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Post by bigd7400 on Aug 22, 2017 12:02:13 GMT -5
Been making the haul to the Potomac to chase snakeheads the last few weeks. It a beautiful area minus the traffic and pretty exciting fishing to boot. Heres a quuck video of my last trip uo. youtu.be/HaWVauWxDaU |
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Post by bushwacker on Aug 22, 2017 13:33:49 GMT -5
Nice job on that vid. looks like a lot of fun.
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Post by 31Airborne on Aug 23, 2017 8:04:20 GMT -5
very cool vid. it's almost impossible to keep from setting the hook when you see them waking up on your bait.
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Post by FishON on Aug 28, 2017 8:58:55 GMT -5
Cool.. I spend a lot of time bowfishing snakeheads on the Potomac in the spring and early summer.! They fight hard and are great eating.. #1 sport fish on the river IMO.
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Post by Yam on Aug 28, 2017 17:44:22 GMT -5
Cool video. I've never heard that tune. Is Lucifer firing up a doobie? Or is he firing up his grill for some snakehead filets?
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Post by Shadslinger on Aug 28, 2017 20:06:16 GMT -5
Cool video. Clutch has always made some bad ass music
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Post by bigd7400 on Aug 29, 2017 18:35:13 GMT -5
Cool video. I've never heard that tune. Is Lucifer firing up a doobie? Or is he firing up his grill for some snakehead filets? Haha good question! The band is Vlutch and some of their lyrics are questionable lol. |
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Post by bigd7400 on Aug 29, 2017 18:38:33 GMT -5
Cool video. Clutch has always made some bad ass music Tough tunes for tough fish man! |
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Post by williamgdabrowski on Sept 30, 2017 2:31:14 GMT -5
Which section of the Potomac has the densest population of snakeheads?
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Post by mwardncsu on Sept 30, 2017 7:34:29 GMT -5
Good stuff!
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Post by 31Airborne on Oct 2, 2017 8:18:12 GMT -5
snakeheads are everywhere in the Potomac. they typically favor low-oxygen waters (the back end of creeks/coves/cuts) and the thickest grass mats. there's a body of evidence (gleaned mostly from fishing reports) that suggests they are most prolific in the central section of the river (Occoquan river, mattawoman creek, chickamuxen creek, aquia creek) but I wouldn't hang my hat on any of that. work a frog, swimbait, or chatterbait in shallow water and you're invariably gonna hook up on one.
fwiw, snakeheads have been caught in the Rappahannock river and in lake anna. they're everywhere, dood.
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Post by mwardncsu on Oct 2, 2017 9:20:55 GMT -5
Saw an interesting video featuring the DGIF biologist that covers that region (Odenkirk - sp?) talking about the snakeheads and how they have not turned out to be the disaster for the overall fishery that many feared.... can't remember now where I saw that - think it may have been linked on Facebook from either the DGIF page or maybe off YouTube.
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Post by 31Airborne on Oct 2, 2017 10:50:46 GMT -5
It was John Odenkirk - that article was original posted on the VDGIF site, reprinted elsewhere.
We all bought into the hype when the first SHs were caught in the Potomac. They'll eat up all the bass, destroy the spawn of other game fish, outhunt bass for forage, etc. Turns out the prolific spawning habits of the SH have been a boon for other predatory fish. Bass, ring perch, and crappie are gorging themselves on SH fry. One of the studies VDGIF commissioned looked at the eating habits of adult SHs (they dissected a good number of them). Not one bass found.
Now the northern SH is an established member of the Potomac ecosystem and the fastest growing game fish. Many bass guides are now guiding for them. The first time you hook into one you'll understand why. There simply is nothing like it.
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Post by FishON on Oct 11, 2017 20:51:32 GMT -5
snakeheads are everywhere in the Potomac. they typically favor low-oxygen waters (the back end of creeks/coves/cuts) and the thickest grass mats. there's a body of evidence (gleaned mostly from fishing reports) that suggests they are most prolific in the central section of the river (Occoquan river, mattawoman creek, chickamuxen creek, aquia creek) but I wouldn't hang my hat on any of that. work a frog, swimbait, or chatterbait in shallow water and you're invariably gonna hook up on one. fwiw, snakeheads have been caught in the Rappahannock river and in lake anna. they're everywhere, dood. Your post is spot on.. If you want to catch snakeheads, fish the back water creeks.. Fish the shallows . Snakeheads seem to like low flow muddy waters. |
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Post by getlinewet on Oct 12, 2017 11:08:16 GMT -5
I was talking to Dan Wilson the other day and he is pretty much convinced that in a few years time SML will be populated with snakeheads. Can't wait...I hear they are good to eat!
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