How do you catch a snook at a spillway?

At spillways, the snook tend to be down deep because spillways open from the bottom, like garage doors. As baitfish are flushed through the spillway, snook are there waiting for them. To get our herring to swim down, Winchel hooked them in the throat. Then he cast them as close to the spillway as possible.

What lure is best for snook?

The best baits for snook fishing are shrimp, finger mullet and pin fish for any water depths. The best lures for snook are 3 inch and 5 inch white paddle tails with an 1/8 ounce jig head in shallow water and a 1 1/2 ounce flair hawk jig for deeper water fishing scenarios.

What is the best tide to fish for snook?

Best Tides for Snook Moore’s favorite tide to fish is the beginning of an incoming tide. During low tide, the fish are more concentrated in the deeper channels, because there’s not enough water for them up on the flats. As the tide comes in, snook leave the channels to cruise the flats and mangrove shorelines for food.

What is a spillway used for?

Spillways are structures that either form part of a dam, or are found just beside one. They are used, when a reservoir is full, to pass floodwater safely, and in a controlled way, over a dam, around it or through it. Next time you visit a dam, look for its spillway.

Do snook hit spoons?

The Johnson Spoon is another legendary lure that always works to catch Snook. It’s simplicity makes it a great bait to use if you’re unaware of the location of the fish. Throw it out all over the water and see what strikes.

Should you fish the incoming or outgoing tide?

An incoming tide, or rising tide, is considered one of the best fishing tide times. Water that enters an estuary area from the ocean can have a lower temperature, contain more oxygen, and have better clarity than the water that exists in the estuary during low tide or slack water periods.

What is the best time to fish for snook in Florida?

You will find Snook in warm waters, almost exclusively. They can’t stand the cold and avoid it at all cost. So the best time to fish for them is from spring to early fall when the waters are warm.

Are snook bottom feeders?

Snook are very efficient “up-feeders” but that underslung jaw is designed for pinning prey to the bottom, too. If you sight cast for snook on the flats or in the surf, how often do you see big specimens swimming right at the surface? Probably not often, unless there is a surface feeding frenzy.

Is a 30 inch snook big?

These snook species do not get very big. A large fat snook might get up to 28 inches but the ones that you will most likely catch are 10 or 12 inches long. Fat snook are small and girthy.

How deep is a spillway?

The spillways are located 27 feet below the top of the dam, one on each side of the dam. Any water getting up that high will go into the spillways then into tunnels 50 feet in diameter, and 600 feet long which are inclined at a steep angle and connect to two of the original diversion tunnels.

How do fish get in spillways?

Oxygen. Waterfalls and the resulting splashes help to dissolve Oxygen in the outflow. Some fish are more tolerant of low oxygen than others. As long as the water is cool and oxygenated, any resident fish potentially could be found below the dam in the spillway pool.

Do Snooks eat off bottom?

They set up shop where current brings food their way, particularly around structure that provides refuge from snook predators. The biggest snook of all feed near the bottom in passes and inlets from May until October.

How long before high tide should I start fishing?

According to one of the biggest authorities in the angling world, Ken Schultz, the general rule is to fish: The rising tide an hour or so before the high tide, and. The falling tide an hour or so after the high tide.