Dragon Run

Dragon Run is classic snakehead water — a slow, tidal creek where these invasive predators tuck into pads, grass mats, and downed wood waiting to ambush. Focus on the thick stuff first: any surface vegetation or timber along the banks holds fish, especially where sunlight warms shallow pockets. Snakehead here won't chase far, so precision casts into cover matter more than covering water fast.

Tide dictates the whole game. On the flood, fish scatter up into flooded grass and skinny backwaters to feed, making them tough to pinpoint. As the tide falls, that water drains and pushes baitfish — and snakehead — back toward the main channel and defined edges, concentrating them and triggering some of the most reliable topwater strikes of the day. Time your trip around the ebb, referencing the Delaware City Branch Channel bridge tide station about 1.6 miles off for timing.

Shore access is workable, with parking mapped roughly 0.63 mile from the water — plan on a short walk in. For better coverage of the cover-choked banks, a kayak or small boat pays off; the nearest ramp sits about 1.54 miles out. Rig weedless frogs, buzzbaits, and chatterbaits on 40-65 lb braid, plus weedless soft plastics for punching through mats when the topwater bite slows.