|
|
Post by montylfl on Jun 28, 2009 22:29:07 GMT -5
Sat around today watching the Rays win and reading the Sunday newspaper. Noticed High tide was around 5pm and realized I had a few pieces of cutbait in the freezer. So , around 5:30 I head out to Honeymoon Island with four pieces of cut bait. Cast the first chunk of bait bait out an in ten minutes I get a hit. Rod screams and line is ripping off the reel. Alot of head shaking and jumping but fish to far out to see. Few minutes later.......  . 24 inch. nice fight. Hook the next piece of cut bait and toss it out. No sooner it hit the water... Fish on. Fish jumps a few times and the leader breaks. Rule #1. Re tie the hook after catching a snook. Line was all frayed from the first snook. One should know better. Well I tie on new leader and circle hook and cast the third piece of cut bait. A few minutes pass and another snook. This one puts up a nice fight. Few minutes later he is one shore. Grip the snook by the lips, unhook him and before I can give him a kiss and get a pic he gives a hard head shake and I lose my gripe and he swims away for another day. This time I re-tie the hook and throw out the 4th and final piece of bait. Within ten minutes another fish on. It takes some drag and when I reel in to self set the hook fish spits the hook. Well Got to the beach @ 5:45pm Four pieces of cut bait Four Hits on the bait, Landed two snook, 1 pic of Snook, 1 break-off 1 spit hook Left beach at 7:05 and home by 7:20pm Seems 90 minutes before High tide and the 90 minutes following the high tide has been producing best this month. |
|
|
|
Post by rayswin on Jun 28, 2009 23:18:07 GMT -5
DRooooling... I will dip that fish in milk then flour then milk then flour then hot peanut oil. Place crispy juicy filet on fresh roll and enjoy. MMMMMMMMMM
nice catch hoss.
|
|
|
|
Post by goindeep on Jun 29, 2009 2:06:42 GMT -5
Jesus. I got bags of frozen greenbacks, I think next time I go to the beach Im gonna take some with me.
Great report and pic Monty.
Man I cant wait to move closer to the Gulf.
|
|
|
|
Post by BigDawg71 on Jun 29, 2009 6:19:59 GMT -5
nice fish
|
|
|
|
Post by fishindad on Jun 29, 2009 7:07:53 GMT -5
Nicely done!!
Fishindad
|
|
|
|
Post by tylerdurden on Jun 29, 2009 9:28:56 GMT -5
dead bait usually isnt productive for snook. I was surprised to hear that but i dont do much beach fishing for them. But this must be why they close this time of year down for them cuz they are just greedy fish this time of year. That snook i got at fort d a few weeks back i caught on a weighted line which usually doesnt work for them either. Ive been talking with a few regulars at my spots and they say the cops have been showing up more and catching people with snook alot.
But it sure is nice to be able to just head out for a lil bit and get a pole bent without much work...Definately a good way to head into a monday
|
|
|
|
Post by havetofish on Jun 29, 2009 9:34:29 GMT -5
WTG Monty,
I bet next time you'll have more than 4 pieces of bait...LOL
|
|
|
|
Post by arrantzale on Jun 29, 2009 16:52:15 GMT -5
nice snook! ive been stopping by there every now and again throwing frozen greenbacks cut and whole with no luck. i guess next time it will be pinfish. good job
|
|
|
|
Post by montylfl on Jun 29, 2009 18:54:57 GMT -5
dead bait usually isnt productive for snook. .Definately a good way to head into a monday Agreed. I di not think Dead bait would be god for snook either but just goes to show you that you have to switch it up a little. Not sure what kid of fish the dead bait is but I have been using the frozen stuff at wal-mart in the yellow and blue package. Not the frozen sardines. Pinfish chew those apart. The bag is actually labeled cut bait and the pinfish do not bother with it. Snook have not been eating the tails either. Only the mid sections. I been using a 2oz weight above a swivel then tie on 4-six piece of 20lb leader. I losen up the drag to prevent setting the circle hook ( old habit using j-hooks) or place in a rod holder. T |
|
|
|
Post by jmfishin on Jun 29, 2009 20:17:14 GMT -5
nice fish. i was up at the dogbeach the other morning. nothin was biting.
|
|
bcc
Reel Serious
[Mo0:16]
Posts: 595
|
Post by bcc on Jun 29, 2009 22:44:15 GMT -5
Of all the years i snooked fished in the clearwater area i have never caught a snook with cut bait. I use the fish the beaches a lot with cut bait and caught quite a variety of fish with cut bait but never a snook. MMMM go figure.. Next eaglesfan guy is gonna tell us hes catchin snook by trolling with plastic worms.
|
|
|
|
Post by estreetbrat on Jun 30, 2009 13:00:38 GMT -5
nice fish. i was up at the dogbeach the other morning. nothin was biting. I tossed some arties, soft Plastic last night on the N end last night and got nothing. The Surf was real high and made it hard. What happened to the jetty up there? |
|
Floridaboy
Eager Angler
Growing older but not up.....
Posts: 87
|
Post by Floridaboy on Jun 30, 2009 14:43:47 GMT -5
Believe it or not, one of the best baits for big snook is a mullet head soaked on the bottom at night. I didn't believe it either, until the guy that told me about it dredged up a 22 lb snook right in front of me.
Seeing is believing (most of the time...)
|
|
|
|
Post by tylerdurden on Jun 30, 2009 15:48:33 GMT -5
yeah last year some guys were bragging bout the nite before catching a monster snook on a lady fish head they were using for shark fishing
|
|
|
|
Post by estreetbrat on Jul 1, 2009 8:09:02 GMT -5
I know the Norh End on the ICW side of Honeymoon is loaded with beach snook, but I think the only way to get there is by boat, or "LONG HIKE"
Are there anymore easily accessible spots on Honeymoon? I'm thinking Dog Beach on the South Side might hold some.
|
|
|
|
Post by arrantzale on Jul 1, 2009 19:30:06 GMT -5
well looks like I will give Honeymoon another go this week. I got blanked last week but Ive heard from multiple sources the Snook are still there in numbers
|
|
|
|
Post by montylfl on Jul 1, 2009 20:25:05 GMT -5
Arrantzale. They are not at dog beach. Head north my friend. further the better. Do not let the swimmers bother you either. Just move 20yrs on either side. They are not spooking the snook on honeymoon.
|
|
|
|
Post by goindeep on Jul 1, 2009 21:23:40 GMT -5
LMAO
|
|
