🏆 Live catch map
The Frankenfish Tracker
Every snakehead the community lands, on one map. Watch the invasion spread — and put your own catch on it.
16
Catches logged
8
This month
8
States
38"
Biggest so far
Community catch
Established water
Reported water
🔥 heat = where the frankenfish are thickest
📈 Watch the invasion spread
2000 → 2026Drag the slider — or hit play — to watch the frankenfish creep across U.S. waters, from the first Florida canals and the Maryland ponds to today.
2026
Timeline uses documented approximate first-detection years by region — a guide to the spread, not exact dates.
Latest catches
Robert Cornaglia
Bullseye snakehead · Spanish River Park · FL
38"
Hunter D.
Northern snakehead · Potomac River · MD
28"
Luis G.
Bullseye snakehead · Snake Creek Canal · FL
33"
Mike D.
Northern snakehead · Mill Creek - Sassafras River · MD
24"
Marcus T.
Northern snakehead · Potomac Creek · VA
36"
Tyler W.
Bullseye snakehead · Markham Park Canals · FL
28"
Cody M.
Northern snakehead · Blackwater NWR · MD
32"
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Kevin O.
Northern snakehead · Tidal Rappahannock River · VA
25"