Catching the Tampa Bay Grand Slam with Captain Mike Davis out of Bradenton, Fl
WES WTH A NICE SNOOK HE CAUGHT USING ARTIFICIAL BAIT. "NICE WORK BUD".
CAPT. DANNY PREPARING TO RELEASE A 20 POUNDER !!
SHE ATE A "SUPER SPOOK". TALK ABOUT "KABOOM".
MICHEAL CAUGHT THIS 22 LB. SNOOK THIS A.M. USING A HEDDON SUPER SPOOK. "NOT BAD FOR A BOY FROM THE HILLS OF VIRGINIA"!! GREAT WORK MICHEAL.....
"NO OIL HERE"!!!!
LEFT THE HOUSE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO CATCH BAIT, "TOOK SOME GEAR WITH ME INCASE I SAW FISH, "GOT HOME @ 5:AM AFTER ONE HECK OF A NIGHT", 16 SNOOK, 3 TARPON AND NUMOROUS HITS AND MISSES, ALL ON ARTIFICIAL BAITS, RE:HEDDON SUPER SPOOK AND THE SWEET WATER CHUB BY JDC BAITS. NONE OF THE FISH LANDED WE BIG BUT I DID HAVE FEW CRASHES ON THE SUPER SPOOK WITH SNOOKZILLA. I CANT COUNT HOW MANY JUVENILE TARPONS I HOOKED UP WITH USING THE CHUB. I CHASED THE TIDE FROM BRIDGE TO BRIDGE TO CATCH THE LAST HOUR OR SO OF THE OUTGOING @ EACH ONE. "MAJOR PAY OFF", BUT STILL NEED SLEEP, "GOOD NIGHT ALL".... CDB
LAKE WORTH LAGOON, G.LOOMIS/SHIMANO/POWER PRO LINE AND A YUM MONIE MINNOW "THE PERFECT COMBINATION" !!
IT'S NOT EVERYDAY THAT YOU GET A CHANCE TO FISH WITH THREE GUYS NAMED "MIKE" AT THE SAME TIME. TO TOP THAT OFF THEY WERE FAMILY!!! "YEP", GRAMPS, DAD AND SON. NEITHER OF THEM HAD EVER CAUGHT A SNOOK BEFORE SO I WAS PUT TO THE TASK!! DO TO THE COLD WINTER THE BAIT HAS NOT YET SHOWN HERE IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS SO I GRABBED A COUPLE DOZEN LIVE SHRIMP AT THE LOCAL SHOP AND HEADED FOR THE BOAT RAMP. ONCE WE WERE ON THE WATER THE SON LIFTED THE BAIT WELL LID AND GASPED. "WERE IS THE BAIT"?, HE ASKED. I LOOKED AT HIM AND POINTED TOWARD THE 5 GALLON BUCKET WITH THE SHRIMP IN IT. "ALL THREE OF THEM LOOKED AT ME AS IF I WERE SOME KIND OF "SCAMMING SKIPPER", YOU KNOW , THE CAPT.WHO COULD GIVE A S--T IF YOUCATCH FISH OR NOT. "NO WORRY", I TOLD THEM , "WE PROBABLY WONT NEED THE SHRIMP EITHER"!! THEY WERE SPEACHLESS. I RAN THEM TO A BRIDGE I HAD BEEN SPANKING THE SNOOK @ FOR THE LAST FOUR DAYS WITH ARTIFICIALS AND GAVE THEM A QUICK RUN DOWN ON THROWING HARD BAITS RE: BOMBER 17A LONG A MAGNUM....... THE THREESOME TOPPED OUT AT 17 SNOOK BY THE END OF THE TRIP AND EACH HAD CAUGHT HIS "FIRST EVER SNOOK" USING A FAKE BAIT!!,,,,,,,,,, THEY WERE EXSTATIC AT THE END OF THE NIGHT AND SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW FUN FISHING WITH ARIFICIAL BAITS COULD BE.,,,,,,, "IT'S ALL ABOUT THE THRILL OF THE HUNT"!!!! THE NEXT THREE PICS TELL THE TAIL!!
Nice SW FL snook caught on 4-9-10 in Matlacha (Mat-La-Shay) Florida