#4 The Snakehead Fish

[upland]

The snakehead, which can grow up to 3 feet long, eats other fish and can walk across land to find new sources of food in other lakes and streams. The fish can stay out of water for up to three days.
The fish came to light this summer after several snakeheads were found in a Maryland pond. The so-called Frankenfish were dumped there by a local resident who had initially imported them to make soup.

Snakeheads have been found in six other states: Hawaii, Florida, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, according to the Interior Department.

Interior Secretary Gale Norton will make the announcement that 28 species of snakehead fish will be subject to an government import and trade ban, unless a special permit is granted, a department official said this week.

"Interstate commerce will be illegal, you can't sell them across

[Kim]

Has anyone ever caught one of these around here?

[upland]

Well what I found on them on the net is that they are in maryland which isn't that far from here .But the part that bothers me is the chinese can buy the live at fish markets here in ontario,just a matter of time before some one lets one go.

[Kim]

Snakehead found in Wisconsin

Snakehead fish are native to China but are imported into the US as aquarium fish as well as food fish. Snakeheads can cause serious problems to native fish populations if they get established in US waters.
A snakehead was found recently in a river in Wisconsin. Incredibly, it was not identified before it was released back into the river! It could be an aquarium pet that got too big and was dumped, or it could have been imported for food and somehow been released into the river.

A few months ago snakeheads caused quite a stir when one was found in a pond in Maryland. The media make a fuss about it and hyped it far out of porportion. Snakeheads have been found in US waters over a dozen times in the past few years but made little news until the snakehead was found in Maryland.

Snakeheads look a lot like bowfins to me. They feed in similar ways and have teeth. If you catch a snakehead, don't try to lip it! Do kill it, though, do not release it back into the water.

You should never release any kind of fish into waters it was not caught in. Snakeheads are just one example of the kinds of fish that cause problems. Carp are one of the worst of the imports.

Snakeheads are not considered game fish so there are no limits or seasons on them. They should hit live bait or artificials that look like little minnows since that is their major food.

This is what i found, This fish will most definetly become #4 on S.O.B. Fishings Catch and Kill List

[Willie]

Kim said:

Carp are one of the worst of the imports.

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........OOoooo!....... .......I am feelin bad......my dilusions of their grandure is.........fading.... .....but....but....the forigeners are eatin them up...cankers an all...!.....I doo like the Stickle fish....but they are just not as noble as a good ole Carp....If it makes me a bad bad Canadian...I could switch over to the Stickle fihes!......Hmmmmm....maybe in the future.....

......Wont be any Snakeheads in my corner tho ! The sounds of em just scare me ! WALK across land !....Geeze! Is it safe to go camping down there ? Have any babies been draged off as yet? I 'll have a few bad dreams over these things! Them Lamprays were bad enough! Whewwww!

[upland]

Well put kim

[Frank]

[Kim]

Just watched a show on this, wow what an aggressive fish. Originated from Thailand, these fish can kill anything. Google the fish and see. Man i hope we dont get these suckers around here!