14 lb Snakehead

I have posted before about northern snakeheads being caught back in Maryland. Thought I would share this from today. Joe Bruce is becoming a snakehead expert. MD DFG no longer requires that snakeheads are killed only recommend that they are harvested.

May not be to long before there are snakehead tournaments. Last week snakeheads were found in Susquehanna River which is at northern end of Chesapeake Bay. Many kayakers are now chasing them. 

https://www.facebook.com/joe.bruce.9887

Surprised there aren't tourneys that include them.

They are supposed to be really good eating fish too. I would not want an invasive to be introduced where they don't belong, but one way to control it is to harvest them and utilize it if possible. The same goes for the big head and silver carp taking over the mid-west... I say put commercial value to it and utilize it.

They are supposed to be really good eating fish too. I would not want an invasive to be introduced where they don't belong, but one way to control it is to harvest them and utilize it if possible. The same goes for the big head and silver carp taking over the mid-west... I say put commercial value to it and utilize it.

Agreed. I'm pretty sure that if I wanted to, I could obtain enough invasive carp there to make good money producing fish emulsion.

Also has anyone seen or landed the lil pike in the sierra rivers? Pretty crap to have seen them this year. All about a couple pounds, had a buddy get 3 in a weekend in the merced river just outside yosemite

Also has anyone seen or landed the lil pike in the sierra rivers? Pretty crap to have seen them this year. All about a couple pounds, had a buddy get 3 in a weekend in the merced river just outside yosemite

WHAT?!?!  Pictures?

Also has anyone seen or landed the lil pike in the sierra rivers? Pretty crap to have seen them this year. All about a couple pounds, had a buddy get 3 in a weekend in the merced river just outside yosemite

Wow, that could easily become a hot mess if they get below McClure.

+1 on the pics?

Also has anyone seen or landed the lil pike in the sierra rivers? Pretty crap to have seen them this year. All about a couple pounds, had a buddy get 3 in a weekend in the merced river just outside yosemite

Wow, that could easily become a hot mess if they get below McClure.

For sure!

I'm hoping that it's just a misidentification of a species.

I got alot of lures that need to get bit,,,,,,one of these days them snakeheads will be tuggin my yak. 

I'm assuming "sacramento pike" aka squawfish aka pikeminnow.

Wish i had a pic, will try to get one from a buddy, but no saddly they were small northern pike, all cut and left on the bank for the birds, sept for the larger one he ate.

Also said the little 10-14 inchers faught harder than the 18 inch trout he was getting

Wonder if the snakehead experience mirrors the striper migration to the left coast?  Illicit plants, followed by begrudging acceptance...?

I think Adam Zimmern is annoying.  But if snakehead interests you, watch Bizarre Foods, DC episode where snakehead features prominently in the show.  Zimmern goes on an all night bow hunting trip from a pontoon boat on the Potomac, serves up the catch in a fish sammich

http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/bizarre-foods/video/dc-s-slimy-snakehead-fish

That thing is a beast!!!  Topwater fishing for them looks like a blast!  But man, I hope to never see one on the west coast either way...

There is an awesomely bad B movie called Frankenfish about killer mutant snakeheads in the bayou (check Netflix).