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Great story! I am working on getting my daughter interested.

I am new to the snakehead scene. What is the orange thing it looks like you're using to avoid their teeth? Looks handy.

Any word/update on the reopening of Lake Manassas? I think it would be fantastic and didn't know about the meeting. If there is another one in the future, I will try to go.

Thanks folks. I appreciate the info. I'm really just looking for legal places. :-/

I've been meaning to check out Beaverdam Creek Reservoir, and haven't made it there yet. Is access to it cut off at night?

I am getting into night fishing and have done it a few times at Burke Lake with some success. However, I am wondering what other options are available. Is there anyone that has found a way for the general public to have night access to Occoquan Reservoir? Any other night fishing places in the area people like. Potomac is a little big for me to venture into with a scanoe at night.

I have a Coleman Scanoe with a trolling motor on it. It'll probably be a couple of weeks before I make it back out again. Unfortunately, next weekend is booked for me unless something changes.

I spent a few hours fishing Burke Lake today. I caught a LM bass around 12" in a drop-off at about 10' deep on a plastic lizard. I also caught a couple of small blue gills and a channel catfish on a nightcrawler. It wasn't a terribly exciting fishing trip, but not bad for this time of the year. When I was leaving, there was an elderly gentleman and his wife near the boat ramp. I visited with them for a while. He was retired from the federal Fish and Wildlife Service. He was disappointed that there was no longer a sign at the boat ramp indicating federal matching funds through the Dingell-Johnson program. I had not realized the federal program that taxes tackle had helped establish the lake.

Very nice fish. New to figuring out Burke Lake. When y'all night fish, how deep do you fish? Do you mostly stick to the edge of the weeds and brush piles. I'd like to start catching some walleye too, but sounds like that's best in the spring and fall.