Potomac snakehead

[bruce19365]

Doc Irv stumbled upon this one on Saturday while fishing in Mattawoman Cr. Weight was 8.2 lbs and it was delicious. Yes, we had it for dinner. I won't be throwing any away from now on, they are far too good table fare to waste.

[Snakehead Hunter]

Welcome to the club!

[whenican]

That's a nice one....well done!
Delicious, indeed!!

[Memory Maker]

Yeah .......... that one was great ........ congrats Doc.

I saw him down there .......... he gave me a couple of the swimbaits he caught it on ......... man did those lures have alot of action ....... can see why it bit.

I only ended with 2 bass and Dave (another guy on this board) got a nice bass too .........

Great seeing ya out there Doc .......... and congrats on that Python .......

[shmal12]

I got the honor of meeting doc irv on my first adventure to mattawoman. We were all congregated around a couple on a kayak that was pulling in something quite large. He gave me a swim bait and I loved it loads of action. I ended up catching a small LMB about 17" on it. After that the tide turned and I dug into the lilies with my scum frog and caught myself a 28'' snakehead. My first on and how great it felt.

[hooked again]

Nice one Doc - a fatty to boot! Hope you saved a couple for me, I'm going out Tuesday morning.

[Nitefly]

Congrats! They are my favorite fish to catch and to eat so far! How did you prepare it?

[bruce19365]

Filets were chunked into "nuggets", coated in flour & spice like catfish, then fried up in a cast iron pan.
We were lucky that a local friend offered to prepare it for us as we had no way of cooking it ourselves.
YUMMY.
The fish is mild in flavor, so I imagine you could do any preparation that benefits a white, mild fleshed fish.
I can't wait to try other ways to serve it, and the first way I'm cooking it will be blackened, Cajun style.

[wfauby]

Filets were chunked into "nuggets", coated in flour & spice like catfish, then fried up in a cast iron pan.
We were lucky that a local friend offered to prepare it for us as we had no way of cooking it ourselves.
YUMMY.
The fish is mild in flavor, so I imagine you could do any preparation that benefits a white, mild fleshed fish.
I can't wait to try other ways to serve it, and the first way I'm cooking it will be blackened, Cajun style.

I have mentioned this before but McCormick (the spice company) has a beer batter mix that fries up nicely and is tasty. you can find it in the seafood section of most grocers (looks like a taco or sloppy joe mix package). I have only used it on crappie.