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Post by Mackerelman on May 22, 2022 15:15:53 GMT -5
This is Early this Morning - -5-22-2022.  |
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Post by inoeatfish on May 22, 2022 19:28:28 GMT -5
I'm going to be a little nosy and ask....Is this on the NSP or SSP? Was the tide incoming or outgoing?
Thank you.
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Post by Mackerelman on May 22, 2022 20:24:23 GMT -5
I'm going to be a little nosy and ask....Is this on the NSP or SSP? Was the tide incoming or outgoing? Thank you. That was on the SS Pier with an Incoming Tide Early this morning. |
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Post by Flatsrunner on May 22, 2022 20:24:45 GMT -5
Those snapper are facing north, LOL. must be NSP, Mackerelman has been been giving little tidbits away for awhile do your research.
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Post by seabird on May 23, 2022 7:46:56 GMT -5
Those snapper are facing north, LOL. must be NSP, Mackerelman has been been giving little tidbits away for awhile do your research. Mackerelman, did you catch those? Nice catch. |
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Post by Mackerelman on May 23, 2022 9:57:43 GMT -5
Those snapper are facing north, LOL. must be NSP, Mackerelman has been been giving little tidbits away for awhile do your research. Mackerelman, did you catch those? Nice catch. No. Those Pics were submitted on Facebook. A Friend & not the Angler that caught them told Me where & when they were caught. |
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Post by SkyJay on May 23, 2022 13:52:21 GMT -5
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Post by fishsci on May 23, 2022 15:30:04 GMT -5
N or S? Mman says S, SJ say N. Facebook doesn't say. Posted at 6 AM, so caught during dark hours, which makes sense, because snapper usually bite best at night. Plus, if on incoming tide, they were caught sometime after about 3 AM when current started moving in. Again, all that makes sense...late night/just before dawn is a very good time to fish for snapper.
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Post by tears143 on May 23, 2022 16:08:35 GMT -5
N or S? Mman says S, SJ say N. Facebook doesn't say. Posted at 6 AM, so caught during dark hours, which makes sense, because snapper usually bite best at night. Plus, if on incoming tide, they were caught sometime after about 3 AM when current started moving in. Again, all that makes sense...late night/just before dawn is a very good time to fish for snapper. facebook said North... look at comments. snapper bite better at night? usually... but I usually get my limit during the day. |
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Post by inoeatfish on May 23, 2022 18:11:37 GMT -5
I had no idea those snapper loves live squid....interesting.
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Post by fishsci on May 23, 2022 18:28:21 GMT -5
N or S? Mman says S, SJ say N. Facebook doesn't say. Posted at 6 AM, so caught during dark hours, which makes sense, because snapper usually bite best at night. Plus, if on incoming tide, they were caught sometime after about 3 AM when current started moving in. Again, all that makes sense...late night/just before dawn is a very good time to fish for snapper. facebook said North... look at comments. snapper bite better at night? usually... but I usually get my limit during the day. Sorry, I missed those comments. I do not do Facebook much at all. North it is. |
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Post by Mackerelman on May 23, 2022 18:56:02 GMT -5
N or S? Mman says S, SJ say N. Facebook doesn't say. Posted at 6 AM, so caught during dark hours, which makes sense, because snapper usually bite best at night. Plus, if on incoming tide, they were caught sometime after about 3 AM when current started moving in. Again, all that makes sense...late night/just before dawn is a very good time to fish for snapper. That is just what I have been telling everyone. |
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Post by carlf on May 23, 2022 19:02:33 GMT -5
I’ve caught limits of snapper at the Gandy during early morning darkness all the way until 1pm.
Every time is been an income tide, in the eddy on the north side of the bridge piles. Keepers seem to prefer small live bait vs live shrimp.
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Post by SkyJay on May 23, 2022 21:21:46 GMT -5
I had no idea those snapper loves live squid....interesting.  |
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Post by fishsci on May 23, 2022 21:59:11 GMT -5
I'm going to be a little nosy and ask....Is this on the NSP or SSP? Was the tide incoming or outgoing? Thank you. That was on the SS Pier with an Incoming Tide Early this morning. That is NOT what you have been saying...You said SS Pier. Why not admit it? |
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Post by Flatsrunner on May 24, 2022 6:36:37 GMT -5
Karen or Ken.. which one is it?
