As an Everglades Fishing Guide, you must learn as much as you can about snook. Other than tarpon, they are one of the most sought after gamefish in the Everglades. Learning the strategies of snook fly fishing is more than just how you cast your lines or what bait should be used. The very first thing you need to know about is where these fish can be found and when they abound in that spot. Let’s Start!
Before Anything Else
You have to know one very important fact: snooks are some of the wariest species in the
waters. So anglers need to stand back from waters’ edge to get a look at them, while walking along the shore or beach.
Where Will You Find Snooks?
There are two seasons and environmental patterns which snooks follow. Anglers will find them near the ocean during warm months and in estuaries and other protected in-shore waters during the cooler months.
During warm months, snooks frequent four main environments in the ocean:
Hard-bottom locations usually where downed trees or other debris can be found and
areas where the bedrock can be seen.
Beach shorelines, the best spot to find summer snooks cruising around
Jetties and piers, since these provide great cover for them.
Deep passes, especially those in between barrier islands, because this is their spot for spawning during warm months
During cooler months, the in-shore waters will give you greater chances for spotting and
catching these snooks:
Grass flats
Bays
Bayous
Mangrove shorelines
Oyster bars
Creeks
Cuts
Ditches and / or canals
Freshwater forms like ponds and lakes
Large rivers
Fly Fishing Strategies: Base This on Location
There are so many of these which are considered to be effective, there really is no one strategy which we can give you. Those who have been doing this for a long time try to adapt based on the fishing condition and, as mentioned above, location. So before you do start to fish, it is a must to inspect the characteristics of their habitats.
OCEAN STRUCTURES
The very first thing which must be done, for structure devotees, is to find it. At times, this is easy since they can be found in stumps and trees in beach sides. Snooks like structures because this it provides cover, a great hiding place. Open waters don’t provide that so they will stack up in the aforementioned areas for camouflage.
Tip: Cast as close to where these debris are, although, chances are you’ll scare them away too.
So be prepared for that as well.
Another productive spot for snook fishing would be hard-bottom areas in shallow ocean waters, specifically those near the shore. Benthic environments such as these are full of porous limestones and other rock crevices where crustaceans and baitfish are. These are primarily what snooks feed on.
Tip: Make long casts then retrieve the fly over dark areas (those with lots of weeds) as much as possible. Hard bottom areas, like narrow ridges, parallel the shoreline. If you can cast on the outer edge, do so diagonally out and beyond it then strip the fly back on the aforementioned darker areas. Snooks hit when the fly goes into those dark zones or while the fly exits towards the shore.
Another great spot are those in the ever changing contours of shorelines where downed trees and tree stumps are. These ‘unstable’ beaches, often eroding due to weather and tides, are often along barrier islands.
Tip: There are numerous snooks here but it is huge challenge to fish here. Even if you did the perfect cast, luring them out through that is not a guarantee.
Beach Shorelines
The most exciting snook fishing really is during summer. But it’s more than just the fact that you will see a lot of them. It’s because this requires special strategies.
One of the very first things mentioned in this article is that snooks are very wary, so stealth is very important if you want to catch them. If you want to succeed, read on, understand the rules and follow each.
1) Do not wade.
Let us repeat this because some fishermen, for some reason, still do it. Please DO NOT WADE. Snooks sometimes can be found so close to the shore, in shallow waters, that their bellies are literally touching the bottom, their dorsal fins creasing the sand. It’s best to walk ten feet away, parallel from the water.
2) Scan the water up and down the beach.
Keep an eye out for any movement. Snooks gleam when they are out of water but they do not
stand out so well in water. The evanescent water is a great camouflage, even when the sandy bottom is so visible. The largest snooks often surprise the most experienced anglers, especially when they cruise fast around their steady legs.
3) Do a diagonal cast
This, right now, is the best presentation to cruising fish. See to it that the fly is a few feet in front of the fish and not behind. When you strip it back from their backs, it will most definitely spook them. Remember: baitfish does not attack game fish. And snooks know this so well.
4) The exception to the NO WADING rule
When the water level drops below the average, often happening on major minus tides, the
shoreline can be paralleled by shallow channels and its outer edges bordered by barrier sand bars. In this case, it would be great to wade out to the bar, walking in one direction while scanning both sides for snooks.
5) In docks and piers
If you are in these structures, see to it that you cast far up under it as much as possible.
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