Post by Aquaholic V on Sept 7, 2023 19:35:48 GMT -5
Rough day in Snookville!
Started off at 10:30 with Tom and six dozen Shrimp, 1 dozen Croakers and 3 Finger Mullet! Live bait has been hard to come by, Stuart Live Bait hasn’t been finding any bait. It was the beginning of the incoming tide so we ran to the inlet and fished the detached jetty, attached jetty, Sailfish Point docks and couldn’t buy a Snook. I changed things up instead of live lining, putting the Croakers on a Jupiter Rig (swivel, 18 inches of leader with a 1 oz. sinker followed by another swivel, 18 inches of leader to a circle hook) which saved the day putting the first Snook in the boat at 3:00 p.m. (4.5 hours without a Snook). I landed 3 and lost 1, now this is where it gets ugly…..Tom hooked a Snook and fought him well but lost him, only to find out one of my knots untied. I don’t see how but it did and it was all me! Although it was beautiful, it was a very slow day, caught a few Snapper and Tom caught a big Blue Runner.
The highlight of the day was hearing on the marine radio on the way in at 4:30 that a boat located a missing diver that was missing and afloat since 11:00 a.m. It was great to hear, as all day they were searching for the diver. Happy to hear he was found and they indicated that he wasn’t in need of medical attention although probably needed to change his wetsuit!!!
Started off at 10:30 with Tom and six dozen Shrimp, 1 dozen Croakers and 3 Finger Mullet! Live bait has been hard to come by, Stuart Live Bait hasn’t been finding any bait. It was the beginning of the incoming tide so we ran to the inlet and fished the detached jetty, attached jetty, Sailfish Point docks and couldn’t buy a Snook. I changed things up instead of live lining, putting the Croakers on a Jupiter Rig (swivel, 18 inches of leader with a 1 oz. sinker followed by another swivel, 18 inches of leader to a circle hook) which saved the day putting the first Snook in the boat at 3:00 p.m. (4.5 hours without a Snook). I landed 3 and lost 1, now this is where it gets ugly…..Tom hooked a Snook and fought him well but lost him, only to find out one of my knots untied. I don’t see how but it did and it was all me! Although it was beautiful, it was a very slow day, caught a few Snapper and Tom caught a big Blue Runner.
The highlight of the day was hearing on the marine radio on the way in at 4:30 that a boat located a missing diver that was missing and afloat since 11:00 a.m. It was great to hear, as all day they were searching for the diver. Happy to hear he was found and they indicated that he wasn’t in need of medical attention although probably needed to change his wetsuit!!!
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