snook

Finally, one of my favorite times of the year! Spring is typically a few of the more windy months throughout the year, but thankfully our inshore fishing really starts heating up and the wind has little impact most days and can even help in some situations.

This time of the year and lately the snook fishing is really starting to get good. Anglers can find lots of good fish regardless of being stuck on land, wade fishing, or by boat. Most of the inlets from Ponce all the way to Fort Pierce can be really productive this time of year and are loaded with snook and even some redfish. Look for these fish around the mouth of the inlets along the rock jetties, or even sometimes pushed way up on the beach.

The “go to” baits are definitely gonna be big shrimp, live pig and pinfish, croakers, and you can even get a good bite using artificial lures such as the gulp shrimp, flair hawk jigs bounced slow along the bottom or with lipped plugs like the bomber windcheater and nlbn 5inch swimbaits.

Not only does the inlet bite pick up but the inshore fishing around docks, sea walls, deeper mangrove shorelines can be great places to find snook this time of year. Look for areas that have larger sandbars with small drop offs, docks that have been broken or run down, or mangrove lines that are starting to have larger mullet along the edges. Early morning topwater fishing can be incredible, and as the sun rises switching to sub surface lures such as the no live bait needed little mullet can be great choices! The live bait guys can find a good bite using the small silver mullet tail hooked fished along these Same areas, as well as your larger baitfish like pigs and pinfish.

The warmer it gets the more of an appetite these fish will start to have therefore the larger baits will start to draw more attention. The next few weeks are setup to be some phenomenal fishing!