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johnthefisherman
If ya catch em, ya gotta kill em. So ya gotta be ropin and smokin, hookin and cookin. 

genieman77

johnthefisherman
If ya catch em, ya gotta kill em. So ya gotta be ropin and smokin, hookin and cookin. 

 
 
Maay'an, the internz is a great thing
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakehead_%28fish%29
 
Snakeheads are considered valuable food fish. Called nga yant in Burmese, it is a prized fish eaten in a variety of ways. In Vietnam, they are called ca loc, ca qua, or ca chuoi; it is prized in clay pot dishes and pickled preparations. Larger species, such as Channa striata, Channa maculata, and Parachanna obscura, are farmed in aquaculture. In the United States, chefs have suggested controlling the snakehead invasion by serving them in restaurants.[26] In Indonesia, snakehead fish are called ikan gabus, served as the main parts of traditional dishes such as Betawi's pucung gabus, and considered to be a delicacy due to their rarity in wild and aquaculture, as they are harder to raise than other popular freshwater fish such as catfish and carp.
 
 
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Fisherlady2
There is a lot of territory to cover, I have heard local rumors from the 301 bridge area (near Dahlgren Weapons Lab) to down near Piney Point. We fished around Piney Point but usually for rockfish, flounder or croaker, so not the same waters you would find snake heads most likely.  If they like brackish and marshy I would investigate around Allens Fresh, which is at the top of the Wicomico River, there are numerous other backwaters along the eastern (Maryland) shore of the Potomac. Compton sits between 2 larger backwaters that could provide you some yak waters. If you are searching further south around Pax River Naval Station area, Piney Point let me know...I have family in the area and may be able to get some more local info. 

Mountian Man

nerka
yep       try bowfin in the geneva swamp  close as u can get to snakeheads

Bowfins and snakeheads are different beast in my opinion. Caught my fair share of hogish bowfins but they arent as aggressive as snakehedz

fishfashfush

Big TunaRiver Monster animal planet had a special on Snakeheads today.They look like real mean.

Yea but they look like a blast fishing top water!!!! I always wanted to shoot those asian carp with a shotgun out of a boat too

bingsbaits
Which way do they curl up on the bank ??? 

bingsbaits
Concrete, who would lay a fish on sharp grass. 

Porktown
I'm not sure if you are serious or not, but here you go.  I hear the DC area is a hot spot for them.  When I lived down that way, prior to snakeheads, I used to striper fish some of the tidal inlets.  There is one right behind Reagan National Airport, called Gravelly Point Park.  It was a 5 minute drive from my apartment, so fished it a good bit when I knew the stripers were running.  There is a boat launch there, I'd usually fish behind the launch, by the GW Parkway bridges.  Other side of the park way is a tidal basin that likely is a good snake head hide out (be careful crossing the road...).  Although, unless you have a kayak or small boat, not much access.  Up stream about a mile from there is the Columbia Island Marina.  A bit more shore access in the tidal basin.  I've fished there a few times, but the parking lot seemed like some sort of lonely guy pick up area...  I figured the fishing wasn't worth seeing anything that I didn't want to see or any unwanted advances.  Getting south of town a bit, I fished an area once that likely holds some snake heads.  Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve.  I also fished right by Mt. Vernon, where a creek enters the river (Riverside Park).  Didn't do very well there.  Both were relatively limited shore access and a pain to get to with local traffic.  If you want to combine a striper trip, go during the shad run in the spring.  It usually coincides with the cherry blossoms.  Make sure you have the correct licenses, the man is usually out a good bit.  Get a throw net, and toss a live shad on.  One of the better places for larger stripers was under the Wilson Bridge, at Jones Point.  They seemed to like the bridge pilings, although a new bridge from when I was there, so could have changed the fishing a bit.  Fletcher's Boathouse was also a hot spot, and about the only DC fishing resource that I knew of back then.  If heading in that direction, give them a call.  They might know some inside scoop on snake heads in that area.  The river gets kind of narrow and swift up there, so not sure if snakehead territory.  If they happen to go upstream to spawn, they likely don't make it past the rapids.  That seems to be a nice pinch point for the stripers.  There are also a lot of small streams and other stuff between there and the canal, so might be where they'd like to hang out.  I don't know anything about them. http://www.fletcherscove.com/index.html