River Fishing in Virginia for What Ever Bites!

Well this outing kinda took a spin but in a positive way at least I caught some nice hard pulling mutant catfish so thats a good day in my book! If you enjoyed be sure to Sub and Like the Video!!
Next Stop New Jersey for Some Spring Stripers!!
See yah there and Tight Lines.
Rich
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[@thaddeus46]

This video supports the thesis that 20% of fishermen catch 80% of the fish. You methodically went through lure choices until you found the one that worked. Most would have moved on and plodded along casting the same lure the locals claimed worked. Great video on making the day productive via persistence and experimentation. I also noted that you finally found a pair of LONG pants to wear. Kudos.

[@azeemali7102]

Ya but very kind to share classified info on where to catch fish...lol

[@Exploremorefishing]

That first catfish with the over sized head and white belly was a white catfish 👍🏻

[@FishAholicTV]

Nice well that’s good to know. I caught my first white and blue cat during this outing 🤙🏻

[@prestonward7533]

@@FishAholicTV Not to mention catching your first cold of the year from the rain!

[@wubuck79]

That second catfish was gorgeous.

[@topfishingdeals7609]

Thanks for stopping in Virginia, we will get you on some Snakeheads next time!

[@SeaSicilian]

Bro, PPPLLLLLEEEAAASSSEEE keep the snakehead content coming though! Love it! Maryland has some snakehead tournaments coming up. You should do one!

[@scottf.5472]

Lube that pedal drive! 😁👍

[@WAEofFishing]

You on my grounds big homie! 👊🏾

[@luckylurefishing1150]

Every time I watch your videos Im amazed by your dedication and effort. Keep up the good work. I love watching your videos.

[@danaj4778]

Great way to spend the day.....you got a good life going there

[@PatrickHennessey1764]

When he said stripers I almost fainted I was so excited

[@topfishingdeals7609]

lol

[@ethanesget3502]

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[@goonch7956]

I've caught catfish off top water jerk baits, plastic jigs, lots of live minnows, and had over 20in catfish take large shiners and suckers trolling with planer boards.

[@chrisking7984]

Great video. I am very familiar with the spot you were in. Years ago that creek was amazing, always produced a lot a Bass. However the creek suffered two really bad blow tides and the fishing has yet to be the same. I usually go down stream from that location. I pretty much only target Snakehead these days. PB is at 18.6 and was delicious.

[@chankalicious]

I love all your content! I've been trying to emulate all your videos here in south florida. Same bait, same docks..... no luck hahaha I need to learn the flick of your wrist. Maybe you could show a tutorial on how you retrieve your different baits. That would be amazing! Shad, xrap, shrimp... Being a beginner is proving to be difficult!

[@thesouthshoreanglerfishing]

Ryan Dunbar must be one with the rod!

[@FishAholicTV]

Thanks man! And sorry to hear. For some of those baits on any given day the fish might want the retrieval different. Alternating the retrieve regularly until you get a bite is the best advice I can give probably. Reel faster, reel slower, try two little jigs then a pause, try one jig etc... the fish will let your know. Never get fixated on one retrieval and you’ll be on the right path. Tight Lines 🤙🏻

[@chankalicious]

@@FishAholicTV the real reason has to be that you just caught all the fish. Thanks man! Keep it up!

[@FloridaManChowder]

Thanks for another awesome upload! Your videos are getting me pumped for my move to Melbourne Florida next week to chase my dreams and hobbies of catching fish and crab trapping and being on the water as much as possible! Quick question for you, How long of a leader line do you typically use and do you keep the knot out of eyes and reel?

[@dough666]

Great stuff keep casting 🎣

[@themissionandthemaker]

1st and 4th cat were white cats - huge head to body ratio and not as deep forked dorsal fin. 2nd and 3rd were blues - straight anal fin with deep forked dorsal. Nice vid bro!

[@topfishingdeals7609]

I always mix up whites/blues

[@samehsaid9]

It looks like you was over the house of cat fish 😀 waiting for more vid in NJ and drive safe 👍

[@andrewscott3184]

Electronics saves the day. Thanks for taking me along.

[@thesouthshoreanglerfishing]

My man!!!! You are hitting every state on your way back up here..migratory fisherman!!! Love it!!!

[@FishAholicTV]

Haha yeah that was kinda the plan 🤙🏻

[@treehunned7615]

Really want to get into fishing this year in VA thanks for sharing

[@pmangeri]

You were close! Cool. I have been fishing the Potomac off Fort Belvoir last couple weekends using various lures. No luck so far. When you drove north on 95 my condo is about a third of a mile away, where 95 intersects with 495. Good luck in NJ.

