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Waterwings
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Don't know any stats on 'em, but that's one ugly fish!
I heard their eggs are red and float around in a clump of mucus, when they are fry they hang together for awhile than become loners, they have no preditors, so we 're suppose to eradicate them if caught, nasty looken fish!
Nickk
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shamoo said:
I heard they're really aggressive and fight well.
and when you chop them into pieces the pieces become smaller more aggressive fish :lol:
seriously though, are they toothy? I imagine they're fry are eaten by the usual suspects higher up on the chain(bigger fish, water fowl)
DocWatson
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DocWatson
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Thanks Shamoo. There are a couple guys on another forum that target them down at FDR. But they photograph and then release what they catch.
Just like with the Flathead catfish, I think the jury is still out on what impact these non-native fish will have on our ecosystem and the other fish. Flatheads are native to this country, but not the Schuylkill River. Snakeheads are native to Southeast Asia so it's not really a good comparison.
Just like with the Flathead catfish, I think the jury is still out on what impact these non-native fish will have on our ecosystem and the other fish. Flatheads are native to this country, but not the Schuylkill River. Snakeheads are native to Southeast Asia so it's not really a good comparison.
FishinsMyLife
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I didn't read the article yet, but bowfin are annoying and make you think you have a big bass but snakeheads eat everything out of a pond and make their way to the next one. Bowfin are a native species around here and don't throw off the food chain like the snakehead. I'm not sure if this is still true but they would pay you in some areas if you brought in a dead snakehead. I've heard that introduced largemouth bass somewhere in Asia do as bad to a body of water as snakeheads do over here in the US.
Waterwings
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From what I've heard, bass are not real popular in Japan, and they encourage people to eliminate them. Just what I heard, but could be wrong (first time in my life! lol :roll: )
Their is a huge difference between a snakehead and a bow fish (bowfin), a bow fish is considered a protected make sure you cleary know which one you have. Bow fish have been in the water since dino's walked the earth and should be protected. Bow fish need cold water to surive and that is the main reason what they have been considered protected fish because the water temp have been rising and the numbers have declined because some people catch them and assume that they are snakeheads. I beleive that no one should transplate fish from any body of water to antoher, it will have an impact despite the type of fish. But if Bow fish are native to that body of water please realse them.
mtnman
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from what i heard a bowfin will bite your finger off and if you are in a boat they will do everything possible to get you. any time i catch one i dont even try and save my hook i just cut my line. they are mean and nasty and if they bite you they supposedly have a bacteria in there mouth that will cause infections. they are one of the most agressive fish in our area and they just kill,kill,and kill some more. most of the guys around here just throw them up on the bank for the raccoons and bear to eat but not me i wont even touch one. i think if you put one in a pond nothing else will survive!!!!!!!!
FishinsMyLife
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Bowfin don't do that around here. They like the slow movin rivers and some swampy ponds. They are aggressive and strong but don't mess up a pond unless they outnumber the bass and forage species (bream/bluegill or whatever). The snakeheads haven't made it this far south yet, but they're the ones that are bad for the ecosystem. They will eat everything out a pond and make their way to a new one to clean out. Bowfin can't go from one body of water to another unless there is a stream or somewhere they can swim. Snakeheads can crawl from one pond to another out of the water.mtnman said:
little anth
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i heard about a guy in ny this year got attacked by a snake head while fishing in a pond it swam up to him and bit him. nasty fish. they will destroy a bass population in a few years if not delt with.
DocWatson
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Check out this website. It's the guy who was fishing for freshwater stingrays in Thailand on the National Geographics show Monster Fish.
I can't find any information on the internet about these fish attacking people or being dangerous or aggressive when caught or boated. I'd suspect that is just an urban legend. But without any documented proof either way, I'd have to say its just not true.
As far as the bowfin being aggressive and attacking people, the males are only know to exibit this behavior and only when protecting the nest during the spawn.
Calm down guys. They aren't sharks !!!
I can't find any information on the internet about these fish attacking people or being dangerous or aggressive when caught or boated. I'd suspect that is just an urban legend. But without any documented proof either way, I'd have to say its just not true.
As far as the bowfin being aggressive and attacking people, the males are only know to exibit this behavior and only when protecting the nest during the spawn.
Calm down guys. They aren't sharks !!!
I hate sharks! LOL!
little anth
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i think it was on fox
DocWatson
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Text below the video.....
See it only on The National Geographic Channel.
Release Year: 2006
See it only on The National Geographic Channel.
Release Year: 2006
mr.fish
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I don't think the snakeheads have much impact on other species. I fished the infamous FDR park in phila once last year, and managed several nice largemouth on creature baits fishing for snakeheads. I didn't get the oppurtunity to catch any snakeheads, but did spot 2 on spawning beds. I also noticed a good population of sunfish, carp, and goldfish there also.
