flaswimbaiter Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 I started the morning with an 8†FS trout and caught a really small one and had another blow up. I switched to an 8†weedless Hudd but didn’t even get a look. As soon as I put on my new wood punker (Thanks Brian) I caught one about three pounds. Soon afterwards I found some active mullet and started tossing around them and caught a 31†snook. A few cast later while deadsticking the bait I had a huge blow up, I thought it was a monster fish, but ended up being a little guy with a big attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonmitch Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 A nice start to the summer Dave! The top water bite is just getting started out here too, still a little early Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIZZ Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Nice Snook Dave, how do they fight by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaswimbaiter Posted June 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Nice Snook Dave, how do they fight by the way? Hard, real hard. Best comparison is a striper (not stripper ) that jumps. Look what he did to the hook on the punker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickinbASS Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Nice-!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Nice Dave. Love the punker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceaser Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Nice Snook Dave, how do they fight by the way? Hard, real hard. Best comparison is a striper (not stripper ) that jumps. Look what he did to the hook on the punker. Ive had some 15 lb stripers go airborn! hooked em up in 2ft of water next to a broken levee and sunken trees and they didnt have anywhere to go. That was an awesome night. Caught em on every cast into the dark until our arms hurt. Nice punker fish Dave! still looking for some topwater bites on the big baits this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evans_usmc69 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Nice looking fish Dave, need some Go Pro footage of one of those snooks to see how bad they wail on ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsouth Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Nice. Can't beat a good Top-Water bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapper Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 snooks have always interested me they look so fun to catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aasenke Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 I hear snook is great table fare? Do you keep any of the smaller ones you catch and eat them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaswimbaiter Posted June 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 Due to a bad fish kill, you are not allowed to keep any on my coast. Most ethical fishermen release them anyways just like bass, because they are more valuable as a sportfish than a food fish. They are great table fare, netters used to sell their fillets as grouper. I has to be ten years since I last ate one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aasenke Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 My grandfather back in the day (in the 90's) used to keep a snook every once in a while and eat them. I don't think I have ever had snook (maybe 20 years ago or so), so I don't know or can't recall on how they taste. I didn't know that snook were a highly sought after sport fish, I thought the Tarpon was the coveted king of saltwater inshore sport fishing?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaswimbaiter Posted June 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 For tourist maybe, for locals, its the snook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aasenke Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Gotcha. So is a 36# snook considered to be a trophy fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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