May 31, 2007

Fish Turns Tables On Fisherman

One of the sad things about fishing is that the fisherman rarely get bit, except by mosquitoes or whatever. Wouldn't it be fun if every once in a while a fish jumped out of the water, wiggled right up to the fisherman ... and then died, most likely. But I bet it'd scare the fisherman.

Well, there actually are fish that will come over and bite a fisherman. It's none other than the creepiest fish in the world, the northern snakehead. This fish can live outside of water for long periods at a time and the young can move by wiggling across the ground.

And, at least in Philadelphia, the Northern snakehead can bite a fisherman.

Casting a plastic lure through layers of duckweed, he fishes for the Northern snakefish, an illegal immigrant from Asia that showed up locally several years ago and quickly took over.

"I went to rinse my hands off and the fish just up and took my two fingers down its throat," Lewandowski said. "And as I lifted my hand the fish just came about a foot out of the water and then released. "

"I just looked straight down the fish's throat," he added. "My heart was in my mouth!"

Ha ha, I was right! It would scare the hell out of a fisherman!

Local Fisherman: Snakefish Swallowed My Fingers [NBC 10]

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August 04, 2006

Down The Shore: Our New Favorite Columnist

Ladies and gentlemen of the local media, I hope you're already actively trying to acquire Shep (or at least the rights to his mustache).

It’s a great time of year to be fishing in southern N.J. [Press of AC]

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July 12, 2006

Terror Alert Deadly

While the news usually focuses on the threats our country could face from terrorists, today the Inquirer takes a look at a new threat: Deadly killer mosquitos!

Now don't go run around yelling, "Ahhhhh!" Not all of them are deadly killer mosquitos. (Some, however, are deadly killer mosquitos.) But there are a greater number of mosquitos in this area this year, due to the record rains the area received in June.

The article says the best way to avoid deadly killer mosquitos is to avoid leaving standing, shallow puddles of water, which is prime breeding ground for deadly killer mosquitos.

New Jersey and Pennsylvania are doing a good job of stopping deadly killer mosquitos this year, through new programs aimed at stopping an onslaught of deadly killer mosquitos.

To avoid deadly killer mosquitos it's best to stay indoors. But some people just can't stay way from deadly killer mosquito breeding grounds:

Angler Rick Austin accepts that mosquito bites go hand in hand with a trip to the fishing hole. But yesterday, while preparing to lower his 14-foot motorboat into the Cooper River in Collingswood, he grimaced when told that a skeeter onslaught was looming. ¶ "Oh, no, don't say that," said Austin, 36, a general contractor from Sicklerville. "They're already starting to get bad. I guess I'll be doing more scratching, because nothing can keep me from fishing."

No wonder why fishing is so popular!

Tiny bugs pack a big bite [Inquirer]

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