Good Day Today

[HeaveToo]

I hit the Occoquan today.  It started off REALLY slow but picked up.

There were a few blue gill caught on top water.

Then I hooked a VERY fat largemouth that was short but went about 3 pounds.  After that I switched to my new sinking line and caught my first fish, ever, on sinking line.  It was a bruiser of a large mouth.

After those I went to the back of the Occoquan.  I saw a few fish moving around so I cast to one with a clouser minnow.  BOOM!!!  It was a nice size snakehead. 

I have managed to filet him and I intend to try him fried tonight for dinner.

[Rob Snowhite]

Fantastic snakehead! Much better than the Tidal Basin today. Bounced a fly off a snakehead nose with no luck. All else was bluegill action meh. 

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[TurbineBlade]

Nice fish!

[HeaveToo]

I just ate the snakehead.  it was actually VERY good.  It is a mild white fish with a firm texture.  It was surprisingly good.

[Danny Barrett]

Thats what i said after my first.  Now when ever im back at my parents in the DC area, i ask people if I can have their SH.  Glad you enjoyed it.

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I just ate the snakehead.  it was actually VERY good.  It is a mild white fish with a firm texture.  It was surprisingly good.

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[Richard Farino]

Told you guys.  ;)

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From: HeaveToo
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Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Good Day Today

[Ben Sacher]

spent my evening as the tide started to rise doing the same thing. though was lucky to hook into a few schoolies on clousers and a 1/2 lber on a popper. Ive about had it with the snakehead nonsense! That said, going to start hitting rock creek near the outlet/swedish embassy more regularly in hopes of my first. Muddy bottom, structure and general muckery make me think snakehead. But what do I know, seeing as the only NSH I have hooked (but didn't land) was fast water and concrete walls at the tidal basin inlet. 

On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:28:24 PM UTC-4, Rob Snowhite wrote:

Fantastic snakehead! Much better than the Tidal Basin today. Bounced a fly off a snakehead nose with no luck. All else was bluegill action meh. 

Sent from my iPhone

On May 29, 2013, at 4:31 PM, HeaveToo <cpd...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I hit the Occoquan today.  It started off REALLY slow but picked up.

There were a few blue gill caught on top water.

Then I hooked a VERY fat largemouth that was short but went about 3 pounds.  After that I switched to my new sinking line and caught my first fish, ever, on sinking line.  It was a bruiser of a large mouth.

After those I went to the back of the Occoquan.  I saw a few fish moving around so I cast to one with a clouser minnow.  BOOM!!!  It was a nice size snakehead. 

I have managed to filet him and I intend to try him fried tonight for dinner.

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[HeaveToo]

My Snakehead didn't spawn yet and she was full of row.  It seems that they are still in the back of the Occoquan and they move when it is warm outside.  I saw a few more and I had a few other hits.  This snakehead took the fly right as it hit the water.

They seem to go in the back of the Occoquan near time to spawn.  They leave after they spawn and head for the muck.  Just my observations and I could be wrong, but this is the only time of the year that I have seen and caught them back there.

[Ben Sacher]

My experience from a few outings in the Tidal Basin this spring is that you see much more of them in the heat of the day. This doesn't mean they are more "active" I suppose. 

On an incoming tide during mid morning or midday you can see them roil, come up for air and whatever else they do near the inlet. I haven't seen the same during the evening high tide.

 At high tide, in the north section of the basin (near Washington Monument) I have seen dozens stacked up sunning (or breathing, or just teasing me) midday, but less so in the evening during high tide. My exposure to each possible "condition" (combinations of high or low tide, mid day sun/ or evening, inlet, or north end) is about 1 instance. So this may be a  meaningless observation. It also so may have a lot to do with how easy they are to spot. 

 I also know that coming up to breathe/ sun and feeding are separate activities in the snakehead world, so it may be that the times you don't see them are the times they are active and catchable.