Snook Fishing

    With the pressure on…..the last few nights have been nothing to write about, only me and Mike crying about why the fish are not biting. We brought Joe Terry and his father Joe Sr. out with us… 1 last time to catch a keeper or two before snook season closes. With the tide outgoing we started by staying north of Pasadena….. but soon fell short with no fish to the boat. We saw very few fish in most of the spots we picked but as the tide went slack we found ourselves changing plans in order to salavage  the nite. We hit the Gulf and headed south finding  boaters everywhere. Trying to find lights with no boaters in canals was challenging but soon paid off. We hit some of my favorite lights by the Bay Way and soon got Joe hooked up on a slot 28.5 inch that became a night of many more…. Soon after, on fender at Tierra Verde Bridge, Mike noticed 2 huge tarpons feeding . I had a feeling that he would soon get hooked up……3 cast later, he did it!!! He got an est. 80 lb tarpon on!!!I have never been in this situation before…. but had quick instructions from Mike  to get him to the boat. About a minute later it was over by him cutting the line deep at the fender!! After getting my heartbeat back & under control… and getting  Mike calmed down, we went back to targeting smaller fish!  We got back in the game by getting Joe’s rod bent over on a impressive 35.5 inch  19.5 lbs. snook. With no strength left we  made Joe hold up his prize for the camera. Mike soon also got a nice slot 27 inch red that also put up a great fight! We scouted many lights on the way in, on another slack tide and watching  the moon rising and talking about our hard fought nite. As for me… I just hung back talking to Joe Sr. about how he caught snook back in the day!!! I hope he had a night  to remember.   (Joe Sr. a young 85)