Did anyone happen to catch that show on NATGO about the snakefish yesterday? If not here is a link.
It seems very interesting how the fish can already be in Utah with that find in that pond.
It makes me wonder about Utah Lake and how many species have been dump in there.
Yep watched it last night with my wife. A walking, air breating, monster fish…
"It seems very interesting how the fish can already be in Utah with that find in that pond. "
They haven’t been found yet in Utah though have they? Let’s hope not anyway.
[:)]hey Fishzilla I saw that last night and a couple of other times. I was wondering if the dwr had checked into seeing if it was a snakehead. They look like a burbot in a lot of ways but they have some big teeth like what I saw on the news TV. They said that they were introduced illegally and don’t know how to control them. They were catching and studing them in the patomic? river. MY spelling isn’t the greatest sorry. hopefully that isn’t what was found dead in that pond, sure looked like a fish eating killing machine.
[:)]I think on that show they said that they had found some in california lakes or rivers. People really need to think before they illegally plant fish in lakes or rivers just for there personal gain or to ruin a fishery as that what usually happens when different species are illegally planted.
If you look at the teeth they are not even close to what the snakehead’s is and no one is saying that it was a snakehead…Don’t cry wolf if you only see a coyote…
The toothy dead fish found in the Brigham City pond was identified as a brood stock lake trout (mack).
No snakeheads have ever been positively identified in Utah, but that does not mean that there have never been any “planted”.
I didnt know lake trout had those big teeth!! I have never heard of anyone using wire to prevent cut offs.[crazy]
All “piscivorous” (fish eating) species have teeth. I am guessing that you have not caught many lake trout. Those who have would never “lip” one to land it.
While most trout can develop some serious sharp teeth, they are not the same as the teeth that pike and muskies have. Trout teeth are more like needles…for catching and holding prey…whereas pike and muskies have sharp sided teeth for cutting. If you have good mono or fluoro line, you can successfully fight and land toothy trout.
**The one from Brigham city was planted at 23" long, as a former brood fish. It was old enough to have developed lots of large teeth, even though it did not ever grow very long on the hatchery diet. The teeth in the dried out fish were more pronounced because the soft tissue of the gums had dried and receeded from the teeth. As you can see in the picture below, a live fish has teeth, but they are not as evident because of the tissue around them. **
**And, some serious big fish mack packers DO use wire leaders. Guys who fish the bigguns in the Northwest Territories usually at least use a shorty wire leader. They also use big metal lures about the size of a trash can lid. **
Ok that explains a lot! I thought it might have been a walleye or pike .
**Looks like the “snakehead” thread has been hijacked. **
Here are some larger pics with greater detail, of the dried out mack found in Brigham City.
[crazy][;)] It must have ben planted by the bucket brigade…