Blixx

So far I have found that waning high tide and mornings seem to be the best. Tides and time of day seems to be largest governing factor. As far as line and leaders… 30lb green braid without any leaders if I am casting into heavy vegetation or debris. I use this setup with a float and live bait for casting into small opening in heavy vegetation. I turn off the drag and power them into the boat, I try not to let them run. For my cast rod running lures, I am using a 10lb mono with a black 6 inch 20lb steel leader. For shore casting I would move to a 15lb green braid without a leader. The heaver braid just does not cast very well with light weight lures and mono just does not have the strength to pull the fish out of the weeds. If you move to a heavy mono you lose the benefits of the light weight lines for long distant casting. On lures I have had no luck on frogs. I have a dozen different types of frogs and have had no luck with anyone them. My best lure so far is a shiny purple worm. Live baits- bass minnows or small blue gill. Hope this helps and would like to hear more feedback on best practices for snakeheads. Please share what you find successful…

This is the kind of areas I look for when fishing for Snakesheads. One thing I would like to add is I have moved to a heavy braded line and steel leaders. I also switched to a stiff pole as it can be difficult to set the hook through the head bone. I caught this one on memorial day weekend with a Blue and pink zoom bait worm. It was the only thing they were hitting on all weekend. 14lbs 46” Northern Snakehead. I would like to add Snakehead is the best freshwater fish I have ever eaten. I would like to hear more on successful bait types and dates used.