Do Snooks like jigs?
Long ago, adding Cotee jigs with
plastic shrimp tails
as well as Salty Dog jigs to my arsenal gave the snook a shrimpy-looking lure with a life-like mouth feel that helped perhaps get a second strike if the fish missed on the first lunge.
What is a
flair hawk jig
?
The original Flair Hawk jig is a go-to bait for anglers who fish Florida’s bridges and spillways for snook and other inshore species The flared nylon hair puffs when pulled through the water, grabbing the attention of those beautiful silver fish with the distinctive lateral line.
What is the best snook bait?
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 are good snook lures?
- #1 MirrOLure Mirrodine.
- #2 DOA Shrimp.
- #3 Rapala Skitter Walk.
- #4 Sebile Stick Shadd.
- #5 Spro Bucktail Jig.
- (Honorable Mentions)
- #6 DOA Cal.
- #7 Live Target Mullet.
What do snook bite on?
Snook devour baitfish such as pinfish, small mullet, greenbacks and sardines They also eat crustaceans such as shrimp and
small crabs
.
How do you catch giant snook?
For the highest chances of success, try
fishing dock lights
for Snook. Use lures, such as bottom jigs or swimmer bait, artificial crabs, and shrimp, or go with live bait, such as menhaden, mullet, or sardines. During the summer, when Snook are active, you can get lucky with casting topwater baits and plugs.
Can you catch snook at night?
The best time to fish for snook is at night near dock lights, bridge lights and lighted
sea walls
with live pin fish, finger mullet or shrimp The best lure for night snook fishing is a pink, chartreuse or white flair hawk jig bounced off of the bottom with the current.
Do Snooks eat off bottom?
They set up shop where current brings food their way, particularly around structure that provides refuge from snook predators. The biggest snook of all feed near the bottom in passes and inlets from May until October.
What is the best time to catch snook?
Snook, like most fish, feed mostly in the 2 hours surrounding dawn and dusk , so this is your best chance to catch them. Night fishing for snook is really popular, too, and Capt.
What is the best time to fish for snook in Florida?
The best time to fish for snook in Florida waters is spring and fall with the prime months being April and May as well as September and October. Winter will be your worst time to catch snook in Florida waters. Snook can be found all around Florida’s coasts, on both the Gulf and Atlantic side.
What tide is best for snook fishing?
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.
What is considered a trophy snook?
At one time, a 30-incher was a whopper, then 36, and these days it takes a 40-incher to be designated a trophy in most circles.
What will a bucktail jig catch?
It can imitate a number of prey items, including baitfish, squid and shrimp And, it will catch a wide variety of fish. Here in southern New England, I have landed striped bass, bluefish, hickory shad, false albacore, fluke, scup, black sea bass, sea robins and white perch using bucktail jigs.
Sources
https://1source.basspro.com/news-tips/saltwater/6190/4-great-snook-lures-and-how-fish-them-success