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#1 Nov-16-23 10:52AM
- Curly
- Patagonian Toothfish
- Registered: Mar-15-10
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11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Got out around 9 am to troll for crappie using DT8s. Caught a few crappie, including a nice 14' fish. Was trolling back to the dock and one of the 2 back rods starts squealing. I think it is a big striper. Can hardly keep it out of the other 7 lines that are out. Get it about 10 feet from the boat after what seemed forever. It was a huge snakehead! Scrambled for the big net and got it in. About tore up everything in the back of the boat on the floor with all the thrashing around. Finally got a boga grip on it and in the cooler it went. Called Ellen to come down for a photo and headed to the dock.
This was my first LKA snakehead. 
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#2 Nov-16-23 12:50PM
- drxfish
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- From: Sterling
- Registered: Jan-04-14
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Wow! Great fish and cool story. Bon Appetite!
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#3 Nov-16-23 1:16PM
- Ernie
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Awesome fish!
Para comer, me gusta mas de striper.
Time to go fishin' again!
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#4 Nov-17-23 4:12AM
- Bruce
- Northern Snakehead
- From: Frederick, MD
- Registered: Nov-12-11
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Great catch. I didn't even know that Lake Anna had snakefish. Length and weight???
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#5 Nov-17-23 5:31AM
- Bryan
- Patagonian Toothfish
- From: Bealeton, VA
- Registered: Mar-18-11
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Don't think I've seen one caught trolling before. Nice catch!
tight lines
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#6 Nov-17-23 6:11AM
- hookup
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Nice fish!
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#7 Nov-17-23 7:04AM
- Ernie
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Curly is a fish magnet. Period!
I think that fish was 32” and over 10#.
Bruce has seen one like that when I was fishing with him and Andy A. a few years back.
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#8 Nov-17-23 5:32PM
- Curly
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
32” and 10.6 lbs
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#9 Nov-18-23 3:45AM
- Bruce
- Northern Snakehead
- From: Frederick, MD
- Registered: Nov-12-11
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Curly,
So are you going to mount it or eat it? You probably wish you could do both. And yes, when I saw Ernie's big snakehead I had two thoughts: 1) that's a scary fish that could take off a finger; and 2) why didn't it hit my lure instead? Anyway, a great catch for you and a memory inducer for Ernie and me.
Bruce
p.s. is that a Lake Anna record?
Last edited by Bruce (Nov-18-23 3:47AM)
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#10 Nov-18-23 1:10PM
- drxfish
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- From: Sterling
- Registered: Jan-04-14
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Curly wrote:
32” and 10.6 lbs
Massive beast! Was in attack mode! I remember I hit one in my jon on the Potomac below WW Bridge. My motor jumped out of the water (not locked) and then the fish jumped completely out of the water. I got to the ramp and noticed a big chunk of snake skin on the edge or the prop protector. Those things are tough!
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#11 Nov-19-23 11:01AM
- Curly
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Re: 11-16 massive LKA Snakehead
Bruce wrote:
p.s. is that a Lake Anna record?
I think the lake record is 12.9 lbs.............
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