Snook Florida style

First fish said 50lbs err In my neck of the woods, this is my biggest snook ever
Fish number 2 was only 37 lbs but worthy, she was longer than the 1st fish. Only 2 fish this day but glad to go

Look at the belly on that thing!

Yeah both were robust!

Beauties. They sure fight hard.

I want to catch some snook.

Had to be in Florida. That's a beast.

Didn't know they came in that size...Wow!

you're killin me.

Awesome fish..!!!

Do people eat snook? I've only caught two and throw them back.

I rarely ate them preferring to catch and release but of those I did, they are great! Like many species of fish, the quality of water they live in has an influence on taste. With only a 6 month season to harvest a snook and both a lower and upper limit on what can be kept, only an avid snook fisherman can count on eating them regularly as they can't be bought or sold legally.

If you like crappie, you will like snook.

Those are beauties! What did you catch them on? I don't mind gps coordinates either.

That's the fattest snook I have ever seen.

That's a hell of a Snook! I've caught some monsters myself at the Lake Worth Spillway, not sure where you are at ... Looks like Jupiter maybe. There is a smaller species of Snook we also used to catch at the spillway, we called them Cuban Snook but I think the correct name is a Tarpon Snook. Those are the ones we ate. At that time there were no limits on the Cuban Snook... back in the late 80's. I won't bore you with the story but I've caught 50# Snook before and I really do believe I lost a Record book Snook at the spillway while trying to pull the fish into the boat. I really could have used a gaff that day

Florida record is 44 lbs ,
Just saying

MO

Excellent table fare. Great for serviche.

well then I broke that record twice. When I was a young teen in the 80's I never thought about what the record might be.

yeah, hogs.

Man, i wish we had monster snook in Texas.

Great catches for sure. Id have to mount that monster snook.

"Man, i wish we had monster snook in Texas."
We do. They're just smaller than monster snook in Florida...... Actually, the Texas record is 57.2 lbs. The Florida record is only 2.6 lbs. larger.

The problem is that snook don't thrive here like they do in Florida, and the very southern tip if the Texas coast is the only area that comes close to consistent fishing for for them.

I lived in south florida for 25 years and fished hard for snook year round and never saw one as fat as the one in first photo. My guess would be that you caught it somewhere between Stuart and Melbourne. Biggest one I ever caught was 44 inches and 27 lbs off Anglin fishing pier late 80s.

That first fish is a football with a tail. Very nice!!

East coast inlet female snook-- you won't find em on the gulf side..

Gotta come down and do it Texas Style with me.

Super nice snook