![]() Over the passed 40 years I've had the very good fortune to chase snook in many places, spots that have long and storied reputations for producing giant snook in mind-boggling numbers. I've not seen that anywhere but in Southeast Florida. ![]() Literally every piling that broke tide flow harbored a healthy snook, or two, or more. Then I saw a swirl near another nearby piling, and several more and bigger fish were stationed there.Īs I looked around the pilings of the marina dock in early morning light, there were dozens and dozens of snook, and plenty in the 20-pound class. There are so many snook in southeast Florida now, that at dawn, while standing on a dock near a clear-water inlet waiting for a buddy, I looked down and saw a pair of 10-pound snook hanging in slack water behind a piling directly below my feet. But if you've ever wanted to catch (photo and release) a snook 20 pounds or more, now is the time to do it. ![]() To preserve vulnerable spawning snook, by law it's all catch-and-release fishing through August. Great fishing for snook can be had now from Sebastian Inlet to Miami, but Stuart is snook central, and it's incredible by any measure. ![]() Stuart currently is the epicenter of snook angling because the hard-striking, fast-running, high-leaping, line-sided gamefish are spawning in huge numbers in and near southeast Florida inlets. STUART | Drive four-hours south on I-95 to the coastal town of Stuart and anglers now can enjoy what is arguably the world's best fishing for one of the greatest light-tackle gamefish on the planet - the snook. ![]()
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