Snakehead

How long it has been here: No breeding populations have been found in the Great Lakes, although a live individual was found in Lake Michigan… Read More »Do Snakeheads Live In Lake Michigan?

Snakeheads, native to Africa and Asia, are occasionally imported illegally into the United States and into Texas. All snakeheads (family Channidae) are prohibited species in… Read More »Are Bowfin And Snakehead The Same?

Snakehead fish meat provides chefs with multiple cooking options since it is firm, flaky, and white. The most popular cooking methods reported so far include… Read More »Are Snakehead Fish Good To Eat?

Small snakeheads are preyed upon by everything from herons and egrets to largemouth bass and peacock bass; medium snakeheads have to fear ospreys, tarpon, and… Read More »Do Bass Eat Snakeheads?

Southeast Asia. Native Range: Tropical Asia. Southeast Asia including India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Borneo, Java, Bangka, Belitung (Roberts 1989). Where can… Read More »Where Are Giant Snakeheads?

Apparently, ‘snakehead’ has the same effect and caused some to ask if the fish are venomous. Riecke said they are not. But like a snake,… Read More »Are Snakehead Fish Poisonous?

Status: Established in the United States. Not established in the Great Lakes. Channa argus is established in Arkansas, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, but… Read More »What States Can You Find Northern Snakehead In?

A single snakehead may spawn up to five times each year, releasing up to 1,500 eggs each time. Their eggs can hatch within three days.… Read More »How Many Times A Year Do Snakehead Spawn?

Snakeheads may be confused with several of our native fish species: bowfin (dogfish) and burbot. set back from the pectoral burbot. The burbot, like the… Read More »What Fish Look Like Snakeheads?

Think of fishing for them like fishing for bass, but bigger, meaner, and more likely to swim into snags when hooked up. Snakeheads can be… Read More »How Do You Attract Snakeheads?