Nice bass.
Nice Atlantic
Went down to the city pier from about 11 pm - 1 am last night. The snook were popping! I haven't been out to hear that in years. Near full moon with an outgoing tide. All I could bring up was a small mangrove snapper. One of the two others out last night brought up a healthy snook. A small snook broke me off at the pier. Really nice night to be out with calm conditions and the snook alive. Makes me feel a bit better about the health of the Caloosahatchee.
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Due to the fish kill last summer and red tide this year, you may not keep snook from north of Tampa Bay south to Naples. That snook pictured above was released. This is from the FWC site:
"Snook are catch-and-release only from the Pasco/Hernando county line south through Gordon Pass in Collier County, including all waters in Hillsborough County through Aug. 31, 2020, as a proactive measure due to impacts of red tide in this area. FWC will revisit this closure in early 2020 to determine if snook may be reopened to harvest earlier.
Similar measures are in place for red drum and spotted seatrout."
Outside of that zone, the limit is one 28-33".
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