I was pleased with my decision cause soon I had some hits. Turned out to be ladyfish but thats ok with me. A while later after toying with the ladies I threw to a disturbance in the water and was rewarded with an immediate hookup and a good fight. It fought like a red... down and dirty head in the weeds. As I was getting it boatside it threw the hooks (or so i thought) ok it sucks but no problem. I got to hear the drag scream and feel some serious pull.
For a lil while longer all I did was play with ladyfish until I cast at a pothole and once again was rewarded with an immediate hit. You should have seen the water erupt. Once again the drag lets out a loud scream for a few seconds and then a massive head (looked very snooky) comes out of the water and justs pulls away from me and my lure. My buddy is making fun of me for my inability to hook fish. Well upon closer inspection....
Both sets of trebles were straigtened out... No wonder I wasn't able to keep that snook on.
We have a lil more fun at this spot but finally decided that it was time to move on. We hit some dock lights without any luck so we head for the pass. Due to the effects of redtide we hadn't fished here in 2 years. Last summer there was nothing in the pass but death and since then its been an empty spot. We get there and work the bridge for a while with a couple hookups and spit hooks but with the current it was hard to keep a bait in position so we headed over to the beach along the pass.
I decided at this point to throw some pinfish. I hoist a pin right up close to the beach and immediately get the rewarding feeling of a smack... No hookup but at least there is life... Soon after the next cast I hookup and after a short fight I land a nice lil snook. The fish is quickly released and another pin is thrown to shore.. Once again I am rewarded with a hit and some drag being pulled... I have my buddy get the camera so I can have a photo to remember the fun. Its a fun lil fight with some nice runs and high jumps. I soon land this nice lil snook...
The rest of the night we catch some more snook of various sizes... bigger and smaller.. A few spit hooks on bigger fish and also a bunch more ladyfish thrown into the mix.
Once the tide started to come back in the bite died so we called it a night and came home.
All i can say is i am very happy to have had this night since it is strong evidence (in my mind) that the fish population is recovering from the red death last year. its not back to par but making a recovery...
I lost a Big Red on one once and been changing the hooks ever since. I may even start going to single or just stop useing them all together because the trbles are more trouble then they are worth. 