A captain that I know is moving soon from San Diego to Florida. One of the reasons for the move is the myriad of new fishing opportunities to be found in the Sunshine State. After scouting trips in August and November of last year, he came back raving about the quality and diversity of fish to be caught, many of which can be targeted from free public docks, bridges, beaches, and jetties.
In this recent report from The Online Fisherman, find out where and how local anglers are catching snook, one of Florida’s most prized game fish.
Well it is starting to feel like spring and I for one am so ready for it. It seems like we had all four seasons in six weeks. The water temps are on their way up over 70 and sundown is getting a bit later each day. That gets me fired up to go snook-fishing! Yes I enjoy tarpon, red fish, cobia and even big trout. But snook drive me into a MAD SNOOKER”! We have been landing an average of 30-to-40 snook per night.
Kendall Albritton, the founder of the fishing apparel company “Women of Water” (WOW), and her boyfriend Scott and his father caught around 40 snook as we fished the Intercoastal waters of Osprey Bay on a slow outgoing tide and as it switched to incoming. The Snook where blasting hand-picked shrimp that we free-lined and worked slowly up-tide to down-tide around many docks that had the green underwater fish lights.
Photos: The Online Fisherman (above); Skinny Water Culture (top)
