Virginia 2014

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(05-17-2014 01:41 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  Cool to see you guys opted to wetwade the snakehead waters. I know you mentioned bull sharks, but what about sting rays? Clearly they'd just love to root into that bottom there.

As long as you shuffle your feet, stingrays usually leave you alone...usually...

(05-17-2014 01:41 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  Would that puddle you fished for the eastern mudminnows rank as the smallest body of water you've fished? That's gotta be a future section on your blog.... something along the lines of "most memorable fishing spot" or "craziest place I've fished" hahaha.

Technically, no...since the puddle was connected to the main bog by a 2" deep "channel" area...so fish can come in and out of the puddle. If it was completely separated, then yes. But yeah, it was pretty rad fishing that puddle. Should have taken a picture...but as always...too busy fishing.

(05-17-2014 01:41 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  Crazy that you were able to pick apart a separate species of shad and then go after them. Mad skills, huge props. Can't imagine the insanity, you and Eli both got a full sampling of shad.

Not really that crazy...the Bluebacks were half the size of the Hickories...so they are pretty easy to spot. They seemed to stick closer to shore though so that little part of realization was important.

If you type in "Snakehead Control hat" into Google Image, you see an example. I hope it looks like that because the colour is perfect for my ninja style and the embroidery is pretty good.

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(05-17-2014 07:19 AM)OldTimer Wrote:  I'd be worried about leeches, parasites, and such........

No leeches...not sure about parasites yet (I guess I'll know in a few weeks or months)...but I was glad we didn't have any urethra-embedding mini catfish in North America. May have to wear a jock for protection in South America.