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Mattawoman 5/4
I launched out of Slavin's on Saturday morning around 7:30 am. It was my first time there, and I have to say, that it is beautiful down there! Man, there were a bunch of boats, both bass boats and yaks there already. I think someone said there was a tournament going on. I started fishing the first bank on the left trying out a new reel (Penn Battle 3000) I picked up. I was also trying out a Spro popper frog. I love that reel. Spooled with Power Pro line you can cast a mile with little effort, and the reel is smooth as butter.
Anyway the frog wasn't producing anything, so I switched to a Zman chatterbait in a black color. The wind picked up, and there were snakeheads around, they kept jumping. About 30 minutes into the trip, I had a hit and hung a fish. It wasn't jumping, so I thought it could be snakehead (I had never caught one), it wasn't pulling real hard, then it surfaced, and I realized he was bigger than I thought. He saw me and started fighting harder, but I was able to land him. I used some kitchen shears to cut his gills, and let him bleed out, but I had a heck of a time getting the lure out.
When I measured him, he took up all of my 30" hawg trough. I estimated he was about 30" and about 10lbs. I was very fortunate that I got a nice snakehead for my first one.
Unfortunately I didn't have a metal stringer, so he had to hang out in my yak, and I would dump him in the water to keep him cool.
Cooked him up today. Fried and pan seared it, and everyone is right, they are a delicious fish! Can't wait to catch more.
Also the milkcrate with rod holders and homemade hawgtrough holder worked great!
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Anyway the frog wasn't producing anything, so I switched to a Zman chatterbait in a black color. The wind picked up, and there were snakeheads around, they kept jumping. About 30 minutes into the trip, I had a hit and hung a fish. It wasn't jumping, so I thought it could be snakehead (I had never caught one), it wasn't pulling real hard, then it surfaced, and I realized he was bigger than I thought. He saw me and started fighting harder, but I was able to land him. I used some kitchen shears to cut his gills, and let him bleed out, but I had a heck of a time getting the lure out.
When I measured him, he took up all of my 30" hawg trough. I estimated he was about 30" and about 10lbs. I was very fortunate that I got a nice snakehead for my first one.
Unfortunately I didn't have a metal stringer, so he had to hang out in my yak, and I would dump him in the water to keep him cool.
Cooked him up today. Fried and pan seared it, and everyone is right, they are a delicious fish! Can't wait to catch more.
Also the milkcrate with rod holders and homemade hawgtrough holder worked great!
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It could have been a winner.
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