[@KonkanFishing]

Nice! Those cats were hooked perfectly in the mouth. You may have to tie a float to your Boga grip, just in case 🙂

[@TheHobartpalmer]

Thanks for the video! The first and fourth catfish were a white catfish(with the fat heads). Second and third was a blue catfish. Someone might have already said but it sounds like you need some marine grade grease on the roller bearings of the lower unit of that 180 drive. I had the same thing so I followed a video and greased it up and it ran smooth and quiet afterward👍🏻👍🏻

[@MikeKoPhotography]

Welcome to the Potomac, where blue cats will eat anything!

[@GeneFishingTV]

nice catch dude a lot of catfish on that spot.

[@CP-rp7yp]

you can always get on a winter flounder bite in the new jersey rivers especially shark river. gulp has been killing in with small hooks

[@AlexB-if2ns]

Hey, I just subscribed and turned on notifications because I just started to fish and I wanna be like you because your content is amazing keep up the good work🙏👍

[@carnivoreRon]

The trees are green in your area!! Yeah!!

[@fredbankosky8377]

Great video , keep em coming

[@leoashrae4199]

Your first and last catfish where "White Catfish" or, according to us locals, White Bullheads. You should have kept them. They're plentiful and probably the best breakfast food you'll ever eat! Fry the fillets in butter, cover with grits, an egg, butter and honey (and a biscuit to clean your plate). Man... that's live'n!

[@0BigBear9]

Fresh river catfish nuggets are hard to beat especially those size.

[@FishAholicTV]

Really, that does sound good 😋

[@motofarmmx2430]

@@FishAholicTV were you actually fishing the Potomac or aquia creek? Trust me you dont want to eat any fish that comes out of that water.

[@TheFishingMommy]

Haha you never know what to expect in a river system like that! Watching you catch a bunch of catfish is pretty funny! I’ll be really interested to see what you get into up here in NJ/NY, with this weather we just had move in (snow yesterday in Westchester county!).

[@rsergio2944]

Yea pretty crazy going from snow on Saturday to 61 and sunny today(Sunday)

[@FishAholicTV]

Crazy weather 🙄

[@azeemali7102]

Nice cat wow lucky!

[@alejandrorubio8425]

A difficult day but you had your reward!!!👍🏻🇲🇽👍🏻

[@flyslinger2]

CatBass. Potomac nemesis. Catch a lot of those on the Potomac.

[@gavinjohnson8409]

Great eating size blues btw

[@dillandrews7687]

That Catfish you caught in the Potomac with the huge head looked like a Gulper Catfish which I have seen in aquariums.

[@gbiker86]

Great episode ! Had high winds heavy snow squalls come through CT yesterday...🙁🎣

[@FishAholicTV]

That’s a bummer winter just doesn’t want to go away.

[@anglerissues2309]

I'm sure you are in Jersey by now, I've had good luck close to the Verrazano , and good luck with the weather, its been blowing.

[@prestonward7533]

Nice catfish catch. But hey, I've been meaning to tell you your reel has its retrieve hand on the wrong side! Lol. Thanks for entertaining those of us who aren't able to fish due to stay at home orders. The sheriff deputies are patrolling the river where I fish and road blocking all the regular fishing spots.😥. This Covid 19 is killing my outdoor activities in central California! I need to get out of this state soon!

[@markniederheitmann15]

Hi I really like your videos!!!

[@peoriaos6627]

Nice video. Fair warning... In VA, the law says snakeheads must be terminated immediately and reported by phone.

[@anthonyriello812]

Haven’t heard of too much action here in jersey. Couple smaller bass and bluefish off the surf but nothing giant. Excited to see how you break it down and hopefully learn more !!

[@tonyrome9585]

Anthony Riello it’s been good for me. Try matching the tides up

[@christopherpcreation]

Weedless swim jig heaven

[@swervomatic]

Heyyy! That’s my neck of the woods lol. I launch there all the time and caught my pb northern snake head last month. Love the vids 👍 keep it up

[@mikeketcherside4592]

Loved the vid

[@VirginiaSheepDog]

You're in my backyard bro! Sweet vid!!

[@youcefsadou6422]

Nice video 👍🏼 is good to switch sometimes from the salt water to the freshwater

[@TyTy_618]

I fish the Potomac a couple times a week and the blue cats are gonna give you the best fight. They're also in bulk. Fishing near quantico is your best bet for snakehead.

[@donniedarko1345]

I live in san diego. I get to VA a few times a year where my parents live. Pops and I kill the trout every time we cast! Visiting Culpeper in 2 weeks. Got a snake head in a private pond at my pops golf course. Trophy fish for me! Another species checked off of my list.

[@toxicredneckjohnmonroe7547]

Great content man

[@cyeez5323]

What a derpy looking catfish lol

[@StoneDrum07]

Bald eagle chattering at 11:20... you're lucky he didn't snag your catfish!

[@MRumfelt]

You should try the Roanoke River in Eastern NC.

