Mallows bay first snake head

[dhawk]

Hit mallows bay this morning with my nephew and a friend with his new pa 12. Arrived about 8 it was dead calm with light rain it continued to rain the rest of the day we didn't hit anything until around 9 with my friend pulling a 19 1/2 inch bass on a pink and purple worm the biggest of the day christening his hobie.My nephew then hit a 15 inch bass on a broken back we then caught pretty steady the rest of the day on mostly rubber worms in purple around 1 I caught my first snake head 20+ inches. I didn't get to measure it because after netting it getting it on the yak I was about to knife it through the back of the head when the knife slipped off and it swam up my foot well across the bow and back into the water I was bummed there would be no filets for dinner but I can cross one goal for the year off the list. ill leave with pictures of the bass that I caught I apologize for the clarity didn't want to use my camera in the rain so all are from my phone. a new water proof camera is in the works.
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[dhawk]

managed to get pictures up dont know why they wouldnt load yesterday

[Berto]

Nice job those are some nice looking largemouth. Sorry about the snakehead slipping away, those are some tough fish.

[sparky1423]

Good numbers on the bass, dhawk. I see I am not the only one holding on to the fish for dear life so I can get the pic. I am always impressed when I see a pic with no hands involved on the hog trough.

[dhawk]

Good numbers on the bass, dhawk. I see I am not the only one holding on to the fish for dear life so I can get the pic. I am always impressed when I see a pic with no hands involved on the hog trough.

Yeah that impresses me too. the fish dont seem to want to cooperate with my picture taking but I will manage as long as they keep biting.

[whenican]

Thx for the report....good catch!

[ronaultmtd]

Not to worry- you are not the only one on the forum to land a snakehead only to lose it in the kayak- Redfish and I had the experience- my snakehead (I estimated it at 15 (+) pounds) broke the plastic lip gripper and jumped out of my kayak- so it added insult to injury by destroying my lip gripper- I now use metal boga grips-

[Tyrone Shoes]

I think lip grippers are too civilized for the snakehead. I have a barbed gaff ready to use on my first snakehead!

[dhawk]

The first thing my buddy said when i lost it is you need a gaff for those things mght have to go that route

[M_Duong60]

There are videos on YT of people using a metal bat or billy club to knock the snakeheads out.

[dhawk]

I would probably miss and hit myself in the knee lol