Evil Snakeheads!

The Washington Post has a video about the Northern Snake head which has become part of the Potomac River ecosystem. The biologist that they interview in the video plays them off as a species that will be able to coexist with the other fish species in the ecosystem. I am not sure that he is exactly being honest with his calculations of what this evil fish species can do. A fellow guide and friend of mine travels to Thailand every year to help his girlfriend purchase silk for their store here in Bozeman and he has spent a lot of time fishing for snake heads, which are native species in Thailand. These creatures are evil and the horror stories from the Thai locals are legendary. Greg has pictures to prove the strength and vigor in which these fish can chase down and eat it's prey. The method to catch these fish on a fly requires the angler to put the rod under your arm and strip extremely fast. The fish hit so hard that Greg had bruises on his arm and side that look like he got run over by a car. Once the fish are brought to the boat the real danger begins. The snake heads will lock down on anything that gets in their mouth and will not let go, even when the fish is dead. Greg's Thai friends have seen anglers that have gotten their hands to close and had to take a trip to the clinic to get the dead fish head surgically removed. These fish are certainly evil and hopefully the illegal bucket biology will end in the Potomac.