Snakehead Fishing in Maryland

[fishwizzard]

I have some vague plans to start making my own inline spinners so that the loss of each one hurts less.  I did some rough math over the winter and it looks like it will take maybe 100 spinners for me to break even and start actually saving money.  I do have a decent stash of grubs though, I might switch over to those next time I am at the Pax. 

What weighs do you use (both spinners and grubs)?  I prefer smaller profile lures, but with the current I don't think they ever get very far down. 

[Mobydick]

Mattowoman Creek...Tight Lines!

[Snakehead Chef]

I bow fish for the Snakeheads during daylight hours using paddleboard; a few weeks ago I could count over 50 in my local canal, now, I'm lucky if I see 5.  I attribute it to the nighttime bow fishing with the lights that has started up - I don't agree with that way, it's like hunting deer with spotlights.  They do tear up the habitat by driving over everything and I see bass and catfish floating the next day with holes in them.  I eat what I shoot, and stop shooting when I have enough to eat.

[CaptMikeStarrett]

The damage to habitat after a night of bowfishing is very noticeable. Whole root pods from the spaderdock floating and cut to pieces from props. A 8 foot wide swath of pad tops missing. That beaver floating with two arrows still in it. Bass caught with arrow slashes on the back of them. Oh and the floating dead gar / carp  floating all about. They really stick out being all white and bloated in the pads..

 

Just an observation.

Capt Mike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Josh Smith]

Couple things:

1. I carry a Ka-Bar for invasive species.

2. The way you all describe bowfishing is like nothing I've ever witnessed here.

Josh