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Woodbridge Va here I fish the potinac Potomac river and the Occoquan reservoir. Want to try Smith lake, burke lake, and lake Lunga this year. J

I would try the dropshot but that would have to have a 5-9 foot leader and that would wouldn't be doable I don't think.

I will have to try the wacky senko. Usually don't pull out the senko's till closer to the spawn. Thanks Tartan. J

Wow what a dilemma!!! While out prefishing for my first tourney of the year I noticed the bass suspending at between 17 - 22 feet everywhere. Water temp 42 was the warmest I found. I threw everything in the box at them including lipless crank baits, deep diving jerkbaits, spinner baits, flukes with split shots. Just to name a few things I tried. What would you do in similar conditions, someone throw be a bone here please. J

Cold weather doesn't seem to effect them at all. They adjust but keep this in mind they are called northern snakeheads and are even found in Russia where it gets very cold. The temp here is about 5 degrees tight now. If they they are not there yet it's because no one has introduced them there yet be glad. If they ever get there they will thrive like they do everywhere they have been introduced. J-

KVD with the red eye shad. This is a lipless crankbait lake and he is the master of hard plastic!!!! J

I had one shake my jig once that I know weighed over 20lbs. The record will be broke, rebroke and then broke again. Mark my words! Anyone that fishes for them knows this to be true. I would have to agree with snakeheadwhisperer though, I know if I catch and weigh one over 17lbs I will for sure make a call or two or 40. Jay

To keep it short and sweet, only time will tell. There are different types of snakeheads all over the USA. They taste great and are fun to catch. Some people are very ignorant and may try transpanting them near you. After all that's how they got here. J-

pump! its similar to a 870. j

Yeah I think I am talking about over 50 years ago. Its a well made 12 guage that is still fully functional but a rifled barrel would sure make it that much nicer.

That all sounds very interesting. Not boring at all. I will get the pic on here when I can. I will get a pic of another one off the net I can post that one tomorrow. I love shot guns but can only afford that j.c.higgins for now. J

Thanks retiredbosn, imported sounds expensive. All I know is that Sears use to sell this shot gun in their catalog. Jay-

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Just remember this, snakeheads are predators fish of the river just like most other game fish. Find the baitfish and find the snakeheads. Once the water gets in the mid to lower forties I start looking for the warmest water I can find. Usually there will be big concentrations of other fish and the snakeheads are soon to follow. I must admit though I do more deer hunting than snakehead hunting in late fall and winter. Jay

Good Lord! Nice J

I truly believe they would survive in Maine. A few years back we had a pretty harsh winter and it did not seem to effect them at all. They will seek out a power plant with a warm water discharge or some other way to get by. I am not honestly sure what they do in the winter, but I do know they are a highly adaptable species. Jay

IMHO Key points are still producing fish. Fish seem to be scattered search baits seem to be most productive. I don't believe it's cold enough for fish to start heading deep into the creeks yet. Look for big flats near creek channels. They are feeding on bait fish pretty heavy. Plastic and jigs along the banks are producing just not really good numbers or quality fish. Tightlines. Jay

Look up HOPE SPRINGS MARINA. Jay

I'm with SW on this one. The local biologists have done a lot of studies and electrofishing for them they would have noticed 2 types if it was true. Just some sort of birth defect or injury. Cool catches none the less. Jay

Just simply stating that different fish sometimes have different characteristics. I have seen one of our northern snakeheads not on a hook jump 3 feet out of the water and once I set the hook on one that jumped about 2 feet out of the water. Our northern snakeheads give themselves away kind of by big head turns but catfish here are also known to do that. J-

Let's not give so much lead time a month and a half is plenty. Jay-

You all have to keep in mind that you are both talking about 2 different types of snakeheads. They are similra but also very different! Jay

So is this a bust or are people still going to show up? J-

Bigbill, There already is a bunch of snakehead tournaments out there in a lot of different states, dont quote me but I think its like 10 states and counting . IMHO yes I do believe that snakeheads will take over any given body of water given enough time. I do believe 30 years from now they will be in direct competition with bass tournaments. It's going to suck! But only time will tell. jay

Add a little vegetable oil to your mold. Some fish attractants have water bases and will make your plastic bubble on contact. If your baits are not sticking to the mold you can always add the fish attractant in the bag you re going to put your baits in. That will make them shine when you use them.Jay