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• remo_5_0 Posts: 308 Deckhand

  June 2016 #2

  I catch them in September, while on vacation on the West coast.

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• saltybum Posts: 1,675 Captain

  June 2016 #3

  Buy a TFO BVK and hit the beaches now and should you break it they are FAST on the replacement.

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• Ol'DirtyCaster Posts: 2,422 Captain

  July 2016 #4

  I had a 5 fish day in February this year. 2 shorts, 2 slots and a 35", I was targeting flounder and pompano. The numbers will hang around until mid November, but I get them as bycatch all year.

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• Austins26 Posts: 1,921 Captain

  July 2016 #5

  Til they're Gone

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  member since Oct 1998 long before most of You

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• Capt Hansen Posts: 30 Deckhand

  July 2016 #6

  Get another rod and get after them. Even if it is a 50 dollar beater from a big box store. I can't imagine not having a backup rod

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• troutbom Posts: 401 Deckhand

  July 2016 #7

  What Capt Hansen said! Do it it now! Best snook bite in years.
  
  My biggest ever was 40" on a Bass Pro Hobbs Creek 6 wt for $89. My first fly rod (a gift)
  
  Good advice on TFO, I have 8 of them from 5-8 wts.( I like to keep multiple rods rigged) Good value, great warranty. The cheaper Orvis reels are decent in the Large Arbor for 8 wts and Mid arbor for 5&6 wts Rinse REAL well after salt use . TFO a little clunky, I overline mine by one line size.

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• Tgrass Posts: 204 Deckhand

  July 2016 #8

  They will be on the beaches into December for sure and most likely longer. Snook are still in spawn mode and stay that way until the water cools down and then they get back into the business of eating on a regular basis. The fall months are some of the best times to fish Snook on the beach.

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• saltydancindave Posts: 1,255 Officer

  July 2016 #9

  Until snook season comes back in ! They have a great sense when to go into the backcountry.........

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• saltybum Posts: 1,675 Captain

  July 2016 #10

  Well did you get out there yet?
  I just got back from 3 days at Anna Maria last night. After much frustration I did finally get one to commit. Most fish I saw were after the beach goers pretty well filled up the beach and water. Saw very few to none before 10:00 am which was strange. And visibility was fantastic too. Watched an over slot girl swim six feet in front of a guy 25 feet from shore. Of the over 60-70 fish I saw and cast to ( with bout every different fly I had ) I only had four or five follows and two hits and caught just this one. AND it was the last fish I saw before packing it in to come back to Merritt Island.

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• Jared D Fernandina Beach Posts: 399 Deckhand

  July 2016 #11

  Way to stick it out Saltybum. Nice one.

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• palatkacracka Posts: 107 Deckhand

  July 2016 #12

  That's killer! Pretty fish. Good to see a fellow Merritt Islander on the forum.
  
  Finally got my first snook on the fly recently, although not on the beach sight casting like I would like to.
  
  I've been strapped for cash and looking for a good deal on a rod and finally purchased a new Cabelas tlr 8 wt that I actually like a whole lot. It's not a BVK or my old Powell, but I'm only in PA school for 1.5 more years and I have my whole life to purchase good equipment.
  
  ANYWAYS I went out to one of my favorite wading flats and started blind casting an old deceiver type pattern that I got up in Maine when I was fishing for stripers. Looks kinda like a little pilchard. Cast up into an oyster bar and she slammed it! Started off barely knowing she was hooked and then took off towards the oysters. Thought she was gonna break me off but I ended up pulling her out. Stoked! 24". Crappy picture but I was shaking from the excitement and also waste deep in water avoiding being struck by lightning while trying to safely release her to go make some more!

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• FlySideliner Posts: 7 Greenhorn

  July 2016 #13

  I travel down regularly Spring and Fall and see them well into October. A friend of mine is a guide and he said last year they found them into December, which is not as common he said. I think it depends on when the winter cold front hits. More experienced people than I are on this board that can answer with more detail.

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