[@johnsine7154]

The first caught catfish is called a white catfish and the blue coloration is from the cooler weather...the rest are blue chanel cats if they had black spots then just channel cats

[@michaelliebow735]

Those were probably white catfish. They grow to less than half the size of even channel catfish. Kind of a weird species that ranges along the east coast in brackish to fresh water, more so in fresh. The one with the smaller heads were blue cats.

[@NoMusicTheory]

the Potomac is full of blue cats. I get about 5 a day down there.

[@MrGS53]

this vid has been excited to get out there tm (going by a bridge). first day seriously freshwater fishing

[@Fishing_With_Essex]

lol nice cats

[@TylerGoesFishing]

good catfish man

[@joshgtheog3371]

im so use to seeing you fish saltwater

[@themadcatter5849]

Does the Hobie not have grease fittings for the peddle drive?

[@lukeliberatore5190]

What type of kayak do you have, how much was it, and where did you get it. If you don’t have answers it’s ok but thanks for the informative video.😀👍👍

[@larryjohnson6669]

i did it,,,,u tha man,...i never seeen any man catch catfish like u on fake bait,,,all thse shows lol,,u showed them huh,,,

[@ParKor82]

Welcome to Potomac! 😂

[@kiloses_kayakfishing]

Cool 🤩

[@Mketts1]

What kind of reel is that, looks amazing?

[@PhillyAK47]

That's a white cat, Rich!

[@atlbassfishin2550]

Ant that a bullhead 😂

[@johnsine7154]

They all make a grinding (croak) its to bring glass shrimp out of the mud to eat

[@michaelapps2823]

Blue catfish

[@chimpy7267]

Love your content. What kind of kayak do you have?

[@jacobdeloach7012]

i live near the patomac if you go there with some hotdogs you cancatch some 50 pound blue cats

[@reynaldbowen1196]

Stop by Virginia Beach, VA next time! We can do some kayak fishing. I got some good spots man. Hell ya.

[@FishAholicTV]

For sure sounds good 👌🏻

[@corthudson3965]

If you go to jersey go to raritan bay that place is on fire right now especially by industries or the creek leading to the Hudson Bay and you would use mojos

[@ryanmackin1792]

Why don't you use clips on your line to easily switch between lures and rigs?

[@josiplipotica7791]

Nice video I can’t believe I caught more stripers then you this year😂😂.👍

[@FishAholicTV]

Haha gotta a long season ahead of us still.

[@kyle9899]

That’s a white catfish 👍🏼

[@garrettlambert4128]

@Aidan Murray false

[@koryschneider8765]

Aidan Murray incorrect first one is not a flathead not at all

[@FishAholicTV]

Cool thanks 🤙🏻

[@judokick9264]

Dude. Next time ya in va look me up ill put ya on some smallies on the James!

[@njfishin3166]

Hey man awesome video I’m 17 and would love to fish with you once you get up to jersey

[@pa1264]

What model is your hobie kayak.

[@ferdiebondoc1281]

What boat is that they are using?

[@RDKelly12]

Yo that is a freaking WEIRD looking catfish. You can catch some monstrous blue cats on the Potomac

[@368degreefishing4]

What kind of rod is the blue one use it looks awesome

[@operatorspectre7428]

Tsunami carbon sheild

[@jbuckman1063]

Little guys with big heads were baby blue cats

[@ruicruz2013]

Which Kayak do you use?

[@kc74theman94]

When are you coming back to Florida for fishing

[@Aight23]

Never, he belongs to NY, go away.

[@FishAholicTV]

Lol I’m not sure heard the summer bites can be amazing but not sure flying will be the thing to do this year...

[@joshprovencher8643]

Come to coastal VA

[@quinnmadden2311]

I’m a Virginia native, every catfish I’ve seen in the Potomac has that mutant looking head since DC is such a nasty place with the pollution. Extremely sad.

[@aaronwoods5533]

How would you recommend adding scent to your vudu shrimp

[@FishAholicTV]

I just put them in my Berkley gulp packages but also the berkley Gulp spray could work to.

[@benwerber8450]

Can we see some saltwater fly fishing this summer?

[@bozoone3781]

That first cat was some kind of mutant😳Maybe a cross between a flathead and a blue👽

[@leoashrae4199]

A white bullhead is no mutant. It is, however, the best tasting catfish there is.

[@feisuxiaozhu]

you got that same catfish twice

[@BigMike52986]

Should try rudees inlet bud

[@dominicmarsh2773]

Where is this spot located ?

[@etamfishing6989]

Mantap salam strike from Indonesia Kaltim

[@willrogers2302]

WHAT KIND OF SHOES ARE YOU REPPIN BRAH?

[@TV-iw7df]

Wow, what's the name of the fish?👍👍👍🤙🤙

[@michaelapps2823]

Other was a bullhead catfish

[@ethanjabra5923]

1:09 Gizzard shad