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Snook On Foot

Southeast Florida hotspot awash with linesider action

Snook On Foot
This 38-inch beauty rekindled the author's passion for snook fishing. (David A. Brown photo)

Since the devastating freeze that gripped Florida in January 2010, I haven't paid a lot of attention to snook on the state's Gulf Coast. Admittedly, I'd kinda forgotten how much fun these fish can be, but a recent visit to a true inshore gem on the peninsula's opposite side renewed my zeal for the pin-striped rod-benders.

Florida's premier inshore gamefish is far from absent on the west side, but numbers are still down, harvest remains – rightfully – closed and rounding up a day's worth of decent action is still speculative in many formerly productive areas. Not so in Jensen Beach. During a morning of wade fishing...

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