North American Fishing Club Mid Atlantic

Fishing in eastern VA? HELP!!!

skorn73 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:22:47 GMT

I am fairly new to the eastern Virginia area. I have been fishing at mostly overfished lakes for the past 3 years. Lately I have been going to Big Bethel Reservoir in Hampton with little luck. I have only caught (3) small catfish about 10 inches in length and a big one that was 5.5 pounds. I am desperate to maybe tag along with someone or just getting advice would be okay. Thanks for anything!

Fishing spots in Dover Plains, NY

asiaticbm — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:29:19 GMT

I recently moved to Dover Plains, NY and I'm looking for some good fishing spots in the area. Know of any? If so where? I'm not too familiar with the area just yet give details please.

I KNOW THIS ONE:

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:57:47 GMT

Originally posted by: papa_d on 5/13/2005 9:28:39 AM

THAT IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HERE AND EUROPE; RIGHT?

OBX Trade for Lake Erie Trade

JoeyV — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:19:22 GMT

Will be in Salvo on Hatteras island the week of May 17th thru the 24th. Looking to trade for an offshore trip in exchange for a Walleye Steelhead trip on Lake Erie. Erie trip would be aboard a 25' Baha Cruiser using planer mast and boards and downriggers. OBX vessel would have to fish 4 people. We will pay for all Fuel, bait, food and beverage. Also looking for info on a reputable Charter near Salvo in case the trade a trip does not work out. Thanks Joe

the va fisheries are ok!

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:57:44 GMT

Originally posted by: lumberjack1909 on 3/13/2006 4:09:49 PM

see 4 ur self

bass from a dock. ggot bites but thats it. all i had was a nightcrawler. i miss va. but md is good too

Trade A Trip

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:57:42 GMT

Originally posted by: PA John on 10/21/2005 2:45:31 PM

Hey what happen here? I thought this was for trading trips not a Misc. thread. lets post things in the right forum. John LM/PA

Good Morning all you Boogers...

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:57:39 GMT

Originally posted by: papa_d on 10/2/2006 1:04:54 AM

Just had to try this posting as I'm sure I've been missing someone!!! Hope you all have a great day. It's raining again this morning; and Fall is definately in the air...Papa_d

Codorus Walleye for Loch Raven, MD Pike

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:57:37 GMT

Originally posted by: BigJoeyV on 6/16/2005 7:35:01 AM

I'm looking for someone to teah me the ways of catching walleye from the shore in Codorus State Park (Lake Marburg) for a trip to chae pike and pickeral from the shores of Loch Raven Reservior in Maryland. Nothing too fancy, just a couple one day excursions.

WANTED: CONTRACTORS FOR WORK ON HOUSE IN EXCHANGE FOR FISHING AND HUNTING.

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:57:36 GMT

Originally posted by: capt.dennis on 4/25/2006 9:32:49 AM

I'm looking for New york area contractors who are willing to do repair work on a second home located in central NY in exchange for guided hunting and fishing trips. once the work is done you would have an open credit line for assorted trips.

Regards,
Capt.Dennis
D.C.OUTDOOR ADVENTURES inc.

www.troutbeads.com

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:57:33 GMT

Originally posted by: BIGCHINOOK1 on 10/3/2005 11:02:29 AM

Hey if you fish the great lakes tirbs in the fall for trout an salmon check out this site~~~~

NOT A TRIP, AN ARTICLE CONCERNING THE MID ATLANTIC

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:57:31 GMT

Originally posted by: BigJoeyV on 10/11/2005 11:08:45 AM

Hundreds Of Snakeheads Pulled From The Water
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
The Associated Press

MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) - The water was alive. Snakeheads, hundreds of them, were slithering among the minnows, rising up through the concrete blocks that dam Dogue Creek like salmon leaping for freedom.

Sunday was, in the Potomac River's increasingly bizarre snakehead history, a landmark day. And it was something Mark Hammond, in three decades of fishing the Potomac tributary near Fort Belvoir, never dreamed he would see.

