I've been waiting for this day for a long time... a dragon is what we call any snakehead that exceeds ten pounds or thirty inches. Ever since I started snakehead fishing in 2020, I have wanted to catch one of these giant northern snakeheads. My brother and fishing partner Matty was able to catch one back home in Delaware last year, and having witnessed that, I was amazed at the pure power that these dragons possess. Ever since then, I have been extra driven to catch one of these big northern snakeheads for myself.
I've put a lot of time, money, and effort into my snakehead fishing adventures, and I've caught a lot of good sized snakeheads. That being said, I went into this trip having never caught a dragon. I came back a happy man after finally catching a true giant northern snakehead! On this day, I met up with some of my Legion of Anglers teammates at a location in Maryland with high hopes of catching some snakeheads. We expected the bite to be good, but I don't think any of us thought that it would have been THIS good!
The pre-spawn snakehead bite in Maryland can be absolutely amazing in the spring. I had only been snakehead fishing in maryland two times before this outing, and I had yet to experience the Maryland pre-spawn bite for myself. When these snakeheads go into pre-spawn mode, they are feeding up BIGTIME! Twitching a frog past them proves too good for them to pass up a lot of times, as you'll see in the video. Hope you found this snakehead fishing video entertaining, and hopefully it'll help you catch a dragon yourself!
IMPORTANT NOTE: While Snakeheads are a non-native species, biologists have discovered over the last few years that the damage they cause to the ecosystem is not nearly what was once expected. Many bodies of water containing these fish have successfully adapted to their presence. I encourage you to thoroughly research the data that is out their regarding snakeheads before you make an uninformed comment saying that we should have killed the fish. That being said, everyone is entitled to their opinion regarding these fish. We simply ask that your opinion be formed on actual data and research, not what you heard from a friend or read on facebook.
The body of water that we fished already has a healthy population of snakeheads. Killing a few fish would do absolutely nothing in regards to eradicating the species from that body of water. Instead, you'd be wasting the life of a perfectly good gamefish. Here at Orange 22 Fishing, we encourage you to practice catch and release on all species of fish, including snakeheads. We will continue to do so, and we hope you will do the same as well.
No matter your opinion on this topic, we do thank you for watching our video and supporting our channel!
Tight lines,
Dave and Matt
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