Kill a Snakehead, Pass Go and collect $200

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ultimatejay said:
What's funny is there are a lot of these so called "invasive" fish in the USA that were purposely put into water systems by our own fish and game and no is complaining about them. Like the grass carp and many other non native species around the US.


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Funny thing is that some people are complaining about gars, eelpouts and bowfins (all are native to that area) eating their favorite gamefish and the fisherman would kill them. Makes you wondering if most fishermen actually cares about the ecosystems.
 
MN_Rebel said:
Funny thing is that some people are complaining about gars, eelpouts and bowfins (all are native to that area) eating their favorite gamefish and the fisherman would kill them. Makes you wondering if most fishermen actually cares about the ecosystems.
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That sounds like bull****.

Seriously, its guys like that who give PETA reasons for their non-sense.....
 
Alot was being said where i lived in maine and ct about pike and pickeral which are all native. Alot of old timers wont throw em back and get extremly upset when they see me releasing, same thing goes with coyotes wolves and foxes.....they were and still are shot on sight by most for being predators, which of coarse then throws the ecosystem into more caos. We will never get rid of the snakehead its absolutly impossible, and it seems most places are adapting to the new addition. Not in any way saying i support the spread, but comparing it to the predators we already have and the unfair treatment to the non invasives. So of coarse a predacious fish gets the spotlight. Sorry for the rant
 
ShipOfFools37 said:
To the gentleman in MD who wants to catch and keep one in his tank, be careful. If you get caught transporting a live snakehead, that's a huge fine, as it is now a federal offense (I believe). I wouldn't roll those dice...

There are several schools of thought but it appears the Maryland is mainly trying to protect the fishery that it has created in the Potomac. Most of the sportfish in the Potomac are non-native and I know that a large effort has been put into building a healthy Largemouth Bass population for recreational fishing opportunities. The fear is that the snakehead will do harm to a fishery into which the state has so much invested. It's been almost a decade since the snakeheads were introduced and it appears that they have found their own niche in the Potomac and are not highly detrimental to the other sportfish species. While the snakeheads are quite territorial and defensive of their brood, a lot of the other fish here are feeding on the juvenile snakeheads keeping the population in check, it appears. We also know virtually nothing of the populations of adult snakeheads in the Potomac. Tagging studies are being conducted, but they take a long time to materialize into useful data.

I work with fish for a living, so knowing the potential that a non-native has for being invasive and destructive, I support the current efforts to curb the snakehead population growth. We don't know enough about them to say that they are, for a fact, not harming already established species. There is a current, less publicized, battle going on with Blue Catfish in the Potomac as well. They are doing a number on the shad populations, a native species, which is already in danger. The sportfishermen love the massive blue cats, they're great to catch. However, I've seen them destroying shad on several occasions, they're much larger and I'd say they have a more voracious appetite than the snakeheads. However, they don't make for good TV and news stories and there are no efforts to attempt to eradicate them. In my opinion, we should be trying to do something about the blue cats as well, but my opinon is just that.

So, until we know more, I say catch those snakeheads, put the picture online then fry 'em up. Good fight, good meal and maybe $200 bucks to buy more fishing gear with. I can't see that as being a bad deal....
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thanks for the heads up guy.....i was thinking about the huge fine thing... and i might still go forward with my plans just to see what its like to own a fish that have a voracious attitude. plus i think is a cool fish but how ever.... i dont want them destroying our ecosystem up here in MD. maybe i can try to get a permint or something in that nature.
 
????? if i go fishing down florida and catch some fish there to put in my tanks,... will i get a fine for traveling from florida back to maryland with them since they sell all types of cichlids here? i just want some wild cichlids:D
 
Northern snakehead can survive extremly cold temps, heared of em in NY PA MASS and one sighting that i know of in CT. Seems they feel at home in new englan dtemps
 
basskid081990 said:
Northern snakehead can survive extremly cold temps, heared of em in NY PA MASS and one sighting that i know of in CT. Seems they feel at home in new englan dtemps
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I've never heard anything about them making to NY state yet. Talk is cheap anyway show me pix and giive me an area, with several witnesses. F&G or usfw confirmation. Till then I dont believe they ggotten the proper directions to the state. But when they arrive I'll be waiting with my topwater lures and spinnerbaits. Yum!
 
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