As anglers head to Missouri rivers and lakes to fish, the Department of Conservation has issued a warning about a fish that you need to kill immediately if you catch it or see it.
It's happened again. The Missouri Department of Conservation has confirmed yet another invasive snakehead has been caught and this unwelcome invader can survive on the land, too.
It's hard to fathom the numbers involved in this mess. A report says that there was a fertilizer spill that happened in Iowa that made it's way into a major river and resulted in the death of 750,000 Missouri fish.
I've caught some big fish in Missouri in my lifetime, but never anything like this. A world record 164 pound fish was just landed at the Lake of the Ozarks and it's not likely to be topped anytime soon.
I have fished much of my life in Missouri and I'll never forget the first time I came across a large number of fish floating near the shore dead as a door nail. It always made me wonder exactly what in the world would cause so many fish to suddenly go belly up? There is some science at work although there's still an air of uncertainty about it all.