"Bill Tuthill" wrote in message
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riverman wrote:

Here's a picture of a snakehead
http://www.dgif.state.va.us/fishing/...omparisons.pdf

and here's some carp
http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/center...arp-2-2004.pdf

Both are invasive species from China, and both are devistating to local
fisheries. But wow, would I like to get a snakehead on a 4wt fly rod...
:-)

Is snakehead good to eat?


Oh yes. In this part of the world (China), its a delicacy. But that's not
what I'm interested in...any fish that grows to be 15 pounds or more, with
all those teeth, and that fights as hard as these guys do would be a blast
to catch on a small rod.

In fact, the solution to the snakehead and carp invasion in the US might be
to start advertising them as a game fish, and start putting them on menus.
Look what it did for tuna, cod and lobster. :-)

--riverman