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RE: Dock Light Snook

slayin' snook17 — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:38:21 GMT

maybe a jig. if u cast around the edge of the light the fish cant examine the bait as much.

RE: Dock Light Snook

snookcatcher17 — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:17:37 GMT

I would say try a 3 inch DOA shrimp and throw it up current and let it drift back natrual don't move it just let it go free this is a good tip to try if they still want hit it just twich it a little.if the current is to fast or storng i would say put on and 1/2 ounce to an ounce which is better and put the shrimp on it and try that one of the should work.tight lines!

RE: Dock Light Snook

newsmyrnaslayer — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:25:22 GMT

Thanks. I'm going out again tonight so hopefully you'll see some pictures. I'd like to get some pilchards, but I can't ever find them. Everything but them.

RE: Dock Light Snook

sweetlight_photo — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:58:26 GMT

I still find HUGE shrimp are the best choice if you are using bait.

Don't always assume that the strike zone is directly in the light. Years of fishing the bridges and docks in the area you are talking about has taught me that. Here is my technique, maybe you can get some use out of it.

#1) No swivels, just your knot of choice between your main line and shock leader, I use a knot called a "cove knot" or "water knot" taught to me a long time ago by a guide. It has never failed me and it leaves just enough of a knot so I can put an egg sinker above it and it won't pass over. Use an egg sinker just big enough to barely pin to the bottom and about 3 feet of flourocarbon. That will let those big shrimp swim up off of the bottom a bit.

#2) I always start directly in the brightest light. No bites leads me to the perimeter of the light. I keep a log of all my trips and my largest fish have come from just outside the halo of light, especially around bridge pilings. I rarely change bait depth so if I strike out on the pilings with the bright lights I then move to the green and red lighted pilings and sometimes those are holding a lot of fish. If at last nothing I move to the inside of the bridge pilings of the brightly lit one and fish the dark shadows there. Sometimes those big fish I believe sit in that shadow line towards the light and actually run through the boards to attack the bait. Just be patient, don't give up too soon but don't stay too long with no bites. One thing I do a lot if I am not getting bites is pick the weight up about three feet and drop it again, about every minute, letting the bait fall back with the tide again.

Hope this helps.

RE: Dock Light Snook

TBC — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:26:44 GMT

[quote][b]EsteroBayslayer (5/5/2008)[/b] If I were to make a suggestion it would be this, stay as far from the light as possible but close enough that u can get a good cast right up current so the shrimp floats over the lighted area.[/quote]
That's key, IMO... also try skipping the skrimp right into the strike zone.

RE: Dock Light Snook

Ed_Sutton — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:07:02 GMT

how about a small pilchard i garantee a snook trust me just look at my report all fish were caught on pilchards

RE: Dock Light Snook

EsteroBayslayer — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:02:25 GMT

What u r doin is like the perfect rig 4 snook on the light. I would actualy suggest like a 1/0 hook with the shrimp. Because the shrimp like to be on top of the water collum snook see their sillouhet (silowett?) and come up and slap it. But, with a bigger hook it sinks the shrimp to the bottom and that is just a free meal for the snappers. If I were to make a suggestion it would be this, stay as far from the light as possible but close enough that u can get a good cast right up current so the shrimp floats over the lighted area. A good time to use the power pole. If no power pole than a trolling moter.

Dock Light Snook

newsmyrnaslayer — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:49:51 GMT

I fish in the New Smyrna area, and I usually fish the dock lights on the South side of Chicken Island but I can't hook up to anything other than trout, and the occasional blue or jack. I'm free lining live large shrimp in the current right by the light. Sometimes the current is really strong, does it help to get my baits down farther?