Snakehead at Savage Mill

[Sean Beck]

There are a whole mess of snakehead in the Little Patuxent at Savage Mill right now. I watched a spin fisherman pull four out yesterday while I pulled out none. I finally caught my first one today on the fly. It was 26" and between 5 and 6 pounds, which as I understand is large for this area. It ate a #1/0 TNT baitfish tied in tan and gold. They didn't care about my crease fly or sex dungeon aside from one briefly chasing the dungeon. I caught it on a 6wt with a 6' 20lb fluoro leader. This spot was loaded with smallmouth a couple weeks ago, but they're all gone now. The river is still high and muddy, and I imagine the brief storm we had earlier made it worse. Nonetheless they are actively feeding. This one was probably 35' away from where I was standing whereas the other ones I cast to were within 15'. They really clamp down hard on the flies, but the take was similar to a trout taking a nymph. I thought I was snagged on a log rather than hooked into a fish.

Here are the pictures: https://imgur.com/a/3AkjBWO

[Scott Stankus]

Congratulations! That’s a great accomplishment. 

Good report and thanks for sharing!

—Scott

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On May 22, 2018, at 1:25 PM, Sean Beck <seanmc...@gmail.com> wrote:

There are a whole mess of snakehead in the Little Patuxent at Savage Mill right now. I watched a spin fisherman pull four out yesterday while I pulled out none. I finally caught my first one today on the fly. It was 26" and between 5 and 6 pounds, which as I understand is large for this area. It ate a #1/0 TNT baitfish tied in tan and gold. They didn't care about my crease fly or sex dungeon aside from one briefly chasing the dungeon. I caught it on a 6wt with a 6' 20lb fluoro leader. This spot was loaded with smallmouth a couple weeks ago, but they're all gone now. The river is still high and muddy, and I imagine the brief storm we had earlier made it worse. Nonetheless they are actively feeding. This one was probably 35' away from where I was standing whereas the other ones I cast to were within 15'. They really clamp down hard on the flies, but the take was similar to a trout taking a nymph. I thought I was snagged on a log rather than hooked into a fish.

Here are the pictures: https://imgur.com/a/3AkjBWO

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