Best beach snook fishing in years

Headed for Manasota Key and found the same conditions: fairly calm Gulf of Mexico with rollers breaking on the beach. That stirred things up and made sight-fishing tough.

However, I discovered that the snook had baitfish balled up close to the beach. I'd cast around the baitfish and started catching snook. Later, I got snook over the rocks and I'd cast to them whenever I'd see them on top.

Totals for outing: 19 snook, 4 mangrove snapper.

Largest snook was 26 inches. All were more than 23. Lost one fish right at the beach that took me a good ways into the backing.

All fish were taken on D.T. Special flies.

Into the backing:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...1/DSC04019.jpg

Sardine and D.T. Special:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...1/DSC04025.jpg

Mangrove snapper:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...1/DSC04018.jpg

Typical beach snook:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...1/DSC03935.jpg

Good pics, sound like you're having a great time. WTG