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You know if those were catfish he wouldn't be crying.
That snook looks like a monster. Fishing in TX we rarely if ever see any. Yours is probably one of the bigger ones I've ever seen. Congrats.
I'll bet those chicken dolphins (mahi) were tasty also.
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Stoney and Afterum, NICE fish guys.
The naysayer has not a clue about Florida's bass population. Once LA/Tx had a great reputation for Toledo Bend, alot of that success was FLA bass. No doubt Fl has the habitat to product a great quantity and quality of great Largemouth.
Grew up eating alot of them from Toledo Bend, great eating.
Stoney, let me know when you want to go fishing, I will come down there an buy you a beer bud!
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You fishing the bass down south exclusively, or do you get up into the central lakes as well? Tom - that's a nice snook, nobody'd be disappointed with her, but she's not pushing 30 lbs.  Beautiful dolphin and it's been a while since I've seen a 'hoo that nice. Used to see alot more when I lived on the east coast. The gulf side just ain't the same for bluewater.  But, the inshore layout does a pretty good job of compensating.  Anyway, nice fish, man! Best - Andy
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Andy, your correct about the Snook. I have caught some whoppers though! I bet you have caught some nice Redfish & Tarpon? Any pics?
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Yeah, that's the benefit of the west side. More redfish up and down the coast and more accessible tarpon! I was born and raised in Ft Pierce, my dad was born and raised in West Palm. East coast was all I knew for a long time, but after moving over here after college, I got used to the differences pretty quick.  Still, given the choice, I'd rather fish snook and trout back home in FP. The numbers are the same, but the average size is a bit larger. I guide over here, but my folks still live in FP, so I run trips for big snook over there from time to time for some of my long-time regulars. Pictures? Yeah, I got a few pictures. I'll have to get them into photobucket before I can get them in here, though. I'll try to get you a few to peek at by this evening. Best - Andy
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Ive seen my buddies pull HUGE Snook out of the Palm beach inlet and the Lake Worth spillway can be awesome after a good rain also. That particular Snook was caught in Flamingo using a MirrOlure 52.
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Excellent Andy! Seems you know your way around South Florida very well. Yes Flamingo is top notch for backwater fishing.
Thank you for posting your pics, Stoney
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starting to get some nice size snook down here. especially since packery channel was opened up a few years back
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I kinda like big Bluegills!!! These aren't all that big, however, they sure did taste good. ![[Linked Image]](http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/rudycu/DSCN0269.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/rudycu/DSCN0005.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/rudycu/DSCN0058.jpg) rudyc
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starting to get some nice size snook down here. especially since packery channel was opened up a few years back STX - I'm currently looking to line up a trip on Baffin around Feb/Mar. Are you from that area?
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What do you do with those bass, you can't eat the dang things?
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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i'm in corpus. fished Baffin back in the early 70s when i was a kid with my dad, lived in kingsville then. use to catch literally boat loads of specks and reds back then. best place to catch trophy size specs
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going to have a get together in June and fish the padre island national seashore. anyone wanting to come down and fish let me know.
God bless Texas-----------------------
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Aaaaahhh, Flamingo. One of my top 5 favorite destinations! Couple of the snook below came from Flamingo. As for PB inlet, sounds about right. Ft Pierce, St Lucie and Jupiter, all three are slam full of BIG snook if you know how, when, and where. I'll post a few more of tarpon and reds. Best - Andy Man that's the truth .......... heading out Jupiter Inlet tomorrow to drop some lines with the boys while everyone else is opening presents!
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I just read this post. I can not believe that so many folks came down on Blackdog for his, "not cool to kill bass, comment". Mayhap because it is a saltwater forum. Eat everything you catch. Do any watch bass fishing programs on TV? No one eats bass on there. They catch and release. The fresh water eaters are perch/bluegill/brim, crappie, walleye, and catfish.
I fished Toledo Bend Reservoir, TX in it's 1970's heyday. Guides would clean about 35 bass a day per boat. We brought home coolers of breadsacks full of fillets. Most of you aren't familiar with the name of that huge lake because of it.
I won't get down on folks for catching and eating. But I agree that it ain't cool to eat bass. I believe that the folks in those pics will be practicing catch and release on bass, someday. Life is good.
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Maybe you eat everything you catch in saltwater in KS, but not in FL.  Most of the fish in the pictures I posted were too large to keep under the regulations, and the snook in particular, I'd have released anyway. To each their own, but I'm not coming down on anybody as long as the resource is plentiful. If it's not, that's a whole different story. In this case, it is. Do we stop shooting bucks because they're so "big and majestic" on a plot of land that's loaded with them?
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I just read this post. I can not believe that so many folks came down on Blackdog for his, "not cool to kill bass, comment". Mayhap because it is a saltwater forum. Eat everything you catch. Do any watch bass fishing programs on TV? No one eats bass on there. They catch and release. The fresh water eaters are perch/bluegill/brim, crappie, walleye, and catfish.
I fished Toledo Bend Reservoir, TX in it's 1970's heyday. Guides would clean about 35 bass a day per boat. We brought home coolers of breadsacks full of fillets. Most of you aren't familiar with the name of that huge lake because of it.
I won't get down on folks for catching and eating. But I agree that it ain't cool to eat bass. I believe that the folks in those pics will be practicing catch and release on bass, someday. Life is good. OK. It's fine to eat some fish, but not others. Glad we got that straightened out.
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Just so crybaby can be happy, be it known that I will be going to Florida and being a vegetarian, all my fish will be catch and release so it's OK if slg888 ate my share.
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