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Old 07-23-2019, 05:46 PM
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It seems to me that the Snakehead is going damn near everywhere and sooner than we in many cases would like. The state cannot realistically suggest that we kill them if we catch them. You can’t write a regulation that way but effectively that what it amounts too. I’m not a big fan of regulation but this one was written by people who know more about this than I do not power hungry pols.
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Old 07-23-2019, 08:23 PM
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Imagine for a moment what fishing was like during the Civil War in New Jersey.
Maybe some Pickerel, American Shad and Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, throw in a few Lamprey and Eels.
Look at the list of Native and introduced.
There are 90 species of freshwater fish found in New Jersey waters. Of these 90 species, 60 are native to the state. Five species are truly migratory and are present only seasonally in fresh waters of the state.
There are 17 introduced species, 11 of which are popular game species, a number of which have become naturalized and are commonly found in both lakes and rivers throughout the state. Several species, such as Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, and Walleye, which do not reproduce as readily in New Jersey, are maintained through active stocking programs for recreational opportunities.
We could say the stocked Brown Trout are invasive to the native Brook trout and have "displaced" them, such as the recent electro-shocking on Rhinehart Brook to get rid of the Brown Trout.

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Old 07-23-2019, 08:37 PM
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How many of you have ever caught and released a green sunfish?
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Old 07-23-2019, 09:16 PM
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The Potomac and Delaware rivers have had snakeheads and flatheads for a while now and both rivers are still great fisheries, I haven’t heard of any negative impact. Snakeheads and Flatheads would have a negative impact if they were introduced to smaller bodies of water though, so I think you should be able to catch and release in those 2 rivers but if you keep them you should have to kill them on the spot to prevent people from transporting live fish.
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Old 07-23-2019, 09:25 PM
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Round Valley had a good balance between game fish and forage fish, then the Lake Trout were introduced. Come to find out why the fishing for Brown Trout was so good was the fact the forage base was dwindling and the fish were on a feeding frenzy eating what herring they could find. The fishing peaked big time, then the forage base crashed, the rest is history.
Trust me, I will get around to my views about Snakeheads soon, but all things need to be considered, and I think the outlook is grim.
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Old 07-23-2019, 09:46 PM
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Good question and lots of well positioned responses on both sides.

I personally would kill them in anticipation of the possibility of helping out a native species. I would also cook em' up given I have never tried one.

On second thought I would tag one and include the name of a fisherman I strongly dislike.

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Old 07-23-2019, 10:42 PM
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Good question and lots of well positioned responses on both sides.

I personally would kill them in anticipation of the possibility of helping out a native species. I would also cook em' up given I have never tried one.

On second thought I would tag one and include the name of a fisherman I strongly dislike
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in my america we don’t kill for fun. We kill to survive and defend ourselves.
^^^^^^this
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Old 07-24-2019, 07:45 AM
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depends on the water body type I caught it in.

Riverine systems are robust and the fish have the ability to move to where the food is located. In a lake or pond there is a finite forage base that I could possibly see them impacting.

Watched a pretty good series of Robert Field videos on the topic. He toured the river with a Virginia state biologist who was under the opinion that the snake head is not out competing other fish and the population has stabilized. LMB love the snakehead fry!

Here is the 3rd video in the series with the biologist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R23-ThVeZ8o

Amazing how strong they are. They really have to crank up the electroshock to stun them.


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Old 07-24-2019, 11:46 AM
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Kill or eat them or let them go and why??
So what's does are alustrous and fearless leader think?
And on a side note I'm surprised Jmurr has not posted a picture of himself eating a live snakehead.
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