Snook Fishing

I have been looking for a dock light boat with a wheel house for a long time.

20 lbs 37 inch snook

Chris adjusting to catching large snook.  

Chris’s largest snook before this one was 18 inches.

The happiest guy on the boat.

It was about 8 when l left the dock l had left sooner but forgot my camera .someone wise once told me [ if your gonna bullshit have pictures] anyways l got to my first dock and someone else was there when you fish dock light’s not only do you have to figureout what the fish are going to do  but also what other people are going to do so that you dont fish dirty water’s so l shot over to grandma’s canal and hooked up with a 26 in. first cast so l went to the second dock in that canal and lost a slot fish my maverick  splitring came off so l retied and the next dock l landed a 34” l went to two more dock’s  and and caught three more all short got to the dentist dock and lost another slot fish  the maverick splitring’s are killing me  one more time my hook came off and then l landed a 30” and a  29”l ten tried one more spot close to the boat ramp and caught a small one the moon was full the tide was a low incoming the water was 70 degree’s got back at the boat ramp around 11:20

    Me and Mike left the boat ramp around 8pm. on a big rising full moon.  We started  heading down south for the upcoming high tide and stopped on a no name dock that we have fished before and with great results. I got hooked up with a great fish! I got slammed at the dock piling and immediately got my fish wrapped around the dock,with Mikes help we landed a slot 33 inch snook. We headed south with multiple stops, with small hook ups  and no slot fish. My next slot snook came at the car light where the wind was cranking from the east,pushing our boat around. First cast , I nailed a slot 32 inch snook that made his trip home with us. With a lot of boaters out we decided to find some canals that could be holding fish that are not fished. Finding some with some potential , we headed in calling it a nite awaiting tommorrow! 

    Pulling into the boat ramp with lite rain coming down me and Mike could not belive we were the only people going out tonite. The nite stated out very slow with only one good hookup at the Under Water Light and soon terminatd by a fast snook that I could not handle. After a breif encounter with the crazy lady, Mike was back on with a nice 33.5 inch snook ! We measured him several times hoping he would shrink to 33 inches but had to let him go! We brought several small snook to the boat  but not big enough to keep. Mike soon followed it up with a keeper 29 inch snook that made his new home in the holding tank while waiting to be released with a bigger catch. My best chance of the nite came at a house on Central Ave where I got 2 snook , a small 24 ” and a keeper 31 inch snook. With the last light of the trip, again the fish were everywhere, and soon I hooked into a nice 22inch redfish at the Fog Light. We ended the trip by looking at some future honey holes and checking out some old hot spots! Back at the ramp about 12:30 still nobody at the ramp, we just could not belive no one came to play. Thanks to everyone for letting us have the water to ourselves!

  With the winds lite out of the west,we decided to head south to fish. Me , Mike and Chris started our nite at the Tiger Lilly where the bite already stated . Rite off the top I hooked up with my first fish of the trip , a nice 35 inch snook! I thought I was going to lose him at the boat due to his aggresiveness and our small  net ! The second fish of the nite came from Mike, at Paulie’s light where he got a nice slot 32 inch snook from the depths of the dock using the most used up jig we ever saw !!!!!  Most of the best lights down south were not holding fish or they were fished before we got to them making it hard for Chris to catch anything. The next slot fish came in a canel off St. Pete beach were I caught a nice 31 inch snook that Chris was trying to catch. SORRY Chris! The time was getting late but we were not going to give up until we got Chris a snook on the line. We tried so hard to put him on a fish, but the tide was just too damm low, so we just gave up a couple of hours later! Chris at least did not go home disappointed, he did catch a nice trout……… that Cheese Burger cooked for lunch !Thanks Chris , maybe next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

The snook fishing started slow for me last night as my luck of catching the docks continued . Mike on the other hand picked it up from where he left off. Mike caught his first on grandmas canal about 26 inches . We then pissed the crazy lady off by catching a nice 35 inch snook and making it impossible for any on else to fish the lite, because she turned out the lite as soon as we hooked up. I got my best chance last night as I hooked on to a slot fish by Alstot’s house but soon lost him as he took me straight to the pilings. We ended the night by catching a 18 inch snook at the under water light. Boy do I hate this time change!

Decided to go south. Brought the fly pole and some plugs. The tide just started to move out. Got a small one in the “goon” and saw a couple more near “aquasport” light. Some were in the main channel near the bridge but coi broke off on a piling. Got hungry and went to the wharf where there were a lot of snook under but we didnt try for them. had a couple beers and some cheese fries and off we went again. Sailboat canal had lots of snook near the mouth, landed about a 25″ but didnt see anything in the back of the canal. But a boat that sounded like they put some spare change in the motor, was motoring in the lights, so im pretty sure that put them down. OH YA. IF ANYBODY HAS HEARD FROM MICHAEL CARNAHAN TELL HIM TO CALL ME. IM GETTING WORRIED! WHERE ARE YOU MIKE!