snook muscles

Man, the past few weeks have been wild with all the spring breakers crowding the beaches, but it’s finally about to calm down for us locals for a month or so… at least until the summer crowd rolls in. Fishing’s been hit or miss depending on what tides you fished and where the southeast winds pushed all that dirty water and junk. If you got lucky and found some clear water, you probably pulled in some nice whiting, black drum, margates, and a few pompano. Unless you’re Tung Pham — that guy’s got some kind of pompano cheat code or something, haha.

Best baits have been fresh dead shrimp pieces or just regular frozen shrimp. Just make sure you’re peeling them — if you don’t peel ’em and cut ’em about the size of your thumbnail, they’re either gonna get picked clean or go flying off your hook when you cast. Good bait really does make a difference. Speaking of that, we heard Blue Magic shrimp should be shipping out their fresh frozen stuff in about two weeks. No more brown shrimp or wild-caught junk!

Standard pompano rigs with orange, yellow or pink floats have been getting the most action. Weight-wise, it just depends on the waves, but this week you shouldn’t need more than a 4–5 oz lead. Pyramid weights have been the go-to lately with all the weed in the water.

And hey, don’t forget to bring some snook lures! They’ve been cruising the surf pretty good. Even though snook season’s about to close, it’s still a blast to hook into one.

Hope everyone has an awesome week — and as always, tight lines!