Thanks again for this video, just got back from my little trip to SWFL, I'd never caught a snook before but used the tips from this video and ended up catching 7 just by walking along the beach. THANK YOU
This past month my dad and fam and I went to the beach and while I was rigging up, my dad threw out a slam shady with a red jog head and first cast got a snook 😂😂👍🏼
One of my favorite pastimes for summer is flyfishing for snook off the beach! Especially when the wind and waves are favorable. I use a 2 inch all white fly on a floating line and 25# tippet. I just vary the sink rate of the eyes as to the area I am fishing.
couldn’t agree more on those bait choices guys!! Will be in Sanibel all next week. It’s been 3 yrs so can’t wait! Biggest so far is 37” on 3” minnowz with 1/8 head. Love the 1/4 oz bucktail too. God bless and tight lines!
Good video/discussion. However,bait size (4-inch or smaller like mentioned) is solely a numbers thing IMO on the Gulf side... I've seen some giant beach snook inhale ladyfish over 14 inches along the beaches. The same goes with the needle-fish/ballyhoo,mullet,lizardfish & catfish... Snook will eat em all.
Hey guys, thank you for these useful tips!!!! I have some questions: 1) why do you only white color? 2) which others color works on the beaches? What about artificial shrimps and respectively colors and size? Thank you in advance Buddies!!!!!
Great question! Make sure to ask this over on the actual blog or in the Community (www.saltstrong.com/) where the coaches spend their time. The blog can be found here: bit.ly/2RU6upf
I'm a northern bass and musky fisherman. Heading down to the port charolette area and venice FL area to fish with dad. Hes in North Port, so were trying to figure out some spots to hit. What reel size are you guys using? Is a Daiwa BG 3500 (Readily available... Other sizes backordered right now) good? Would 20lb braid hurt ? It'd take a lot of 10lb to fill that spool. Since I dont live down there, Id like to start with a 1 rod 1 reel setup to handle beach and jetty and maybe bridge fishing. Targeting snook and maybe heavy duty enough to handle whatever else might bite. Looking for rod recommendations as well. Thanks much!
Great question! Make sure to ask this over on the actual blog or in the Community (www.saltstrong.com/) where the coaches spend their time. The blog can be found here: bit.ly/2RU6upf
What should I do if it’s a snook and it is just not stopping and every time I cast a live bait on it, they will just zig zag around it even if I lead by 15 feet
Try going down to 20 lb test on your leader,,, if they are still not taking it and it's live bait, it just means they are not eating. Not a whole lot you can do about that,, but that's the nature of a snook. If they are not eating you can bounce a shrimp off their nose and they will just look at it.
@@andrewwise6458 , . . . IF I JUST WALK OVER TO A BEACH ( FL ) THIS MONTH THERE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE SNOOK AROUND ? . . . . I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY SNOOK OUT THERE . . . . . ( EARLY MORNING AND LIVE GOGGLE EYES / PILCHARDS FOR BAIT AS AN EXAMPLE ) . . . . .
Hey go figure every bait they recommend is something they sell or are sponsored by. If you want to catch snook on the beach use a NLBN swimbait, Rapala XRap 10 caught my 43” snook off the beach with it and Spooltek lures and spooks and you are set
We don't only use or sell our Salt Strong baits. And we aren't sponsored by any bait or lure companies. Check out our website and you'll see plenty of articles talking about other lures and baits.
They should be all along Honeymoon & Caladesi. What time of day have you been fishing? 6AM to 8/9AM is really the best time of day as long as the tides are right (moving). If you have multiple people with you try spreading out (100 yards apart) and being very quiet and slowly cover water. Do not even walk close enough to get your feet wet. Soft casts from several feet back or so from the waterline (just so you can see 4 or 5 feet out) . They're typically very shallow and will spook easy from people walking by or even birds along the shoreline. They'll dart in and out and zig-zag along the beach while feeding. Throw very light jigheads like 1/8th oz (white is a good color) if you are throwing plastics like gulp jerkshads or the z-man jerkshadz in either slamshady color or pearl. Also try to keep your line tight but vertical when working the bait(rod tip very high). You want your line almost straight up and down (nearly vertical) near the bait when fishing that shallow and clear. When it lays diagonal in the water the snook can sense it much better and will not eat most of the time. Also a lot of folks will use 30lb leader. However,if you are hellbent of hooking up , try going to 17lb or 20lb (berkley vanish affordable line). If you do go that light after every fish you'll want to re-tie. Ligher leader you'll get more bites but the chance of a fish rubbing through is much greater. Good luck!
