April 17, 2016 Sunday fished from 1:30pm to 5:!5pm
My first catch of 16.5" bass was caught using spro frog (natural green) shown below and my second catch of the snakehead was caught using a white mouse looking scumfrog lure (click here - Southern Lure Scumfrog 5/16-Ounce Bait (White))
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Roaches run fishing - Finally my first snakehead catch!!! - 1 of my 2016 resolutions accomplished.
Frankenstein fish is finally caught at Roaches Run by DC Reagan National airport. Lily pads is where they are hiding.
READ My 4 tips of catching the Frankenstein fish:
1. Stick with the lily pads shallow water for them.
2. Don't set the hook when you see something come to the surface for your lure, wait 2 seconds after they dive then set the hook.
3. Be patient and fish hard. you will be rewarded with the snakehead fish.
4. sight fishing for them-move and cast to where you see them jump.



They fight like a charging bull, and pull very very hard. Yes, it is fishermen's dream catch. Nothing even comes close to snakeheads. They come into Roaches run to spawn from Potomac river. I saw
some big mama snakeheads jumping out of the water. I think I caught the male small snakehead who was trying to fend off intruders so he can mate with the big mama snakehead. Law requires fishermen to kill them when we catch them, so sorry no mating for the snakehead I caught today. Big mama will stay laid eggs. I am sure there are still many other male snakeheads in the river.


Watch live action of these 2 catches

Billy Goat Lake fishing at Old Angler's Inn at C&O canal in MD -12noon-4pm

Billy Goat Lake fishing at Old Angler's Inn at C&O canal in MD -12noon-4pm

I went to billy goat lake fishing. I saw police cars at the lower parking lot when I got there just before lunch. There was a BMW with the driver side back windows broken. People stole stuff from the BMW. Police were taking finger prints. That was the first time I saw something like this happen. The cop told me it happened a few times this year during the summer time, so don't leave anything valuable in the car.

A policeman on his horse came down to my canoe launch site and told me the electric motor was not allowed in the canal. I was very surprised to hear that but I didn't want to break the rule so I hauled my 70 lbs heavy deep cycle marine battery for 50 yards back to the parking lot. Luckily, the policeman decided to check on his smart phone, and he realized he was wrong. The gas motor is not allowed and the electric motor is not allowed in white water area. So, he quickly apologized to me for lugging the heavy battery back for nothing. whew! I was just happy that I was able to use my trolling motor to get into the lake through the narrow canal, because it was a good 100 yards pedaling without the trolling motor it was going to be a chore. Especially on my way back after a long half day fishing. I saw a lot of fish on my new Raymarine Dragonfly fish finder and GPS combo. I was also able to catch a big bass near the drain tower.

Four mile run winter bass fishing - 12:30-4pm Sunday 12/13/2015

Four mile run winter fishing - 12:30-4 pm Sunday 12/13/2015

So I continue my hunt for snakeheads 2 days in a row, but only caught 3 more bass. Yesterday people caught snakeheads in shallow water, so I went upriver to almost the sewer emitting duct. The water was so shallow but I saw carp fish, catfish, bass in the shallow water. I didn't see snakeheads. I was able to catch 1 small bass. I went downriver and continues my hunt for snakeheads. Picked up 2 more bass and saw a ton of RED, ORANGE koi fish in the deeper water. I will bring my fly rod and flies to try my luck of the koi fish and see if i can have 1 catch of beautiful koi fish on the youtube.com/njfishing1 channel for you guys to enjoy watching.

four mile run bass and snakehead fishing Saturday 11:30pm-3:45pm on 11/12/2015

We got to the four mile run river with my canoe equipped with minn kota c2 30 lbs push trolling motor and my new toy Raymarine Dragonfly 7 and began fishing. There were 2 nice looking bass fishing boats just arrived in the area and fished with us. One fisherman caught a nice 28" snakehead and he was banging the snakehead with something against his gunwale of his fancy nice looking bass boat with 250 hp powerful outboard motor. The sound caught my attention even he was about a good 50 yards away. So, we went over to check his snakehead and hoping to get a picture of it. But, no his snakehead got away from his line after being hit by him - LOL.

We continued to fish and caught 3 large mouth bass - one bigger than the other. I caught some amazing sonar image from my Dragonfly 7. A carp and a turtle image at 9 feet of water at the intersection of the four mile run river and Potomac river. The water temperature was 62 to 64 degrees and the air temperature was 70 degrees. Very warm December day, people were hiking, biking, running on the bike/walk trail along the river and enjoying the good weather.

We told another nice bass fishing boat 2 fishermen and they told us they picked up a snakehead upriver as well.

Bummer, we were the only one didn't catch the snakeheads. Oh well, until next time.

2 amazing sonar images

So, I went fishing today at Four Mile Run river. Have not been there for a long time. The water temperature was 64 degrees and the air temperature was up to 70 degrees. A warm December day on the 12th. 2 boaters got there about the same time as us. They caught 1 snakehead each. I was so disappointed about myself for getting skunked. Luckily my friend caught 3 large mouth bass. They were not big but at least he didn't get skunked.

I caught 2 amazing sonar images by my new Raymarine Dragonfly 7 fish finder/GPS combo. Raymarine Dragonfly 7. The top screen is the new technology of chirp sonar, and the bottom screen is the downvision sonar.
The first image was 2 turtles swimming 1 on top of the other and it looks as if they are mating. Maybe they are mating in December.

The second image is a  huge carp fish caught on the sonar screen. The tail of the carp is so vivid.

Caught 2 huge bass at Roaches run yesterday around 2pm - fished from 1:15pm-4pm - 11/15/2015

Temperature was about 60 degrees. I have not been to roaches run for awhile.
I decided to try my luck at roaches run with my 14 feet canoe and minn kota 30 lbs trolling motor. The tide was already very low when I got there at 1pm. Low tide was about 4pm. I fished until 4pm and still very windy day. Caught my first huge bass right away before the Lily pads. I thought I caught a snakehead. But, it jumped out of the water and I knew it was a bass instead of a snakehead. It was trying to throw off the hook by jumping out of the water, but he was hooked good. I anchored my boat so i can take video and pictures of the fish and stayed in the same spot. It was the best and correct decision to do, because I casted after I let go of the first huge bass. And I was rewarded with a second huge bass probably the same if not bigger size. He jumped as well.

Man, 2 big bass in a day. They marked my Fall bass fishing day at the Roaches Run.

What a day and what a catch. I did even better than last week when I took my big boat wellcraft airslot 165 sport with my big motorguide 70 lbs trolling motor to fish at the gravelly point boat ramp area. It goes to tell you - you don't need a BIG boat to catch a big fish. You do need a big luck to catch you a BIG fish - LOL. I was very very lucky today to catch 2 gigantic bass today at Roaches Run next to Reagan National Airport!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdSnCow8LzU

how to launch a big boat without a trailer at gravely point DC boat ramp?

I went to test my PWM for my big motorguide trolling motor 70 lbs 24 volts at the Gravelly point boat ramp in DC off the runway of Reagan National Airport. I was able to leave and this big boat on a big truck arrived. I stayed for another half an hour to see people unload it. very cool -

watch the video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjBY05t5vNs