That's because the location is the farthest north on the Potomac River that the snakehead has been found since it was first discovered in the state — in Crofton in Anne Arundel County in 2002 ...

The northern snakehead has established itself firmly in the Potomac River system, with a population estimated at somewhere above 21,000 individuals, ranging through more than 120 river miles (200 ...

A decade or so ago, no snakehead fish were in the Washington region. Today, more than 20,000 are in the Potomac River, experts say, a population approaching that of the largemouth bass ...

It’s been 13 years since the snakehead, a.k.a. the frankenfish, was first found in the Potomac River. Initial predictions were dire, but during recent years it’s become clear that the ...

We have a new — and unwelcome — resident in our stretch of the Potomac River: the Northern Snakehead caught at Dam #4 on June 10 near Scrabble, W.Va. Now snakeheads have been an unwelcome ...

A 17-pound-6-ounce northern snakehead fish was caught Saturday in Aquia Creek, a Potomac River tributary. If the catch is certified, it would be a new world record. The current world record ...

Invasion of the Snakeheads The voracious “Frankenfish” has turned up in the Potomac River, Lake Michigan and a California lake, sparking fears of an ecological Armageddon Helen Fields ...

More than one expert bass hunter on the river now believes that specifically going after snakeheads will soon become a regular recreational activity. Potomac River fishing guide Steve Chaconas ...

Snakeheads were illegally dumped into a pond in Crofton, Maryland two years earlier. They spread into the Potomac River drainage, eventually making their way into Virginia streams. They finally ...

MARBURY, Md. – After a big fishing competition over the weekend, the Potomac River has fewer snakeheads. Dozens of them went home with fishermen after the two-day Potomac Snakehead Tournament.

The 300 snakeheads caught in a Potomac River tributary last month were proof, biologists say, that the predatory Asian fish has bred its way to the top of the river’s food chain. Leaping and fig ...

And no, they aren’t walking on land to new bodies of water. While snakeheads can survive out of water for short periods of time, they cannot walk on land. The Potomac River has had a snakehead ...