snakeheadfish?

Answer 1

OH MY GOD HIDE

Answer 2

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.

If you catch a strange looking fish, contact your local Game and Fish Department and have them identify it. Help keep your fishing waters clear of snakeheads and other problem fish.

Answer 3

Those are those fish that can waddle out of water and on dry land. They are native to China, but have been imported here by the Chinese and a fish they like to eat. Someone released a few into the wild a few years ago and caused a big problem.

Answer 4

Crofton, MD aka Frankenfish

Answer 5

This fish is just crazy! I did a report on it a couple years ago!

The northern snakehead is all anyone wants to talk about. For those unaware, the snakehead is a top-level predator fish native to China. In late June we received a picture from an alert angler, Paul DiMauro who caught the unusual fish in a small pond in Crofton. Since those initial reports, additional reports of encounters, and one catch by another angler, Joe Gillespie of Crofton, confirmed the presence of more than one northern snakehead in the pond.

Since that time, we have worked to assess the scope of the problem and the threat posed by this non-native fish, considered various options for eradication of the fish from the pond, and generally worked with the media to separate fact from the growing fiction surrounding the fish. In the end, our goal will be to eliminate the threat to our native fish populations and use the attention brought to bear by this event to remind people of the dangers associated with careless introductions of non-native species into our waterways.

Like many other non-native species, the snakehead has the potential to disturb functioning natural ecosystems. As a top-level predator it can quickly impact local fish populations through predation or displacement. While many non-native species can spread rapidly, impacting an ever-broadening area (think of zebra mussels, gypsy moths and mute swans to name a few) the snakehead’s ability to spread is limited by its mobility and habitat requirements. Although it has been reported as a walking fish, the real threat is its ability to live for days out of water and potentially wallow its way to other water bodies, or be spread by human intervention or flood. While there is a concern that it could spread to the nearby Patuxent River system, there is no evidence that such spread has occurred. Additionally, the species is not tolerant of salinity, so it is unlikely to threaten broad areas of the Chesapeake Bay region.

As for control, our ultimate goal is eradication as expediently as possible. To accomplish that result with certainty requires careful consideration of various options. Given the thick vegetation in the pond and the biology of the snakehead, immediate options are limited. Traditional electro-shocking techniques and large scale netting operations would have to wait for the vegetation to clear. Other even more aggressive techniques like poison, or even draining the pond, can not achieve the desired results with certainty at this point, and if not done correctly could lead to other undesirable consequences or increase the threat of spread of the fish.

At this point our intention is to conduct a thorough threat analysis, continue assessment and monitoring of the population of snakeheads in the pond, and evaluate various eradication options to be employed both now and later this year when vegetation clears naturally from the pond. We have also requested assistance form local fishermen, asking them to retain and kill any snakeheads they catch, and notify us as soon as possible.

Perhaps most importantly, this situation again points out the responsibility we all share to refrain from purposeful release of fish to our waterways and to take great care to prevent even accidental introductions of non-native bait, plants or other species when we go fishing. The northern snakehead is only the most recent example of a long list of species of concern. For more information on non-native species, check out our article archives.

Answer 6

Overweenieroast?

Answer 7

Imported ecological threat, ugly, voracious. Perhaps if you expanded the question you will get better answers.

Answer 8

roxanne you dont have to put on a red light those days are over you dont have to sell your body to the night roxanne roxanne

Answer 9

they are bad don't buy one and if you see one in the wild call the game and wildlife officials

Answer 10

what the hell is this posed to mean?