First large snook in Sebastian.

seadog517

Was out Wednesday evening fishing off the north jetty. Casting bucktails nailed 3 good snook, and lost a tarpon. I was just down on vacation. Got them because of some of the tips I got here. Had a great trip I will be back in the fall

palmbeachpete

Nice snook.

duckmanJR

Nice work Frank!....

AOKRVs

Great snook - that will be hard to follow up

BigwaveDave

Very nice fish

Robm00923

Right on Man!

ChasenTails

Congrats on the memorable catch!

dwyermw

Nicesh!!

seadog517

Joe the guy who helped me out with the fish said it was 39 inches ,he went by the grading on the pier. What would you estimate the weight of that snook. I`am already looking forward to returning in the fall. I will be tying up some bucktails would you like a few { northern style of course }

seadog517

Robm00923 wrote: »

Right on Man!

Thanks Rob , I do a lot of flounder fishing up north. I will be retiring by Sebastian inlet. Looking forward to fishing for flounder in the inlet. Seems to be totally different from the way we fish in the northeast. But I`am looking forward to learning how to fish the inlet.

seadog517

thanks everyone.. It killed me to leave there and go back to new york , but I will be living there in about 2 years .

duckmanJR

seadog517 wrote: »

Thanks Rob , I do a lot of flounder fishing up north. I will be retiring by Sebastian inlet. Looking forward to fishing for flounder in the inlet. Seems to be totally different from the way we fish in the northeast. But I`am looking forward to learning how to fish the inlet.

Bring killies and squid..... :rotflmao

duckmanJR

seadog517 wrote: »

Joe the guy who helped me out with the fish said it was 39 inches ,he went by the grading on the pier. What would you estimate the weight of that snook. I`am already looking forward to returning in the fall. I will be tying up some bucktails would you like a few { northern style of course }

39 inches should be over 20 lbs.... weight can vary pre-spawn / post spawn

duckmanJR

seadog517 wrote: »

thanks everyone.. It killed me to leave there and go back to new york , but I will be living there in about 2 years .

I was thinking what this area needs..and it came to me..

One more New Yorker..... :rotflmao

Net 30

duckmanJR wrote: »

Bring killies and squid..... :rotflmao

I just coughed up my lunch! Haven't heard the term "Killies" once since I moved here a few years ago LOL!

Can't tell you how many hours I spent as a kid on Barnegat Bay seining for Killies and Spearing and then selling the live baits to a couple local crabbing shops…great times.

BTW - Great job on the inlet Snook…you had yourself a great time for sure

seadog517

duckmanJR wrote: »

I was thinking what this area needs..and it came to me..

One more New Yorker..... :rotflmao

Wow, Joe I have feeling you know..Not really iam from ny. Killies, I don`t even know if they sell them anymore. If i can find them i will bring 2 quarts. Thanks net , It was a great evening catching those snook. The next night I caught nothing , I did notice all the greens were gone, they were all over the night i had the fish. How do you like living down there.

stebfish

good job Frank. I catch a lot of over sized linesiders in Fort Lauderdale that fall in that size range. Depending on girth, they can go anywhere from 18-23 lbs on average. A true 30 pounder is huge. The biggest I have to date is a 28 pounder that was 44" and massive. I see a lot of Snooks held up that guys claim to be thirty pounds. Hanging them from their gills to get a good weight will probably harm the fish. The fish I actually weighed that were big were caught years ago when you could kill one fish over 34' ( maybe 36" ). There are a few guides up there that fish just beyond the north jetty. it can be a parking lot out there. just out of casting range from the jetty. hook up with a local guide when you come back down. Good luck!

duckmanJR

Net 30 wrote: »

I just coughed up my lunch! Haven't heard the term "Killies" once since I moved here a few years ago LOL!

Can't tell you how many hours I spent as a kid on Barnegat Bay seining for Killies and Spearing and then selling the live baits to a couple local crabbing shops…great times.

BTW - Great job on the inlet Snook…you had yourself a great time for sure

George, the first time I saw mud minnows I thought " Killies "
My Dad owned a rental boat station / marina.
As a youngster, I trapped killies in spring/summer for Fluke season...and picked mussels in fall/winter/early spring for money..... I would come home from school....ride my bike on my paper route ( Newsday) ....then haul **** in my Garvey to haul traps or pick a bushel or two of mussels before dark. My Dad worked me like a rented mule! :grin.....but payed well too.

QuiksilverIHB

Nice fish. No you need to come down for big winter Reds.

seadog517

QuiksilverIHB wrote: »

Nice fish. No you need to come down for big winter Reds.

my next trip is in late October on the full moon....How does the full moon affect the fishing...

fsuduck

Nice Snook. Congrats.

flsnookhunter

Nice fish!