Bowhunting ‘Frankenfish’

Mudrick during a bow fishing excursion on the Potomac River near Quantico, Virginia. To try to control the population, the state of Maryland is encouraging fishermen to rid the waters of large snakeheads by fishing with high-powered compound bows and arrows that prove more effective than a rod and reel. — Caroline Gutman/The New York Times

BILL Bates piloted his boat up and down the shallow tributaries of the Potomac River.

It was night, and the river was buzzing.