What is the length of the leader overall ? 30# and 20# - 10lb Braid? Thanks - In Marco - I have caught snook on the beach with a shrimp on the tail end. Awesome video and discussion
6 foot to 3 foot. If you can getaway(have a long enough rod) with throwing a 6 foot leader then do it. You'll re-tie often if you are hooking up with fish and eventually your leader will keep getting shorter. I usually start the day with 5 to 6 foot long leaders depending on the rod I'm using. But I never use anything less than 3 foot when tied to braid.
Interesting...almost every article I've read has said that outgoing tide is better for both bridge and beach fishing for snook. What I've read is that on outgoing tide lots of bait gets pulled from the backwaters and inlets. I've literally ignored incoming tides for the past month 🤦.
I mean I’ve lived in Florida and fished Florida my whole life, outgoing tide is 100% better then incoming but a Incoming tide is still good. Ask any real captain
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Thanks again for this video, just got back from my little trip to SWFL, I'd never caught a snook before but used the tips from this video and ended up catching 7 just by walking along the beach.
THANK YOU
This past month my dad and fam and I went to the beach and while I was rigging up, my dad threw out a slam shady with a red jog head and first cast got a snook 😂😂👍🏼
One of my favorite pastimes for summer is flyfishing for snook off the beach! Especially when the wind and waves are favorable. I use a 2 inch all white fly on a floating line and 25# tippet. I just vary the sink rate of the eyes as to the area I am fishing.
couldn’t agree more on those bait choices guys!! Will be in Sanibel all next week. It’s been 3 yrs so can’t wait! Biggest so far is 37” on 3” minnowz with 1/8 head. Love the 1/4 oz bucktail too. God bless and tight lines!
We hope you had a great trip!
@@Saltstrong thanks, yep fun trip. No giants, but did caught 6-7 snook each morning. 👍
This was a fantastic video, on the way to captiva now and I’m super excited to employ these techniques!!
Can you fish this style in the spring? Or are they deeper?
Good video/discussion. However,bait size (4-inch or smaller like mentioned) is solely a numbers thing IMO on the Gulf side... I've seen some giant beach snook inhale ladyfish over 14 inches along the beaches. The same goes with the needle-fish/ballyhoo,mullet,lizardfish & catfish... Snook will eat em all.
Currently 5:30 am in west palm beach fl, waiting for sunrise, looks choppy, but about to go for it
Hope it is a great day!
Great video, vacationing on Palm Island next week, hoping to put these tips to use!
Coming to sebastian Florida from the 28th -5th. Hoping for alot of big fish. Shark, snook, tarpon are bucket list fish
Check out Joey Antonelli RUclips channel. Sebastian is his backyard and he has several how to videos for Snook and tarpon and redfish
I wish you would start doing catch clean and cook's especially with snook, triple tail and all the good tasting fish
Thanks for the suggestion. We'll pass it along.
Love catch tarpon off the beach come September
Hey guys, thank you for these useful tips!!!! I have some questions:
1) why do you only white color?
2) which others color works on the beaches?
What about artificial shrimps and respectively colors and size?
Thank you in advance Buddies!!!!!
Great question! Make sure to ask this over on the actual blog or in the Community (www.saltstrong.com/) where the coaches spend their time. The blog can be found here:
bit.ly/2RU6upf
I'm on the east coast. We SELDOM ever see the water calm enough to identify bait size. Any ideas?
Cast net some if u can
Just throw a 3 1/2" slam shady around,,, if they are in there and they are feeding, they will hit it.
I'm a northern bass and musky fisherman. Heading down to the port charolette area and venice FL area to fish with dad. Hes in North Port, so were trying to figure out some spots to hit. What reel size are you guys using? Is a Daiwa BG 3500 (Readily available... Other sizes backordered right now) good? Would 20lb braid hurt ? It'd take a lot of 10lb to fill that spool. Since I dont live down there, Id like to start with a 1 rod 1 reel setup to handle beach and jetty and maybe bridge fishing. Targeting snook and maybe heavy duty enough to handle whatever else might bite. Looking for rod recommendations as well. Thanks much!
