SNAKEHEAD GIANT ( Channa spp. Micropeltes Marulius)

a 20 lb plus snakehead caught in Malaysia

Roob Ganesan caught and released this beautiful 10.8 kg (24 lb) giant snakehead while fishing in the Rawang region of Malaysia.

 

Huge Snakehead caught by BKK Guy www.bkkguy.blogspot.com

 Angler Philippe Plentincx fished near the town of Kenarong with renowned guide Jean-Francois Helias (www.anglingthailand.com), Philippe landed this massive snakehead while casting a M2 Frog Lure from the bank. The fish was landed in five minutes and measured 84 cm before being released alive www.igfa.org

images courtesy www.anglingthailand.com

Again fishing guide Jean Francois Helias with a giant size  14.80 lb - 6.70 kg great snakehead from Thailand jungle.

Snakehead (toman) can be found in Asia: Pakistan to China, south to Thailand and Cambodia; Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, Laos, the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. They have also been introduced and estaablished in many areas (including south Florida). They prefer sluggish or standing water or deep pools in rivers or canals, water that low in oxygen. Large snakeheads are solitary fish, which inhabit waters with submerged aquatic vegetation. The snakeheads have developed means of coping with hypoxic (low oxygen) waters they occupy; they actually breath air through a suprabranchial organ.

DISTRIBUTION:	Asia
MAX SIZE:	66 lb / 30 kg (?)
MAX LENGHT:	39 inch / 100 cm
MAX AGE:	Unknown
ENVIRONMENT:	Freshwater