
Virginia angler sets world record with 17.4-pound northern snakehead
Caleb Newton caught a 17-pound, 6-ounce northern snakehead in northern Virginia during a June 2013 fishing tournament, beating the previous world reco…
Documented bullseye snakehead water in Broward County, Florida. Everglades drainage. 1 USGS specimen record (2018); status: established. Location verified from the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database.
Bullseye snakehead in the C-13 and C-42 system settle into the same kind of ambush cover you'd expect from this invasive predator: matted pads, canal-edge grass lines, laydown wood, and any shoreline junk that breaks up current and casts shade. Since this canal system is non-tidal, there's no tide chart to plan around — instead key on light and wind. Early and late in the day, when light is low, snakehead push shallow and cruise the edges hunting. Through the hot middle hours, they tuck under mats and wood for shade, and a stretch of bank getting stacked with wind-blown grass or scum can suddenly load up with fish looking for cover and baitfish pushed in with it.
Access here favors bank and kayak anglers. Mapped parking sits about 0.42 mi from the water, so plan on a short walk in with gear. There's no boat ramp mapped within roughly 3 miles, so this is really a bank-and-carry or kayak-launch spot rather than a trailer-boat destination — pack light and be ready to hand-carry a kayak if you're paddling.
Tactics stay simple and snakehead-specific: walk weedless topwater frogs and buzzbaits right over the pads and grass, follow up with a chatterbait or weedless soft plastic worked along shaded edges, and spool up with 40-65 lb braid to horse fish out of cover once they eat.
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Caleb Newton caught a 17-pound, 6-ounce northern snakehead in northern Virginia during a June 2013 fishing tournament, beating the previous world reco…

A Maryland man caught a record-breaking snakehead using a bow and arrow, according to Chesapeake Bay Magazine.
Official USFWS article examining the Northern Snakehead invasion in North America, beginning with the 2002 discovery in Maryland. Covers three introdu…

Maryland and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have started a tagging program that pays anglers $10 to $200 for catching and reporting tagged norther…
An angler discovered a northern snakehead in a Gwinnett County pond, marking the first confirmed detection in Georgia. State wildlife officials are in…
Fisheries managers in Maryland and Virginia are promoting snakehead as food to reduce populations of this invasive Asian species. The fish, which arri…
Maryland fisheries officials and anglers are using bowfishing and other tactics to manage the invasive northern snakehead population in the Potomac Ri…

A Northern snakehead was caught at Lily Pond in Suffolk County, New York, marking the first confirmed capture on Long Island. State officials are inve…
Officials caught 81 northern snakeheads at Conowingo Dam fish lifts in 2019, a dramatic increase from one specimen found in the previous two years, si…
New York DEC classifies Northern snakehead as invasive and asks anglers to kill any caught. The predatory species, native to Asia and likely introduce…

Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed a second northern snakehead in the state, captured May 19 at Duck Creek Conservation Area. The invasive …
An angler in Georgia caught a northern snakehead in a private pond, marking the first confirmed report of the invasive species in Georgia waters. Auth…
Coordinates are approximate, for finding the general area. Snakehead is an invasive species — regulations on catching, keeping, transporting and killing it vary by state and change often. Never move a live snakehead between waters. Always confirm current rules with your state wildlife agency before you fish.