FSUFish Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 The Special Olympics tourney was this weekend. Any chance anyone fished it? I didn't...the weather was nasty. But a buddy won 1st place in redfish, 500 bucks! Quote
blackmax135 Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 I do all of my spot tail fishing in beafourt, SC. Great fishing but I don't think there are any snook around these part and I can't wait until June for my honeymoon we will be heading to key west and renting some kayaks. Any advice there would be great. I'm far from an expert spot tail fisherman but I can catch them very consistently only one time a year and that's when it starts getting cold. When the shrimp are getting ready to leave the creeks we find a bluff wall with plenty of lay downs near a main creek and fish a Carolina rig. We get live shrimp and throw them on the bottom and can't keep the line in the water. The bluff walls are also great places to catch trout that same time for some reason. I really don't understand it but I do know it works. Just sucks not having a boat that I can take in saltwater that is mine. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted March 1, 2015 Super User Posted March 1, 2015 To my surprise snook have been reported as far north as New York http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/ichthyology/gallery/Descript/snook/snook.html, in reality they are a warm water fish. The magic number is 80 degree water for them to be on or near the beach. During the cooler months most snook are caught in the ICW, brackish and freshwater canals, they seek the warmest water they can find. Right now the water is about 73 degrees where I fish and snook are a very tough go, since the first of the year I've caught only about 10 on artificial. The best success fishing for snook is targeting them within inches of a sea wall, next to or underneath pier pylons, within a few feet of the beach shoreline. Quote
tstone Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Snook are definitely one of my favorite fish to catch. With the cooler weather the residential canals have been producing good numbers of underslot fish with the occasional slot or overslot. Skipping docks with paddle tails or shrimp. Smaller tarpon are a blast too on light tackle with artificials. Quote
0119 Posted March 5, 2015 Posted March 5, 2015 I enjoy the long pulls of reds more than the jumps of the snook. Jack Crevalle are my very favorite, nothing runs like they do. Before the commercial netters wiped them out of Charlotte Harbor, we'd have massive schools of 20lb.er's. Those fights lasted 10, 15 minutes easy. All gone now, turned into dog food. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted March 5, 2015 Super User Posted March 5, 2015 I've had to chase 20# jacks down with the boat fishing in current. Palm Beach inlet and the ICW there are meccas for large jacks. Quote
FSUFish Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 Any reports? Haven't had a chance to go and not sue if I'll have a chance before I head north for 6 months Quote
tstone Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 The snook bite in Tampa is on fire. Reds have been hit or miss for me and when I do find them it's hard to get them to eat artificials. Quote
atcoha Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Catch a lot of reds and "gator" trout in Pensacola bay. Shrimp on a jighead, mirrolure, doa shrimp, doa cals and paddletails on a jighead. No snook around here, tarpon every once in awhile. I'm over in Eastpoint/Port St. Joe this week...seems nothing is biting...not even pinfish... 1 Quote
FSUFish Posted April 7, 2015 Author Posted April 7, 2015 Catch a lot of reds and "gator" trout in Pensacola bay. Shrimp on a jighead, mirrolure, doa shrimp, doa cals and paddletails on a jighead. No snook around here, tarpon every once in awhile. I'm over in Eastpoint/Port St. Joe this week...seems nothing is biting...not even pinfish... fishing has been rough down here too. Seems theres nothing but mullet and sharks around 1 Quote
atcoha Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 The slot/rat reds are showing up in the bays near Pensacola, my buddy from work caught 3 specks on 3 casts this morning before work from the dock in his backyard, closer to perdido. That's a good sign, specks have not been in numbers,yet. Quote
kikstand454 Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 .... I had a report last week from a friend and he and another guy caught 60 reds in 5 hours in oyster/Dickerson bay. He said most were slot sized. Made me want to punch him as I haven't gone in well over a month due to family stuff. The whole area is starting to turn on. ...lots of reports of trout and even Spanish ( already! ) on the flats at the lighthouse in St marks. I'm going Saturday morning ( finally! ) in the kayaks. .....I will report back. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted April 8, 2015 Super User Posted April 8, 2015 Great report kikstand, which I could say the same is happening here. I've caught 2 snook this week and only about a dozen since the first of the year. Mullet are just staring to run, had a nice 8-9# jack this morning. 2 Quote
atcoha Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 kikstand, the spanish were in st. joe bay last week when I was there. black and silver mirrolures mr17 Could not get a bite on jigs/plastics. Would love to hit the bay this weekend, stymied by another baseball tourney... 1 Quote
kikstand454 Posted April 12, 2015 Posted April 12, 2015 Caught this " just inside the slot" red yesterday.... 26 3/4". Bantum curado cu200 Field and stream inferno 7'mh/f 15# yz ultrasoft Bone spook Jr. 2 Quote
blackmax135 Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 Caught this " just inside the slot" red yesterday.... 26 3/4". Bantum curado cu200 Field and stream inferno 7'mh/f 15# yz ultrasoft Bone spook Jr. Good job man that's a beautiful fish 1 Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted April 13, 2015 Super User Posted April 13, 2015 Was getting ready to drive up to Juno or Hobe Sound, checked the weather and decided against. South east wind usually means heavy seaweed coming in, and that was the case. Quote
atcoha Posted April 14, 2015 Posted April 14, 2015 Went dock fishing in Perdido bay after work. Speck bite was pretty good. Quote
Dillo Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Probably headed to the Banana / Indian River area around Christmas... Good fishing then? I've got no clue being from Colorado, trout are different here! Quote
FSUFish Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 Old thread, but any reports? Did real well last weekend and going again tomorrow! Quote
USAVet/FishmanS/F Posted June 26, 2016 Posted June 26, 2016 Sirsnookalot. I lived in FtLaud. For 15 years in the 70/80s the snook fishing then was fab.they would hit a zaraspook on top water. It was a great time. We would keep the bigger ones. Then in 87 I believe they made the new rules slot was 24/36 in . What is the new rule. I now live in Western North Carolina. Quote
Dropinbrix Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Checking in from Virginia, still seeing some trout in our inlets. 808, bch, golden retriever and mardi gras mirrolures. 3" Gulp swimmin mullets on tandem rigs and 5" jerk shads on 3/8th jigheads. Quote
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