"They're in there by the thousands. You could see them literally coming up along the banks. The ones we caught didn't even put a dent in them," said Hammond, 43, an avid bass fisherman from Florida living here temporarily. "We would throw one in the cooler, two others would jump out and we'd have to chase them through the woods."

Since last year's discovery that the voracious, nonnative northern snakehead had infiltrated the Potomac River and its tributaries, fishermen have pulled them up in ones and twos, each catch a major event that further solidified the proof of an entrenched and breeding population.

In the first half of this year, about 15 snakeheads were caught in the Potomac and its tributaries, including several in Dogue Creek, but nothing has matched the haul Sunday and Monday of at least 80. Its cause isn't yet clear.

"I think we have the state record," Hammond said of the catch behind the trailer lot where he and his friends drink beer and practice bow-hunting.

Nothing was normal about Dogue Creek on Sunday afternoon. The weekend rains had swollen this section, a couple of miles from the Potomac just off Route 1, far beyond its usual thin trickle. The sandy creek bed swarmed with small minnows and bluegills inching upstream toward a marshy pond. Among the smaller fish, Hammond's friend Mike Bowers noticed, were an inordinate number of bass.

"Wait a minute, I thought, those aren't bass," said Bowers, 42, of Mount Vernon. "Those are snakeheads!"

Bowers, Hammond and another friend, Tom Dustin, soon got to work. They didn't need bait. With fishing poles armed with three-pronged hooks, they snagged the snakeheads by the backs. They dipped in nets and pulled out clumps of them. They worked into the evening using headlamps to guide their work, hoping, as they had heard, that someone might be offering a bounty for the predatory species.

"We're trying to get paid," Bowers said.

By Monday afternoon, the ranks of snakehead anglers included Woodrow Minnick, 20, and Matt Thackery, 24, but the catch was declining because the water had subsided.

Still, the brown spotted snakeheads could be seen wending their way upstream through thick blooms of minnows.

"See, see, right there! Right under that tuft in the bank: That's a snakehead," Hammond said, now wielding a long harpoonlike instrument. "There are too many of them. They're here to stay."

The northern snakehead, native to China and Korea, first appeared in the area in 2002, when it was discovered in a pond in Crofton, Md. Authorities found six adults and 1,000 juveniles when the pond was poisoned. Last year came what fisheries experts say is a more disturbing development, when more snakeheads - with no genetic connection to the Crofton fish - were found in the Potomac, worrying scientists that the breeding population could throw the ecosystem out of balance.

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has been contacted about the catch but had not visited the fishermen by Monday afternoon to verify the details.

However, a state fisheries biologist confirmed from photographs that the fish are snakeheads, department spokeswoman Julia Dixon said.

"We don't really know how they're going to behave in our waters," Dixon said.

"They're a top-line predator, so they're going to be competing for the same food and space as bass, and we'll just have to see what shakes out," she added.

Virginia fisheries biologist John Odenkirk said 90 snakeheads have been caught in the Potomac and its tributaries, including 70 this year. This is a strong indication that the fish are migrating, because they're moving upstream.

"It's incredible," Odenkirk said.

The catch by Hammond and friends did answer a few questions, such as: Can the snakehead actually walk? Not well. On the ground, the snakehead does stay upright, unlike other fish, but wiggles very slowly across the ground.

Allan Ellis, promotions manager at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World at Arundel Mills in Hanover, said that although gift certificates of up to $50 were still in effect for bringing in snakeheads, they don't apply in this case.

Only "legal methods," not nets or treble hooks, qualify, he said.

"We're not going to give out $4,000 in gift cards for fish caught in nets," he said. "But thank you for your enthusiasm and thank you for ridding the Potomac of this scourge."

pike in conn.

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:57:29 GMT

Originally posted by: akerr on 5/29/2007 7:41:33 AM

I am from Baltimore and am being sent to a job in Groton, Conn. Any tips on where to find pike while i'm there?