Mallows Bay

[TKOtattoos]

I just recently found out about Mallows Bay from a friend and have made the trip down there twice now. Fishing from shore has been lots of fun. We have caught White Perch, Yellow Perch, Catfish, Blue Gill, Crappie, Bass, and Snakeheads. The abundance of different species is awesome for shore fishing.

Went down last night for a couple hours. Heres a few pics. Got 3 Bass...first one was about 20", second about 14, and by the 3rd I got a hold of a tape and it came in at 17"....also got a hold of a 28" Snakehead

 

[bcp]

Looks like a great day at the water if you ask me.

 

[RPMDAD]

Have never tried snakehead but there was an article in The Bay Weekly, a week or two ago by an Baltimore Chef who serves them on the menu at a restaurant in Baltimore named Alewife's, and claims Snakeheads are excellent eats. He is also a sportsman and fishes for them by bowfishing. will try to find a link to the article.

"Wells, chef at Alewife in Baltimore, is an avid snakehead fisherman, which is how he came to be Maryland’s first chef to serve the fish commercially.
“I’m all for these things needing to be out of water, but I’m not a fan of killing for no reason or of discarding,” says Wells. “I urge everybody to eat snakehead.”
Fortunately, the unwelcome fish is so palatable it’s catching on as a delicacy in restaurants, like Alewife, that make big things of local ingredients. It may next invade home kitchens.
In the year since Chef Wells first served snakehead, catching, cooking and eating it has, he says, “blown up into a cool thing.”
Snakeheads, an invasive alien species introduced illegally to the Potomac River, are a nuisance that also happens to be a great fighting fish."



The Prize Is in the Eating | Bay Weekly

 

[FireBrand]

is there a marsh @ mallows :shrug:

 

[photo]

Did you see any sunkin ships while you were there? I was thinking about driving out one weekend to try and get some pictures but it is a long drive.

 

[huntr1]

I just recently found out about Mallows Bay from a friend and have made the trip down there twice now. Fishing from shore has been lots of fun. We have caught White Perch, Yellow Perch, Catfish, Blue Gill, Crappie, Bass, and Snakeheads. The abundance of different species is awesome for shore fishing.

Went down last night for a couple hours. Heres a few pics. Got 3 Bass...first one was about 20", second about 14, and by the 3rd I got a hold of a tape and it came in at 17"....also got a hold of a 28" Snakehead

You know MD DNR has a bounty on snakeheads, right? I don't know what the details are, but you can get $$ for catching and killing them.

 

[desertrat]

You know MD DNR has a bounty on snakeheads, right? I don't know what the details are, but you can get $$ for catching and killing them.

Kind of a catch to that. It's actually a lottery you enter when you send in pictures of your dead fish. Still worth a shot I guess.

 

[Gilligan]

Have never tried snakehead but there was an article in The Bay Weekly, a week or two ago by an Baltimore Chef who serves them on the menu at a restaurant in Baltimore named Alewife's, and claims Snakeheads are excellent eats.

Friend of mine..a local waterman and alos an excellent seafood chef..told me just last evening that he finally tried snakehead for the first time and that it was excellent.

Catching a number of them in teh upper St. Mary's River area.

 

[TKOtattoos]

Did you see any sunkin ships while you were there? I was thinking about driving out one weekend to try and get some pictures but it is a long drive.

There is a few you can see from shore....but I know there is more right outside of the Bay also. Definitely some cool photo ops though!

 

[photo]

There is a few you can see from shore....but I know there is more right outside of the Bay also. Definitely some cool photo ops though!

Sounds Awesome! Thanks I will try to check for tide info and plan a trip way out there, lol