Fresh Prince William County Fishing Reports

Caught some nice bass and a snakehead. Just before golden hour a huge wall cloud chased us off the water.

Caught some nice bass and a snakehead. Just before golden hour a huge wall cloud chased us off the water.

Flood tide over the pads was dirty and only 79 degrees. Fish where reluctant to bite but we got lots of hits.

Book a Potomac river trip for a chance at some springtime monsters!

Book me at Lake Anna or Potomac River!! Bass or Crappie!

The top ten northern snakehead fishing mistakes I’ve observed of clients : 1. Wrong rod - you don’t need a special snakehead rod but you do need a 7’ medium heavy rod (or longer) with a bit of a soft tip. 2. Wrong line - I like 30 lb braid and I’ll go up but never down. No mono, floro.. 3. Bad knot - braid will slip so I use a double Palomar knot. 4. Bad casting - the further away I can keep the boat from intended targets - the better. Casts must be relatively long and very accurate especially to sighted fish in shallow water. 5. No polarized sunglasses - essential to spot snakeheads. 6. Not observant - many snakeheads give away their position by a movement in water or vegetation. 7. Lazy - this is a game of how many good casts can I make to keep my bait for the longest period of time in snakehead habitat and strike zones. You cast - work in strike zone - reel in as fast as you can through non productive water and cast again. 8. Bad hook sets - I’ll tell u a secret. There’s three different snake head strikes that dictate how I set the hook. However I don’t care when you set the hook but I do need u to set the hook hard. 9. Missing opportunities - you may only get 1 to 3 great opportunities in a day. If you don’t observe a wake following ur bait as u reel in or you take a long time to cast at an observed fish or if you miss a strike and don’t immediately and repeatably throw to same spot- then a lot of hard work is lost. 10. Not controlling what is controllable. No leaders. Don’t use a med rod and make a mile cast that overextends your equipments ability to hook and land a snakehead. I’ll break the rules every now and then. Yes I’ll use heavy floro if I’m casting a chatterbait. Yes I’ll throw a long way and take my chances. It’s heartbreaking to see a missed fish that was catchable because I know that these opportunities are limited in a day. Control the controllable and cast a lot. I’ll worry about the rest. Book a June trip. Do it - do it now. ?. You won’t regret it.