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Earlier today, I launched about 15 minutes before noon in the same Patapsco tributary. The peak low tide was scheduled to be at 1:17 pm. At the first spot that I checked out, I spotted a snakehead close to the surface in the grass bed. Using a weedless hollow bodied frog, I made a cast and began the retrieve. After making a few pops, I paused for a split second and next thing I know, I see a big swirl where my frog is sitting. I worked the same area hoping for another opportunity before moving along.
At the next spot, I spot several snakehead in the shallow weed bed. After numerous casts throwing a weightless swimbait, a buzzbait, and a frog, I finally had one take the frog. I tossed it just beyond his positioning and reeled the frog in until it was about 6 inches in front of the fish. He swam up to it, inspected it, sniffed it, then inhaled it. I waited for what felt like an eternity, then the fish began swimming away. I swung for the fences and it was on. The fight was exhilarating as the fish took drag from my bait casting reel, digging into the grass. I wrenched the fish out and had him at the surface. I paddled away from the shallows towards more open water, as he made several more attempts to dig down deep. I beached at the opposite shoreline in order to not spook the other fish that I had seen. I cut the gills with my knife to bleed him, took a picture or two, then put him on the stringer for supper.
I decided to move further upstream in the same creek to a spot where I had seen some snakehead on my previous outing. I noticed lots of movement in the grass bed, as well as seen several swirls and splashes. At this spot I’ve spotted the largest concentration of snakehead than any other spot thus far. When I see a fish, I note its location and I’ll select a lure appropriate for the type of cover. They seem to be either in the shallow grass in 1-2 feet of water or in the weed edges that are 3-4 feet deep. I casted the frog in the shallows and had 3 blowups, and 2 fish that ate it but immediately spit it out before I could set the hook. Eventually, I spot one surface from 4 feet of water and made a cast with the buzzbait. He was interested as he followed it and struck, but I pulled the hook out of its mouth with a premature hook set. I made another cast and he zeroed in on it. I managed to wait long enough to set the hook and he was buttoned. On the stringer he went. After a hot, long outing, I call it quits around 4:00 pm and I made the 15 minute paddle back to the launch.
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At the next spot, I spot several snakehead in the shallow weed bed. After numerous casts throwing a weightless swimbait, a buzzbait, and a frog, I finally had one take the frog. I tossed it just beyond his positioning and reeled the frog in until it was about 6 inches in front of the fish. He swam up to it, inspected it, sniffed it, then inhaled it. I waited for what felt like an eternity, then the fish began swimming away. I swung for the fences and it was on. The fight was exhilarating as the fish took drag from my bait casting reel, digging into the grass. I wrenched the fish out and had him at the surface. I paddled away from the shallows towards more open water, as he made several more attempts to dig down deep. I beached at the opposite shoreline in order to not spook the other fish that I had seen. I cut the gills with my knife to bleed him, took a picture or two, then put him on the stringer for supper.
I decided to move further upstream in the same creek to a spot where I had seen some snakehead on my previous outing. I noticed lots of movement in the grass bed, as well as seen several swirls and splashes. At this spot I’ve spotted the largest concentration of snakehead than any other spot thus far. When I see a fish, I note its location and I’ll select a lure appropriate for the type of cover. They seem to be either in the shallow grass in 1-2 feet of water or in the weed edges that are 3-4 feet deep. I casted the frog in the shallows and had 3 blowups, and 2 fish that ate it but immediately spit it out before I could set the hook. Eventually, I spot one surface from 4 feet of water and made a cast with the buzzbait. He was interested as he followed it and struck, but I pulled the hook out of its mouth with a premature hook set. I made another cast and he zeroed in on it. I managed to wait long enough to set the hook and he was buttoned. On the stringer he went. After a hot, long outing, I call it quits around 4:00 pm and I made the 15 minute paddle back to the launch.
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