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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