I WAS WATCHING A SPECIAL ON T.V. AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS SPECIES OF FISH CALLED A JAPANESE SNAKEHEAD. THEY SAID THAT THERE IS A REAL OUTBREAK OF THESE CARNIVOROUS FISH IN THE U.S. WHEN THEY SHOWED A PICTURE OF THE FISH, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS FISHING AT A FARM POND CATCHING BASS AND CRAPPIE. I HOOKED INTO SOMETHING THAT BEGAN TO RIP LINE OFF MY REEL. AFTER A GOOD FIGHT, I HAD IT ON THE SHORELINE....I LOOKED DOWN TO SEE WHAT I HAD, AND IT WAS A FISH I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE! I PULLED IT UP ON THE SHORE AND MY LURE POPPED FREE. THE FISH HAD AN EEL LIKE TAIL, BIG EYES, AND A BIG MOUTH FULL OF TEETH! IT SEEMED PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE OUT OF THE WATER AS IT STARED AT ME! IT THEN TURNED AROUND AND WIGGLED BACK DOWN TO THE WATER, AS I STOOD THERE DUMB-FOUNDED AS TO WHAT I HAD JUST SEEN! IT WAS THE EXACT FISH THAT I HAD JUST SEEN ON T.V.! THEY CAN BREATH AIR AND TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES FROM ONE WATER-WAY TO ANOTHER. THEY ARE EXTREMELY CARNIVOROUS, AND EAT EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH. HAS ANYONE ELSE HEARD OF THESE FISH? HAS ANYONE ELSE CAUGHTEN ONE?
I WENT BACK TO THAT FARM POND A YEAR AGO....AND THE FISHIN WAS NOTHING LIKE IT USE TO BE. WAS IT THE JAPANESE SNAKEHEAD?!