Well, Snook is something I’ve dreamed of catching for a long, long time, unfortunately, where we fish, there’s not much snook to be had. I’ve fished all along the shorelines of the King Ranch and Lower Laguna Madre pretty much all my life and have not ever once caught a snook. Heard of them being caught before but they are too elusive or early morning or whatever you might want to add there to get on my lure.
I do know that I’ve caught a lot of redfish in my life and from everything I’ve ever heard about snook you can kind of compare them of something of a cross-breed between a redfish and a tarpon. Having had the pleasure of catching both in my life (leaning very strongly to the redfish side of the house) the sheer brute force of both of these species of fish is simply exhilirating to me and all the light tackle fishing that I do. But as far as Texas Snook Fishing goes, I’m still batting a big fat zero.
According to that article there are quite a number of these little beauties to behold in just the area that I fish during certain times of the year. Of course I’m on the lower end of this little mantra but I’ve still yet to taste the succulent little morsels of a snook. I do like the little disclaimer though that the population of snook in South Texas compared to Snook fishing in Florida is quite meager.
Anyways, off to the point at hand. Was on the phone to the bro again the other day and looks like we’ll be taking a jaunt off to those pristine Florida waters for a little RnR, no that’s not rest and relaxation, that’d be rod-n-reeling to get our hands on some of those Florida Snooks. I’m giddy with anticipation, eventhough the trip won’t be for quite a while, but to have something that fights like a tarpon but you can eat it like a redfish is just going to be great.
Ever caught one? Let me know. I get one of these and it’ll be another species I can check off that list of “Fish To Catch Before I Die” list!
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November 19th, 2008 at 3:08 am
I caught them before leaving Fla. for Texas, I haven’t caught one here… YET… A good friend of mine bought a place down south early this year, he fishes down around SPI and Port Isabel and catches them on a regular basis, so my odds just increased!
Good luck to you!
November 19th, 2008 at 5:18 am
That’s cool, at least somebodies catching them. I fish a little more on the North end of that from the land cut (baffin bay area) up through Mustang, I haven’t seen one yet.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:05 am
I’ve fished here for about 20 years and have only caught one down towards Baffin.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
They are elusive. Saw one but he wouldn’t take.
May 18th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Better than me, I’ve never even seen one, alive that is.