Turtle135 Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 my bass fishing just keeps getting weirder and weirder! 32", 11.25 pounds 8 Quote
Catch 22 Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Wow ,that is a big snakehead. I hope you took it home to eat. There is a guide service on that water that specializes in them. C22 1 Quote
Turtle135 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Posted May 11, 2015 Wow ,that is a big snakehead. I hope you took it home to eat. There is a guide service on that water that specializes in them. C22 I ate six of them last season. One of the best eating fish I have ever caught. That one from Saturday I released. I caught it early in the day and I knew the temperatures were shooting up into the eighties & was planning to fish until sunset. Just did not want to kill and let it go to waste. There are too many to completely eradicate them from the system but the bow hunters on the Tidal Potomac do a thorough job of taking out snakeheads that size. 1 Quote
Ginosocalbass Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 I ate six of them last season. One of the best eating fish I have ever caught. That one from Saturday I released. I caught it early in the day and I knew the temperatures were shooting up into the eighties & was planning to fish until sunset. Just did not want to kill and let it go to waste. There are too many to completely eradicate them from the system but the bow hunters on the Tidal Potomac do a thorough job of taking out snakeheads that size. The law allows you to release them? Quote
dave Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 Wow ,that is a big snakehead. I hope you took it home to eat. There is a guide service on that water that specializes in them. C22 1 Quote
Turtle135 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Posted May 11, 2015 The law allows you to release them? Yes, as was mentioned, just no transporting one alive (likely for fear that someone could move them to another body of water), catch and immediate release is okay in Maryland and Virginia water. Quote
georgeyew Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 my bass fishing just keeps getting weirder and weirder! 32", 11.25 pounds Nice fish. What did you catch it on? Quote
Turtle135 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Posted May 12, 2015 Nice fish. What did you catch it on? A Netbait B-Bug (which is a beaver style soft plastic) in "Hardy Craw" rigged on a 1/4 ounce swimbait hook. This presentation has a forward glide to it on the descent to the bottom so I sweep it up, let it glide back down, sweep, glide, etc. Quote
Greeneye8181 Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/05/20/snakehead-taste-test-can-a-fish-this-ugly-really-taste-that-good-photos/?tid=trending_strip_5 Interesting article in the Washington Post comparing taste to other fish. Im still ticked that Charles County never gave me the stuff they promised me for winning the renaming contest! Quote
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