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Headed out to centreville at noon to try to get on some frog fish again but just couldnt get any big ones to commit, lots of small fish blew up on it but no hook up, started throwing a jig a dragging it over a rockpile Dan discovered while we were out one time and managed 5 bass, all looked like this
After that I stoped by a tiny pond i found on google maps off of the parkway and to my surprise it was fenced off but looked so prime I had to jump it and make a few cast woth the frog and made 10 or so cast with everyone resulting in a fish or blow up, I was rather impressed with this small pond but didnt want to push my luck lol
Headed to the potty next to try for a better frog bite and was rewarded when my first cast yielded a 6lb or so NSH
Saw 2 more but no more bites in that spot so i moved one street down to another access point and hammered a 6#bass on the frog but it came unbuckled when it jumped... Then had something big torpedo in on my frog only to turn away.......
Moved again to another spot in the same general area and banged out another one, 12lbs
Look at that girth!
Had another good blow up but it missed the frog completely, but I saw it swimming so casted behind it and sure enough it took that frog harder than any bass or SH I've caught before
Good day to be out!
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Some good eatin there...
Capt Mike
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Excellent work Thai....the Urban Angler strikes again.I hope those SHs got eaten!
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i am thinking thai needs his own show
this guy is devastating
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lol you set it up and I'll host it Jeffie!
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I've got to learn more about these snakeheads. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get them to take a fly or lure when they were in the fast water around Chain Bridge this spring. I think most of them have left that area now as we are not seeing nearly as many up in the eddies there as we were earlier in May. However, I did have a NSH follow a sebile swim bait to my feet the other day but I have casted at hundreds of NSH this spring without so much as a look.
So what type of water are you finding them in? How deep? Looks like you are hitting the shore at key places around town. Pretty cool. I've done that more than a few times, mostly in the winter though for walleye and bass.
Were these fish caught in the middle of the day on top water? any other pointers you care to share? Thanks and great report.
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Salmo, I usually target snakes at dead low tide fishing super shallow flats with hydrilla and less than a foot of water, I only throw frogs since it gets through the slop better and I can leave it in the strike zone longer. Time of day doesn't matter but in the past I have done better when it's hot and bright out. That's not to say I haven't caught them during a high or on between tide, usually they will also be on these flats and if it's really hot I will target shade lines, floating vegetation and boat docks, very much typical bass fishing and usually you'll catch alot of bass. That's why I like low tide since that's when I can specifically target just nsh, hope this helps.
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