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The dreaded Northern Snakehead has be found in Piney Creek in Lee County Arkansas. Lets hope it can be wiped out as this exotic invader could spell disaster for our native fish like Crappie!:eek:
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what the heck is a snakehead and what does it do? can if live on land in water or what lol?
Is this published, or thru the grapevine?
If someone can come up with that many at one time, looks like we are in trouble. If it is the same Piney Creek I'm thinking of, it runs into the Ark. River.
How did someone find that many? Do the Game & Fish folks know about this?
This is a bad fish boys. These suckers eat everything they can catch. The walk on their pectoral fins from place to place gulping air. They have a rudamentry set of lungs just like a tarpon, who also surfaces from time to time to gulp air. However, the tarpon is a saltwater game fish. If you catch one of these be aware they BITE. Kill any you catch and leave their dead carcas on the land for the ants. DO NOT THROW THE DEAD ONES BACK IN THE WATER. They are a teniacious preditor and very hard to eliminate. Tight lines.
No look at the county ? ''Lee''Quote:
Originally Posted by barehook
but the creek does eventually flow into the White, which is connected to the AR, and Miss rivers, which means BAD NEWS!!!:(
This is in the sports section of the Gazette today.
This is the first post I have made. I have been reading a long time.
Did anyone see the report on TV 11 last night?
I am really conserned about this fish. They droped a bass in a tank with one and this is no normal fish. It took the bass out as soon as it hit the water. This fish could forever change our fishing. It looks like a shark after it's prey.
If I knew nothing about fish and fisheries biology, after watching the news last night, I would be scared to death of this fish. I am concerened about its existance in Arkansas waters, but other than being able to walk across the ground to get to another body of water, it is very, very similar to the Bowfin in almost all of its habits. As far as the video, I would have to say the way it attacked the bass, they must have had the snakehead off of feed for about a week, or they have been feeding it small fish and it knew what was about to happen. JMOQuote:
Originally Posted by Y Fish
it's on the arkansas game and fish website...
When will people quit bringing these foriegn creatures to the US? Fire Ants, Africanized Honey bee, "jumping" carp,Johnson gras, Kudzu....... Just a matter of time before a breeding pair of Bushmasters or Cobras get loose. What do these damn people get out of raiseing creatures such as these? You want a pet? GET A DOG!:(:mad:
The story was in the Batesville Guard yesterday.
Yep its on www.agfc.com website also! Bad News!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MaggiesMaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPGmvemG6fk
Heres a link to the genious feeding the bass to his snakehead.
MF probably turn the fish loose next week somewhere.
I guess my question would be,,,,,,,,,,,,,how do they taste dipped in mustard, corn meal and deep fried in peanut oil? Maybe its not TOO bad of a problem from a fisherman standpoint. Some folks travel all over the world to catch exotic fish.
Just kidding, enjoyed reading about 'em, Thanks, Don Stamper
It is actually considered a delicacy in parts of Asia. I will try to fry some up if I ever... I mean when I catch oneQuote:
Originally Posted by percher
Thought we caught one at horseshoe today....turned out to be a bowfin.
I did a fish fry for about 50 people this weekend. Most of the men were die hard crappie fishermen. I had a package of chain pickeleral that I kept just because the P'd me off when I caught them. We all agreed they were actually very tasty. Bones were a problem but, I have an idea how to get around that. I think there is a video about fileting them on you tube. I will probably do the same with any snakehead that gets in my way.Quote:
Originally Posted by LMBarnett
DP