Snakehead Whisperer

Thanks. Thankfully they aren't up there. There is good Snakehead water in and around DC, so it's really not too far from you.

I fish a drop shot a lot for river smallmouth in swift current over rocks, and for this I usually use a Roach Walker so it doesn't get caught up as much (not technically a drop shot weight.) These are usually made of lead. Just a thought.

Ha ha.. I didn't pick the screen name "Snakehead Whisperer" at random

I most definitely will. Thanks again.

Thanks Nitrofreak.

Whoa! Those are some serious slabs.

Thank you Brian. I've fished Little Seneca a hand full of times. That's a difficult lake to pattern.

That airbrush should work fine. An airbrush is basically the same thing as a conventional sprayer, so if you're familiar with those it's pretty easy. I find that I paint baits with about 15-20psi. I use Createx paints, and I don't thin them. I have heard of people thinning Createx with "409" cleaner, but I don't have any experience with it. If you don't already have one you should get a moisture trap for your compressor, otherwise it will spit water through your airbrush (usually when you're putting the final touches on a masterpiece :'( Here are some hand carved lures that I painted with Createx.

14.5" is a good sized crappie. There is one spot that I frequent in the winter near DC that has monster crappie. It's near a warm water outflow. This is my pb. I have no idea what the length or weight of the fish was, but it's probably still out there and bigger now.

Thanks Sam. I really like your avatar pic.

I agree that it's a catfish. On a side note, I have heard some rumors that there are Nile Tilapia being caught at 4 Mile Run at the outflow from the water treatment plant. There is at least one verified (check this post from the Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders for the pics.) Look at the first post by "Shawn" for the pics: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/MgKhUe4WvVg

I use an Iwata Revolution HP-CR. One important thing when painting lures IMHO, is to get a gravity feed type airbrush. This allows you to quickly change colors and not waste paints. I use Createx paints and then top coat them with Devcon 2 Ton epoxy.

Thanks. Hope you land some nice trout.

Nice. I'm going to hit some of those ponds with shallow running cranks then and see what I can get. As far as I know, the Eastern Shore is a pickerel heartland.

It's pretty slow out this way too, but thankfully we have a few warm water outflows nearby where the bass are not quite as sluggish. Pickerel are awesome fish to catch. I have limited experience catching them down in Southern MD as a by-catch while bass fishing, but everything I read leads me to believe that they're more common in your neck of the woods.

Thanks Tuckahoe Joe. I need to get out that way some time before Spring to get at those chain pickerel on the Eastern Shore, while it's still cold.

Thank you. That would be great. I fish that area pretty frequently Spring-Fall (Mattawoman, Piscataway, Mallows Bay, etc.) I usually fish from a 17' canoe.

@whitwolf Thank you. @TheKingFisher I definitely will check out the thread. Thanks.

Thanks man.

Hello, my name is Andrew and I live in Washington DC. I enjoy fishing in general, and have been fishing since I was a kid. I grew up in San Francisco, CA. Before moving to the East Coast I did very little bass fishing, as we focused primarily on saltwater (cod, stripers/rockfish, etc.) I have grown into an avid freshwater fisherman.The fishing in and around the DC/MD/VA area leaves me no shortage of good action to get into, so I am very thankful to live here. I'm hoping to be a solid contributor to this forum, as I have been lurking here for quite some time and I'd like to give back to the community. Thanks to all the posters here and the site administrators for sharing their knowledge and for the countless hours of good and informative reading they've treated me to.