Had a few hours to get out one last time on the Rappahonock before we head up to St Clair for our annual fishing trip.  This makes 18 years straight.  The Rappahonock was very good to us.  We caught a lot of different species and the most bowfin ever in 1 trip.  I caught 4 and we caught 5 snakehead, a bunch of bass, ring perch, some big gills, actually while my buddy was reeling in a big Gill, an osprey dove on it and grabbed it.  They both floated in the river for a while before it decided to release it.  Fish were stacked up on deep drops and bit best on the outgoing tide.  Ned rigs did the most damage with a Yamamoto Cali roll.  Catching those big snakes on a Ned and 6lb test was fun.  

That second pic down is a grinned/mud fish not a snakehead - and I’ll bet at that size he was a heck of a fight. Never seen one of those in the Rap. Really gorgeous snakeheads too!

Awesome job guys!!

 

Be safe and have fun during your trip !!

30 minutes ago, VolFan said:

That second pic down is a grinned/mud fish not a snakehead - and I’ll bet at that size he was a heck of a fight. Never seen one of those in the Rap. Really gorgeous snakeheads too!

I know it was a bowfin.?  I caught 4 of them with that one being the biggest.  At one point my buddy and I doubled up and had to net a bowfin and snakehead at the same time in the same net.  We laughed about it because now he has to clean out a bunch of slime from the boat before we leave on Thursday for Michigan.  

Just making sure! Didn’t see your other posts about getting them in the Rap! Just a great variety of species in there and in the Potomac - do you ever get many blue cats on lures?

13 hours ago, VolFan said:

Just making sure! Didn’t see your other posts about getting them in the Rap! Just a great variety of species in there and in the Potomac - do you ever get many blue cats on lures?

Unfortunately usually a lot of cats.  Here is one from the rap that I caught on a Ned rig and 6lb test line.