Snook?

[blh1972]

I have nice big snook swimming in front of my dock but can't get them to bite anything (usually at night). What do they usually go for?
Thanks,

 

[Les Robb]

Re: Snook?

Jumbo shrimp or finger mullet good bets. Fish first hour of outgoing tide and if you can, get off the dock and cast to it from boat or shore. You'll get a lot of break offs (piling wraps). Use the lightest leader practical and as little added weight. Let them swim naturally. Hang on and try to keep them from turning away (beware the gill plates on your leader).

 

[P 0 P E Y E]

Re: Snook?

Used to see a lot of snook in Daytona Basin, Tarpon and huge manatees too.

The snook would hit finger mullet on a live line. But they are pretty spooky. The kids would try but the ones who sneak up to the dock on their bellies and cast would get the hits.

The tarpons were as big as a human and would hit flies occasionally.

One year it got real cold, think it was Jan of 86 all the snook started to go belly up in the cold. People were netting them.

I was working in the engine room of a 75 foot Burger Yacht doing an oil and filter change. The captain of the boat yelled down into the brightly light, White painted machinery space.

Hey kid, get your self up here, the Shuttle blew up. I ran out of the shed and looked to the south East and saw the tragic sight of the solid rocket boosters going in separate directions and a big white cloud.

I still remember the feeling I had on that dreaded day.

Sorry to dump that on you yall, especially in a fishing thread. They say time heals but somehow posting it gave me some closure.

 

[waynehol]

Re: Snook?

Yep above technique is good. Almost impossible to catch off your dock from your dock. Better to cast from sea wall, or better yet, cast to the neighboring docs. You can also sneak up on them in a boat (silently). Cast beyond the light and work into edges of the light slowly. The largest ones seem to hang out in the shadows just beyond the edge of the light.