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Sitting down outside after a long walk around Huntley Meadows with my son's cubscout den. The two most interesting things we saw was this giant frog and a fish. Can anyone tell me if this is the infamous snake head fish?





That almost certainly is a snakehead. In theory, you should have tried to kill it per VA fish and game.


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Sitting down outside after a long walk around Huntley Meadows with my son's cubscout den. The two most interesting things we saw was this giant frog and a fish. Can anyone tell me if this is the infamous snake head fish?





Most definitely a Snakehead!
They will eventually completely take over any body of water they are introduced into and kill off all the native species that anglers like myself enjoy catching for sport. I have caught and seen snakeheads caught by anglers right here in Louisiana when fishing for Redfish in brackish water. Seems like they are quickly becoming a problem that we will probably not be able to ever eradicate. Many anglers here believe they are catching choupique, a native fish to our area, instead of a Snakehead and unfortunately don't report the catch to Wildlife and Fisheries. Therefore there are many Officers in the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries that have yet to see a Snakehead and even some officers who deny their presence exist in our state waters. I can assure you though, they are in fact here.
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Most definitely a Snakehead!
They will eventually completely take over any body of water they are introduced into and kill off all the native species that anglers like myself enjoy catching for sport. I have caught and seen snakeheads caught by anglers right here in Louisiana when fishing for Redfish in brackish water. Seems like they are quickly becoming a problem that we will probably not be able to ever eradicate. Many anglers here believe they are catching choupique, a native fish to our area, instead of a Snakehead and unfortunately don't report the catch to Wildlife and Fisheries. Therefore there are many Officers in the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries that have yet to see a Snakehead and even some officers who deny their presence exist in our state waters. I can assure you though, they are in fact here.
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Are they edible?
 
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