How to Catch Snook

The snook is a large fish that resembles the Pike. It lives in salt water near estuaries and in the open oceans in Florida. You can catch snook near bridges, around shipwrecks, reefs and other underwater structures if you know how to draw them out. The snook fish is a great fighter and can grow to 50 pounds. They eat minnows, eels, shell fish and more, but what makes them exciting is the fact that snook are ambush feededs.

Things You'll Need

  • 6 to 7 foot rod
  • Strong spinning or deep sea fishing reel
  • 15 pound test fishing line or better
  • Snook lures, live or dead bait
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Instructions

    • 1

      Buy a snook fishing lure like a rattling Rapala 4" silver minnow (floating or sinking), then rig your line with a 18" or longer wire snook leader. You can also rig your fishing pole with a dead or live bait hook at the end of leader. Then buy some snook bait like pin fish or live greenbacks.

    • 2

      Rig your fishing pole with a sizable spinning reel or casting reel, that has 15 lb test fishing line or greater on the spool, then head out to find some snook fishing holess.

    • 3

      Search the structure around docks, bridges and other obstructions in deep and shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico around Florida's coasts and inlets. Snook can be found near shore in the Summer and sometimes crowd into feeder streams and Tampa Bay during the winter.

    • 4

      Cast your lure or bait several feet beyond the structure where you think a snook may be hiding and waiting for their next meal to pass by. Then work the lure or bait back in front of the snook. Wait and get ready to set the hook when one strikes.