Mosquito Lagoon Snook Fishing Guide - Cocoa Beach Snook Fishing Guide

Indian River Lagoon Snook

Mosquito Lagoon Snook

This is the fish that everyone wants to catch. Snook are known for their top water hits, line burning runs, and down right "meanness." This great gift to our area waters is receiving the conservation attention that will protect and keep it around for a long time. A new size and bag limit has recently been put into effect. We catch Snook on the flats near mangrove islands, docks, and bridges. The best snook fishing is durning the fall and spring mullet runs.. If you're looking for some great top water action, these are the fish that you want to chase. I mean you just have to love a fish with a racing stripe.

Snook are one of the hardest hitting fish on the flats of the Indian River Lagoon. They frequent all regions of the Lagoon and you will find anglers and guides snook fishing in Cocoa Beach regions all the way south to Sebastian Inlet and Vero Beach. Snook are primarily a structure oriented species found along mangrove shorelines, docks, bridges and other partially submerged structure. Tackle selection for snook should be on a medium heavy rod either in spinning or casting ranging from 6'6" to 7'0" and a reel holding at least 300 yards of line. Snook have razor sharp gill plates that can easily slice through light line. It is preferrable to use a strong braided line such as Power Pro in the 20LBS test strength with a 24" to 36" Fluorocarbon leader material tied to the braid using a bristol knot, then the leader tied to your lure. Lure selection for these fish vary greatly from a walk-the-dog style top water lure, prop style top water, gold spoons, and various suspending lures and jerk baits will all work fine. These fish hit very hard and fast, pull hard, and are quick to try and return to there cover you caught them in which makes for some heart pounding action when you hook-up with this spectacular fish.

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