them live in the markets and are highly regarded for food.
That was a bit chin' cool fish and I really enjoyed having him.
Ferocious!
bowler
04-29-2013, 06:59 PM
I saw Andrew Zimmern on bizarre foods trying to bow fish for the snakehead in the Potomac river a few weeks ago.
sumodnb
04-29-2013, 10:54 PM
You can also say that about the common carp here in the US.
Yes, but carp taste like mud....snakehead is DELICIOUS!
sumodnb
04-29-2013, 10:55 PM
I saw Andrew Zimmern on bizarre foods trying to bow fish for the snakehead in the Potomac river a few weeks ago.
Zimmern has been killin it lately with the rifle!
Stormcrow
04-30-2013, 10:36 AM
I want some snakeheads here now! lol
As I've said somewhere in the past, Northern Snakeheads really do not drastically impact a well established ecosystem. The Giant Snakeheads are the ones that the US doesn't need. Those guys do in fact bite and tear their prey apart.
In Japan Northern snakeheads are well established in some of the country's rivers and co-habituate with bass.
Do you have any data to support this?
DarkShadow
04-30-2013, 01:02 PM
Do you have any data to support this?
Hearsay doesn't count?!
Ifishtoolittle
04-30-2013, 01:07 PM
Do you have any data to support this?
I'm not going to go and find data for you and start a lovely debate if that is what you want. You'll just have to take my word for it. I've seen one too many Japanese TV programs where anglers often catch Northerns along with LMB.
DarkShadow
04-30-2013, 03:12 PM
As I've said somewhere in the past, Northern Snakeheads really do not drastically impact a well established ecosystem. The Giant Snakeheads are the ones that the US doesn't need.
Apparently officials in New York are incompetent based on your assessment.
Environmental officials are planning to survey a Central Park lake this week to search for an invasive type of toothy predator fish that threatens to disrupt the ecosystem. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Northern-Snakehead-Harlem-Meer-Central-Park-Predator-Fish-205277911.html
bowler
04-30-2013, 05:42 PM
I saw a fishing show they were in Florida fishing for peacock bass.
What is with this obsession with Snakehead's?
sumodnb
05-01-2013, 09:32 AM
I saw a fishing show they were in Florida fishing for peacock bass.
Yessir, they have peacocks in the southern canals there.... but I have never seen anyone land a big one like in south america.
sumodnb
05-01-2013, 09:38 AM
What is with this obsession with Snakehead's?
RIVER MONSTERS lol! Ive since realized that this show is 90 percent self serving propaganda dug up from super old newspapers. I still love the show though. Snakehead has been featured on alot of cookin shows as of late, I think they call it "Texas Tuna" in the south..... Ive had it at one of my favorite Vietnamese restaurants in Artesia and loved it deepfried.
RIVER MONSTERS lol! Ive since realized that this show is 90 percent self serving propaganda dug up from super old newspapers. I still love the show though. Snakehead has been featured on alot of cookin shows as of late, I think they call it "Texas Tuna" in the south..... Ive had it at one of my favorite Vietnamese restaurants in Artesia and loved it deepfried.
I dvr and watch all the River Monsters episodes but I have no obsession for those uglyass fish!
DarkShadow
05-02-2013, 02:48 PM
... but I have no obsession for those uglyass fish!
But do you have an obsession with jeremy wade?
u know you love those tshirts with holes in 'em!
But do you have an obsession with jeremy wade?
u know you love those tshirts with holes in 'em!
I think it's those realistic recreations he does, spellbinding!
DarkShadow
05-03-2013, 08:35 AM
I think it's those realistic recreations he does, spellbinding!
It's the shirts.....
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd39/stressmaster5000/Misc/Monster%20Fish/goonch-catfish-picture.jpg
http://wamuanimalhouse.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/950x600/Jeremy_Wade_6_0.jpg
It's the shirts.....
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd39/stressmaster5000/Misc/Monster%20Fish/goonch-catfish-picture.jpg
http://wamuanimalhouse.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/950x600/Jeremy_Wade_6_0.jpg
Ok it's the shirts. From that catfish photo looks like he's also into bestiality, who's actually the river monster?