That’s how I like to fish!
👍
Thx
No problem
Can u guys do stuff on fly fishing too!?
Great question! Make sure to ask this over on the actual blog or in the Community (www.saltstrong.com/) where the coaches spend their time. The blog can be found here:
bit.ly/2RU6upf
What should I do if it’s a snook and it is just not stopping and every time I cast a live bait on it, they will just zig zag around it even if I lead by 15 feet
Try going down to 20 lb test on your leader,,, if they are still not taking it and it's live bait, it just means they are not eating. Not a whole lot you can do about that,, but that's the nature of a snook. If they are not eating you can bounce a shrimp off their nose and they will just look at it.
@@andrewwise6458 thanks dude I’ll try that next time,
@@andrewwise6458 , . . . IF I JUST WALK OVER TO A BEACH ( FL ) THIS MONTH THERE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE SNOOK AROUND ? . . . . I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY SNOOK OUT THERE . . . . . ( EARLY MORNING AND LIVE GOGGLE EYES / PILCHARDS FOR BAIT AS AN EXAMPLE ) . . . . .
I am going beach fishing at the Jupiter Reef Club for a week (vacation) starting the 26th this month.. I am happy this video came out!
Hey go figure every bait they recommend is something they sell or are sponsored by. If you want to catch snook on the beach use a NLBN swimbait, Rapala XRap 10 caught my 43” snook off the beach with it and Spooltek lures and spooks and you are set
We don't only use or sell our Salt Strong baits. And we aren't sponsored by any bait or lure companies. Check out our website and you'll see plenty of articles talking about other lures and baits.
All I catch is ladyfish from the beach lol
Snook candy
Noice
Me and my kiddos have been trying to find them on honeymoon. Haven't went farther south due to the red tide. Still haven't hooked up.
They should be all along Honeymoon & Caladesi. What time of day have you been fishing? 6AM to 8/9AM is really the best time of day as long as the tides are right (moving). If you have multiple people with you try spreading out (100 yards apart) and being very quiet and slowly cover water. Do not even walk close enough to get your feet wet. Soft casts from several feet back or so from the waterline (just so you can see 4 or 5 feet out) . They're typically very shallow and will spook easy from people walking by or even birds along the shoreline.
They'll dart in and out and zig-zag along the beach while feeding. Throw very light jigheads like 1/8th oz (white is a good color) if you are throwing plastics like gulp jerkshads or the z-man jerkshadz in either slamshady color or pearl. Also try to keep your line tight but vertical when working the bait(rod tip very high). You want your line almost straight up and down (nearly vertical) near the bait when fishing that shallow and clear. When it lays diagonal in the water the snook can sense it much better and will not eat most of the time. Also a lot of folks will use 30lb leader. However,if you are hellbent of hooking up , try going to 17lb or 20lb (berkley vanish affordable line). If you do go that light after every fish you'll want to re-tie. Ligher leader you'll get more bites but the chance of a fish rubbing through is much greater. Good luck!
Great video.
That white Aquadream spoon is one of my favorite artificial beach baits for snook.
Great video/info guys...good stuff! 🐟
What is the length of the leader overall ? 30# and 20# - 10lb Braid? Thanks - In Marco - I have caught snook on the beach with a shrimp on the tail end. Awesome video and discussion
6 foot to 3 foot. If you can getaway(have a long enough rod) with throwing a 6 foot leader then do it. You'll re-tie often if you are hooking up with fish and eventually your leader will keep getting shorter. I usually start the day with 5 to 6 foot long leaders depending on the rod I'm using. But I never use anything less than 3 foot when tied to braid.
@@emanfishing 👍 thanks
Interesting...almost every article I've read has said that outgoing tide is better for both bridge and beach fishing for snook. What I've read is that on outgoing tide lots of bait gets pulled from the backwaters and inlets. I've literally ignored incoming tides for the past month 🤦.
I mean I’ve lived in Florida and fished Florida my whole life, outgoing tide is 100% better then incoming but a Incoming tide is still good. Ask any real captain
Thanks guys I can fish and I either agreed with you guys or learned something, very educational
Thanks!
Aren't snook out of season during the summer? Or does that not apply to beach fishing?
you can catch em all day? just cant keep em
Great video guys
Thanks so much!