Snakeheads

[ErikNJD]

🤣🤣🤣 Funny you have no problem with invasive species like bass, walley, pike that are ferocious top predators. In fact you want them to stock walleye in more waters. But here you are acting like a child about snakeheads. How about do some reading: https://extapps.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish...eadwillrep.pdf

Let page 9 paragraph 2 soak in. For almost 2 decades they have been in NJ now, they ain't doing shit. What you should be worried about is the blue cats that suck down anything and get to giant sizes. Those things are fckn up the Chesapeake bay, not the snakheads, and they are making their way here.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by AndyS

INVASIVE. If I ever catch one I'm tearing it's head off.

yes they are invasive,,, they are also a superior game fish, and from what I have read about them, they are also one of the best eating fish available in fresh water. There must be a reason so many members here respect them.. By the way, Smallmouth Bass , Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Trout ,Walleyes, Channel Cats, Landlocks, are also not native to most of NJ . They are all predators just like the Snakehead, and I dare say are probably not as good eating, yet they are welcome in NJ, and blessed by the state DEC For every game fish a Snakehead eats, it probably eats 20 small rough fish, minnow, or small sunny or perch, just like a Pickerel or LMB...... bob

[AndyS]

You like so many others have a lot to learn. There are INTRODUCED fish and there are INVASIVE fish. The fish stocked over the years by our hatcheries are INTODUCED, yes Brown Trout can be listed as INVASIVE when they compete with native Brook Trout. The majority of our stocked fish don 't even spawn.
Snakeheads are INVASIVE and spawn twice a year.
INVASIVE fish DIPLACE the other fish by eating all their food.
I just wish all you closet arm chair biologists would get this through you thick skulls. The Blue Catfish are going to decimate entire coastlines, just sit back, and watch, this is only the beginning.

[AndyS]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

yes they are invasive,,, they are also a superior game fish, and from what I have read about them, they are also one of the best eating fish available in fresh water. There must be a reason so many members here respect them.. By the way, Smallmouth Bass , Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Trout ,Walleyes, Channel Cats, Landlocks, are also not native to most of NJ . They are all predators just like the Snakehead, and I dare say are probably not as good eating, yet they are welcome in NJ, and blessed by the state DEC For every game fish a Snakehead eats, it probably eats 20 small rough fish, minnow, or small sunny or perch, just like a Pickerel or LMB...... bob

These fish listed are INTRODUCED and not INVASIVE.

[bulletbob]

I never said the list of fish I posted were invasive.. Please read a little more carefully. I merely stated that so many beloved species in NJ were NOT NATIVE, just as the Snakehead is not native.. It also was introduced,.. Illegally of course, but it didn't get here by itself,, It was deliberately put into the water.. Just saying, its a fish thats just trying to survive like every other freshwater fish, and as a game and food fish its as worthy and respectable as a lot of other fish.. It probably eats the same stuff as a LMB, including little LMB.. If you are worried about them eating "more desirable" species, rest assured, those more desirable species eat Snakeheads in return... bob

[AndyS]

The Snakeheads were INRODUCED like many other fish in NJ, BUT they are INVASIVE.

[ErikNJD]

You have no proof the snakeheads do any damage, you are just regurgitating the bs F&W put out. I at least provided a study that says otherwise. Maybe F&W should do a better job conducting surveys and studies instead of fear mongering.

[Godrew1972]

Lets just fish.

[AndyS]

I don't need ANY PROOF. The Snakeheads are INVASIVE bottom line.

[Ol Pedro]

Snake heads, snake heads, yummy, yummy snake heads. Snake heads snake heads eat um up yum ! Seeing how they are so successful at breeding and protecting their young I say eat um all ! Anyone have a good Snake head spot around New Egypt / Jackson area?