Interesting Research & Foreign Fish Puzzle.

**MuddyTench** · 03-25-2008, 09:20 AM

Found this when searching the BBC website, it's amazing what research is going on:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7280867.stm

What I was looking for on the BBC website was a story about a large foreign fish that was caught in a british river in the last few weeks. My dad was telling me about this but he couldn't remember what the fish was:confused:, where it was caught:confused: or how big it was? :confused:

But he had seen a report about it a couple of weeks ago stating that the authorities were worried about this fish's capture as it could potentially out compete our native species!

If anyone has got any idea what this story was about or could point me in the right direction to find an article on it, I would be very grateful! :)

Cheers

**moorish** · 03-25-2008, 12:42 PM

sounds very interesting article.i heard something on the news reguarding a foreign specie of fish in our water but i cannot remember exactly what it was only it could devastate our native species.derek

**grumpy_banghai** · 03-25-2008, 01:16 PM

cool. My fish can just here the mce 600 buzzing away, must be like living next to the M1 !!

**Gaters** · 03-25-2008, 03:13 PM

I think the fish you were looking for is the snake head, it was caught in a Lincs river.

**MuddyTench** · 03-25-2008, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by Gaters

I think the fish you were looking for is the snake head, it was caught in a Lincs river.

That's the one, ugly little blighter isn't it! Thanks for that it has been bugging me ever since my dad mentioned it. Hopefully it is a one off and no more are caught! I'm just starting to think about the new fishing season and don't want to pull one of those on to the bank this summer - I would sh#t% myself!! :eek: