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Shrimper in Louisiana (Empire) caught a snook..
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:29 am
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:29 am
I don’t think I have ever heard of one being caught in Louisiana…..
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Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:38 am to rsbd
I may be remembering this wrong, but I thought a kid in Baldwin County, Alabama caught one recently.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 11:02 am to SloaneRanger
Yep
Posted on 1/4/25 at 1:04 pm to rsbd
Many years ago somewhere around late 90's-early 2000, my dad caught one off the coast of MS. We had no clue what it was at the time. Was watching one of those fishing shows later and the guy caught a snook in FL.
Did some digging and it turns out that they used to be quite common along the N gulf coast. I guess all of the net fishing either wiped them out or drove them south.
Did some digging and it turns out that they used to be quite common along the N gulf coast. I guess all of the net fishing either wiped them out or drove them south.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 2:31 pm to rsbd
I was surprised to learn that people fish for tarpon in Lake Pontchartrain.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 5:22 pm to BobABooey
quote:for a longtime the state record was from lake P.
I was surprised to learn that people fish for tarpon in Lake Pontchartrain.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 5:25 pm to DownHome
Did some digging and it turns out that they used to be quite common along the N gulf coast. I guess all of the net fishing either wiped them out or drove them south.
I don’t think it was the nets and I don’t think they were ever that common on N gulf coast
I don’t think it was the nets and I don’t think they were ever that common on N gulf coast
Posted on 1/4/25 at 5:27 pm to choupiquesushi
Global warming musta got them.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 5:30 pm to choupiquesushi
You ever tasted one? Eat one and then you’ll know why they disappeared.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 5:34 pm to WeagleEagle
Maybe changes I. Estuaries heck bull croakers are rare now
Posted on 1/4/25 at 5:36 pm to choupiquesushi
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bull croakers are rare now
That’s because there are no croaker excluder devices on shrimp boats.
This post was edited on 1/4/25 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:11 pm to Bama and Beer
quote:
I may be remembering this wrong, but I thought a kid in Baldwin County, Alabama caught one recently.
Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co. Alabama.
Checks out.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 12:19 am to SloaneRanger
quote:there are a ton of snook in Alabama. You can go out and successfully target them.
I may be remembering this wrong, but I thought a kid in Baldwin County, Alabama caught one recently.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 6:15 pm to lion
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there are a ton of snook in Alabama. You can go out and successfully target them.
I’m not sure if serious. They are extremely rare in the Florida panhandle, I’m fairly certain the cold kills them off and they don’t really migrate like tarpon as far as I know.
As far as Florida goes, snook aren’t really found very far north of Tampa.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 7:11 pm to baldona
Yeah anytime central to southern Florida has a bad cold snap they have fish kills. Snook can’t take very cold water temps. So much fun to catch though. Did a night time charter out of Venice FL using live shrimp and caught a bunch of small ones.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 7:35 pm to lion
quote:
there are a ton of snook in Alabama.
Not arguing with you, but this doesn’t seem right.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:46 pm to SloaneRanger
quote:they’re all in the river systems east of the bay. My brother lives there and he and the local guides fish for them all the time
Not arguing with you, but this doesn’t seem right.
They’re purposely not putting everything on social media, but have been doing a lot of work with the state marine resources
This post was edited on 1/5/25 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 1/6/25 at 7:27 am to lion
This has not always been the case and they have just recently (last two years) seen an increase in catches.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 11:28 am to lion
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they’re all in the river systems east of the bay. My brother lives there and he and the local guides fish for them all the time
They’re purposely not putting everything on social media, but have been doing a lot of work with the state marine resources
Interesting. A friend of mine just caught a bone fish off the beach this fall outside of Destin, a very rare catch.
I've only heard of 2-3 snook caught in the florida panhandle. Most of our Creeks and rivers are spring fed, so fairly constant temp year round.
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