Snakehead Fish

[Rockfish]

http://www.timescolonist.com/life/th...770/story.html

Alien Snakehead fish in BC Waters???

If this species gets established in BC a lot of wild fish are going to suffer along with some sport fisheries.

You see these things live on display in some ethnic restaurants and aquarium stores. Governments need to ban the import of these monsters immediately. The largest of them can grow to 66 lbs; that is a lot of trout and bass needed as food.

When people get tired of the pets they have an emotional attachment too and feel guilty for buying in the first place, they like to convince themselves that a ‘Free Willie’ moment is justified to return the fish or bunny to nature by setting it free.

This is especially so if parents feel guilty and do not want to upset their children by killing something that should not exist here. So they take the kid and let the fish go and feel good.

The problem is that BC is not the nature these monster fish were intended to live in.

Whenever this alien Snakehead species gets established out of their own habitat it is not good for native fish. They actually crawl on land to colonize new lakes and waterways at night when it’s cool. They can move from ditch to ditch to storm water runoff pipes, to streams, to ponds, rivers and lakes.

[Pippen]

Absolutely brutal if this has been dumped.


Here is a link from Global and at the bottom you'll see a video to link to the "sighting".


http://www.globaltvbc.com/burnaby+pa...255/story.html



If that was me making the video I would have pounced on the thing and/or clubbed it like a baby seal.

[Rockfish]

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Snak...470/story.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...d-burnaby.html


They got it. Just the one found.

[buccaneer]

I've fished for snakehead in Asia. Have caught them on anything from worm and bobber to top water frog imitations and poppers.

Anybody know if fishing in Central park lagoon is allowed? Want to help with their eradication

[Gunsmith]

Rotenone the lagoon now, don't wait.

[Jahfreddy]

Rotenone the lagoon now, don't wait.

You hit the nail right on the head.

Nuke that pond NOW, before it's too late.

[Finished Business]

http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum/...ight=snakehead

more info there....crazy how these things are sold LIVE. From what I read they do a number on an ecosystem pretty quick!

[bee15]

asians like to eat those things so they release them in local ponds in the hopes of catching them when theres lots of them therethey have been caught doing this in usa,the snakehead is not a home aquarium fish its an expensiveasian delicacy

[Rockfish]

http://www.vancouversun.com/technolo...866/story.html

[Seafever]

Asians like their snakeheads for dinner...........but that doesn't explain other species like carp, yellow perch,bass etc. that are finding their way into Island lakes (Elk lake for one).
Heard pike are starting to show up too.........

Who brings all these species in and puts them in island lakes?


They've been selling live snakeheads in van for some time now......it's a done deal that some of them are going to end up in our water systems.

Create the opportunity and someone will take advantage of it.