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What is the best lure to use for snook?
The best baits for snook fishing are shrimp, finger mullet and pin fish for any water depths. The best lures for snook are 3 inch and 5 inch white paddle tails with an 1/8 ounce jig head in shallow water and a 1 1/2 ounce flair hawk jig for deeper water fishing scenarios.
What kind of tackle for snook?
What is the Best Tackle for Snook Fishing Florida? The best tackle for snook fishing is a 4000 series spinning reel coupled with a medium heavy 7 foot rod. You will want to spool the reel with 20 pound braided line with a 30 to 50 pound leader depending on whether you are fishing around structure or not.
Do snook hit spoons?
The Johnson Silver Minnow is a spoon that will catch snook, along with almost every other inshore fish. It comes in multiple colors, but I tend to prefer gold over the silver option.
Are snook bottom feeders?
Snook are very efficient “up-feeders” but that underslung jaw is designed for pinning prey to the bottom, too. If you sight cast for snook on the flats or in the surf, how often do you see big specimens swimming right at the surface? Probably not often, unless there is a surface feeding frenzy.
Are spoons good for snook?
How do you get a stubborn snook?
How To Land Your Snook (And Not Get Broken Off)
- Keep the line tight. If you’re freelining a pilchard, or fishing a pinfish under a cork, make sure to keep the line tight the entire time.
- Don’t let the snook go into the mangroves.
- Properly set the hook.
- Let the fish run.
- Keep the line tight when she jumps.
What tide is best for snook fishing?
outgoing high tide
The best tide for snook fishing is the first two hours of the outgoing high tide. The outgoing tide washes shrimp, crabs and small fish out of the estuaries, mangroves and grass flats right into the mouths of the hungry inshore snook.
Are soft plastic lures good for snook?
Soft plastic lures catch saltwater fish inshore and offshore. Florida anglers utilize soft-plastic baitfish imitations to catch hard-fighting snook. Alex Suescun Soft-plastic lures, in all their sizes, shapes, colors and styles, can be almost as effective as natural baits.
What’s the secret to soft plastics for saltwater fishing?
There’s no true secrets when it comes to soft plastics for saltwater. Use the same logic you’d follow if rigging live baits for fishing. Depths from five to 25 feet require less weight for a lure to reach bottom.
What size plastic shrimp should I use for fishing?
A plastic shrimp is ideal for this when the internal weight is removed and the hook positioned so that it sticks out at the bottom, keeping the body upright. So is a 4- to 8-inch slender plastic body rigged weedless on a large-gap hook, a deadly rig for fishing shorelines and structure.