'Frankenfish' Caught in Great Lakes [Snakehead Alert]

Yahoo (Reuters) ^ | Fri Oct 15,12:26 PM ET | By Andrew Stern

[rdl6989]

ooooh that's a good one!

[holymoly]

But the Zebra Mussel has stayed at bay for several years

No, though they have been contained (somewhat).

Zebra Mussels in Southwestern Lake Michigan

[rdl6989]

maybe they can use some chemical to kill these fish without killing other fish, like TFM to control the lamprey eels in the Great Lakes.

http://www.nativefish.org/Articles/MI_Lampreys.htm

[ArmedNReady]

Here's the million dollar question:

Can you eat it?

[Thinkin' Gal]

[45semi]

20 years from now,
instead of a 'BassMasters' Tournament
Your gonna see the "SnakeHeadMasters Tournament

[quantim]

Ignore the guy on the left, resemblance on the right.

[evets]

Bush's fault.

[DrDavid]

Frankens

[NetSurfer]

Get a load of the makeup on those two.

The Frankenfish was scary enough.

[smonk]

does john kerry know that his wife is missing?

[Hermann the Cherusker]

What on God's green earth were people raising something as disgusting as Carp in fish farms for?

[uncleshag]

Taste a lot like possum - (non atomic!)

There have been many snakeheads caught across the country.
Not even rare in the Southeast anymore. Check it out ...

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Even DUBYA caught one here

[hyperpoly8]

A good size muskie, northern pike, or even walleye have better sets of choppers than that thing. It'd only be one gulp for a muskie.

[quantim]

From a Darwinian point of view, are the pictures in ascending order or do they need rearrangement?

[mcshot]

Well if they're easy to catch and taste good they may not have much of an impact. As far as imported fish I have an article from 1908(?) that promotes the introduction of carp into the Great Lakes as a game fish. They do put up quite a fight when incidentally hooked but they're more lawn fertilizer than table fare. Local bow hunters like to shoot them off their specially equipped boats though.
Oh Yeah! I'd take the fish over Susan.
mc

[CriticalJ]

"Alarmed Asian Carp have been known to leap from the water and knock out people in boats."

I would pay to see this.

[Trillian]

Wow, that is just gross.. ewww!

[upchuck]

I know this is OT and not fishy... but the guy on the left looks like he needs to be laid down in a pine box. And for goodness sakes, somebody close his eyes. EEEWWWWW!

[July 4th]

Well, we've dealt with the Zebra mussel. Now this freaking fish is here and we'll have to deal with that. Why can't someone make a real frankenfish? One that eats the Zebra mussels and the Asian carp, and then swims back to China?