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Maryland snakehead

PAGOAT

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After 10 trips down to the upper Chesapeake bay I finally got into the snakehead I wanted to catch. It started by fishing the Conowingo dam for shad in April and watching people catch a few. I watched YouTube and kept pulling the boat to the flats. I gotta say its one of the best eating fish I have had.
 

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@PAGOAT Those frequent in your area? Any concerns handling them? Lastly, they in the good eats category?

Oh, almost forgot... I have a bad ass 50 Mercury 2 stroke I'll trade ya for that cheesey Yamaha 4 stroke 115... deal?
 
Maryland has a lot of the snake heads, they say they're very aggressive and eat most other fish. To me they seem like they are more of a bass type fish as far as fishing for them. Concern on handling them is the have a mouth full of teeth similar to a Musky and to legally keep on he has to have his gills cut out. I got a fish grabber tool ordered after trying to hold him behind the head and slice his gills out with a Havalon. As far as eating they are a very white meat. My wife is a fish snob and only eats walleye, I had her try some and she came back saying "you should go catch more" 🤷‍♂️
 
The Susquehanna flats and upper Chesapeake area is an awesome place. I’ve caught a few nice largemouth as a bi-catch fishing for stripers, but never a snakehead. Very cool!
 

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