GiG_A_BitE

That's a perfect size Snook you got there. Did you see how razor sharrp there gill plates were? Here's a pic of my big Snook I caught this last Christmas on the East Coast.





He took a 5 inch mullet around the opening of a canal.

40 inches-22Lbs

It's tough to get a slot snook so great job:bowdown and nice:takephoto

amberj

Yeah those gill plates will definately mess you up. I had always heard they were really sharp, but hearing and seeing are 2 totally different things.

timman

Great report...thanks for sharing! There are two places I REALLY want to take my kayak this year - Venice, Louisiana and Sanibel/Captiva Islands (Ft Myers area). I have never caught snook, but would love to hook up on one!

Fishwater

That is a badass fishery down there, Estero Bay is incredible. My in-laws own a small marina down there on Mullock Creek similar to the one pictured. I fished out of there for a week over Christmas catching just about everything that the area has to offer with the exception of Tarpon. If you go down that way, it is a great place to visit, old Florida style with a little bar at the marina called the Creek Shack.

The depth in the Gulf is a little better than a foot a mile though, that is closer to what you'll find in the Big Bend, although nothing like the panhandle's access to deep water. Great report & pics.

snookboy15

Lived there for 2 years before I moved here. Worked at a marina and would go out fishing everyday for a few hrs before the sun went down. Nothing beats the inshore fishing down there.