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     There’s nothing common about the common snook (Centropomis Undecimalis).  Snook fishing is a backcountry street fight with an educated adversary that seems to know exactly what you’re thinking.  Snook are among the most difficult of all fish to land, not only because of their great speed and power, runs like tuna, gill rattling jumps and thrashing vicious head shakes, but also because they are caught in small creeks, residential canals lined with docks & barnacle encrusted pilings, rock piles of all sizes, bridges, piers, back- country long mangrove shorelines with razor sharp roots, line cutting gill plates and a mouth like a concrete wall.  AND snook, more than any other species are completely aware that there is safety in that structure.  Their first move when they feel the hook is to run into and as far back as they can get, then go either over, under around or through until they break free, but they sometimes can be stopped or steered away with the right snook fishing instruction.  Down and dirty techniques incorporated with using all the strength of the graphite rod has your whole body bending that rod horizontally to the water getting back whatever slack you can when you stop him or turn him and going through that all over again from the left to right side until you have worked the fish out and away from whatever structure, then using finesse to bring him boat side where it begins all over again.  THAT’S SNOOK FISHING on light tackle, line and leader.  Every angler has his or her own unique tricks and stores of know-how to trick the snook beginning with what live baits and artificial lures work best when, where, time of year, water temperature, barometric pressure, tides and more.  Snook fishing is very different from the east coast to the west coast of Florida. Snook fishing is the ultimate light

tackle experience.  The good average snook in our area on the Gulf Coast of Florida are from 2 pounds to 30 pounds with more slot range fish than others’ averaging 6-20 lbs.

     Snook fishing in Florida is one of the only and best places in the United States to do battle with the awesome snook.  The Snook fishing line in Florida is almost like drawing a direct line across the state from Daytona to Crystal River (Northern range).  This is due to the temperature sensitivity of Snook nature and metabolism.  When water temperatures fall below 55 degrees they tend to float on the surface of their winter habits barely hanging on.  Very temperature sensitive and if lower temperatures are sustained for a period of time it will normally kill the great Snook gamefish.  Fortunately in our area – Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Tarpon Springs, New Port Richey and Tampa Bay – this is very rare due to the many winter habitats that Snook migrate to from fall to dead cold winter.  Power plants, fresh water springs, deep rivers and deep dark bottomed canals that hold heat provide safe refuge for these fiery fish.  Capt. Rich has won numerous snook fishing tournaments in the area and is one of the most recognized guides in West Central Florida.

SNOOK FISHING PEAK SEASON

MARCH – APRIL – MAY – JUNE- OCTOBER – NOVEMBER

SOME GOOD SNOOKIN IN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY!

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