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Post by inoeatfish on May 24, 2022 19:10:43 GMT -5
Do they sell live squid at the skyway bait house?
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Post by Flatsrunner on May 24, 2022 19:35:03 GMT -5
Do they sell live squid at the skyway bait house? frozen only, there's a few bait shops around that sell them but not many. |
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Post by tears143 on May 25, 2022 9:11:57 GMT -5
Do they sell live squid at the skyway bait house? frozen only, there's a few bait shops around that sell them but not many. never seen any bait shop sell live squid in FL... You catch them at skyway and then use them. |
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Post by saltybass on May 25, 2022 12:03:06 GMT -5
Take everything you read on facebook and online with a really big grain of salt...
Legal snapper are "at the skyway" 365 days a year.
If they're biting on north, they are biting on south. Only exceptions are crazy current, wind or dirty water.
It's a fish. They bite a bait with a hundred feet of line attached to it.
Don't make it too complicated or think you need secret spots.
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Post by kenb on May 25, 2022 12:59:35 GMT -5
Snapper are like air. They are just always there.
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Post by Flatsrunner on May 25, 2022 13:46:32 GMT -5
frozen only, there's a few bait shops around that sell them but not many. never seen any bait shop sell live squid in FL... You catch them at skyway and then use them. Someone at one of my Hubbards trips was bringing them and I thought they said something about fresh not frozen small squid, maybe from a fish house? |
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Post by tears143 on May 26, 2022 17:48:19 GMT -5
never seen any bait shop sell live squid in FL... You catch them at skyway and then use them. Someone at one of my Hubbards trips was bringing them and I thought they said something about fresh not frozen small squid, maybe from a fish house? Regular frozen squid not the squid wings that hubbard uses. That's what they are talking about. Hubbard also said the one from CA are better but I wouldn't know. Don't fish offshore that much to know. All I know is the live/fresh caught one at skyway are killer for mango. The cat is now out of the bag. |
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Post by carlf on May 26, 2022 18:31:53 GMT -5
Make friends with a shrimper and you can get fresh squid cheap.
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Post by Mackerelman on May 26, 2022 20:17:11 GMT -5
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Post by inoeatfish on May 26, 2022 22:18:35 GMT -5
Thanks for the awesome read. A squid gaff is what I was looking for to pull up my 24"+ macs on 10lb tackle. I knew something like this had to exist. Hopefully, it can handle the weight of the fish. |
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Post by SlotSnook on May 27, 2022 7:25:15 GMT -5
Someone at one of my Hubbards trips was bringing them and I thought they said something about fresh not frozen small squid, maybe from a fish house? Regular frozen squid not the squid wings that hubbard uses. That's what they are talking about. Hubbard also said the one from CA are better but I wouldn't know. Don't fish offshore that much to know. All I know is the live/fresh caught one at skyway are killer for mango. The cat is now out of the bag. Are squid typically around in good numbers this time of year? I always thought they were more of a cold water thing Sorry if it's a dumb question I usually head to the east coast lol I only started coming to skyway at night last summer. I hate sitting around and bottom fishing so I started cutting up chunks of threadfins and dragging/jigging them across the bottom, turns out it's not a bad way to find some snapper but biggest was just 15-16. I wanted to try more live baits this summer |
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Post by tears143 on May 30, 2022 8:49:23 GMT -5
Regular frozen squid not the squid wings that hubbard uses. That's what they are talking about. Hubbard also said the one from CA are better but I wouldn't know. Don't fish offshore that much to know. All I know is the live/fresh caught one at skyway are killer for mango. The cat is now out of the bag. Are squid typically around in good numbers this time of year? I always thought they were more of a cold water thing Sorry if it's a dumb question I usually head to the east coast lol I only started coming to skyway at night last summer. I hate sitting around and bottom fishing so I started cutting up chunks of threadfins and dragging/jigging them across the bottom, turns out it's not a bad way to find some snapper but biggest was just 15-16. I wanted to try more live baits this summer cold water thing. |
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