Slot Snook Size

One of the most sought after inshore gamefish in Florida waters, the snook is an aggressive fish that puts up a strong fight. Snook are great to eat, which makes a successful day chasing them even more rewarding. These fish eat crustaceans as well as baitfish, so we target them with a wide variety of live baits, lures and flies. Snook like to hang out around structure like docks, bridge pilings and seawalls, where they ambush their prey as it moves by with the tide. Snook also feed in the open flats, where topwater lures like the Rapala Skitterwalk, Heddon Zara Spook and MirrOlure Top Dog are the preferred offerings. Soft plastics like the Bass Assassin Sea Shad in Drunk Monkey or Space Guppy colors. Although snook can be caught all year long on the Treasure Coast, the months from April through November are best. There are four species of snook caught here on the Treasure Coast (common snook, fat snook, tarpon snook and swordspine snook), and only the common snook regularly reaches the legal slot size for harvest. On the east coast of Florida, snook have a slot size of 28 to 32 inches and a 1 fish per angler bag limit. Open season for keeping snook is February 1 through May 31, and September 1 through December 14.