Man catches record-breaking giant snakehead fish in Taiwan's Sun Moon Lake

Man catches record-breaking giant snakehead fish in Taiwan's Sun Moon Lake

Source: taiwannews

5/18/2023

Credit: Huang Hsiao-ssu

Man catches record-breaking giant snakehead fish in Taiwan's Sun Moon Lake

A fishing expert and his team have caught the largest giant snakehead (魚虎) in Taiwan's history in Sun Moon Lake.

After suffering a drought this spring, recent rains have caused the water level in Sun Moon Lake to rise back up to 60% capacity and invasive giant snakehead fish (Channa micropeltes) have begun to appear in large numbers. Fishing expert Huang Hsiao-ssu (黃小四) and members of his team used a trotline to catch a giant snakehead that weighed in at a record 32 Taiwanese catty (a Taiwanese catty is 600 grams), the equivalent to 19.2 kg, reported Liberty Times.

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