How To Catch Snook Around Bridges, Where and When to Fish
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2017
- This video will teach you how to fish for snook near bridges, including details on where and when to fish, rigging and the best lure to fish with. I catch big snook with lures at night by fishing certain areas of bridges.
Here are the things you will learn from this Snook Zone video:
1. What the best tide direction is for fishing around bridges
2. What pound test line to use on your reel and what size mono leader to fish with
3. How to present the lure
4. Where you should fish for snook around bridges
5. What my all time favorite snook fishing lure is
6. When is the best time to fish
In this video I said I've caught tons and tons of this species of fish. I'm guessing that was a bit of a lie, but I'm confident I've caught at least a half ton of snook in my forty years of fishing for them. I prefer fishing for snook at night around bridges, but early morning will produce good results too.
I first learned this technique of fishing around bridge shadows at night using live shrimp as bait when I was a teenager. That was back in the day you could keep four snook bigger than eighteen inches. The laws have changed a lot since then. Even though the laws have changed, the fish's habits of survival have not. We use to fish from nine in the evening til sunrise on bridges.
This video on how to catch snook in a particular zone near bridges with lures was created by JC with the Rad Reeling Fishing channel on UA-cam. All of the editing and final production of this video was done by Creating Residuals Inc.
This fishing adventure was filmed in South West Florida. You can try any type of minnow looking lure using this same technique at night. I just really like using the Rebel broken back minnow. - Навчання та стиль
Dude... I miss Florida! People who live up there in FL should thank God for this beautiful place that He crafted.
I caught my first Snook ever last night. I'm certain that I have your video to thank.
Awesome news, congratulations . Thanks for sharing your success.
The Snook zone illustration was really helpful, thanks!
You've bin my favorite snook fishing teacher but I must start studying more harder 😊 love your fishing style!!
Wow! One of the true Og's
Thats me at 5 am ,just no snook yet, thank you for the pointers , i caught 18" under the boardwalk not under the bridge i usually gonto but tomm. morning another try😮 ,STUART FLORIDA
Sir thank you for this explanation on how to fish for snook. I have the Lure and i didn"t know how to use it.
Awesome video, I subbed
Finallllllyyyyyy the video I've been longing for I have finally found it, a bridge fishing snook video that goes in depth and fish from the actual BRIDGE! You have no idea man how long I've wanted to try this, this looks pretty fun so I think I'm going to give it a go. U just gained a new sub!
Awesome! I'm glad the video was appealing to you. I got the broken back rebel from "Bass Pro" online. I'm trying to be creative without revealing where I'm fishing. I've caught fish on many different bridges using this same technique. It's a great way to fish with shrimp too. I'll check out your channel too!
Cool video man. I’m gonna catch up on your videos lol. But great tips definitely helpful.
Thanks dude. You know how things are, different methods for different snook fishing spots. I'm glad you liked the video.
Rad Reeling Fishing awesome
Thanks for the info, nice videos.
I'm a big fan of your posts...that cat is beautiful
Really enjoy rewatching some of the classic JC Rad Reeling Fishing videos
Greetings, CJ! Awesome educational video my new friend! As a pastor… I was so excited to hear about your involvement with your church’s ministry! Thanks for sharing these tips on how to catch snook. My wife and I are heading to Florida around Tampa and I'm planning on doing some fishing for snook. Have a great weekend and God Bless! Rob
Hey Rob, you're going to get labeled as a spammer by UA-cam with comments like this. Build your audience from hard work not spamming comments in hopes you get someone to click on your channel because you mentioned it.
@@RadReelingFishing Sorry, CJ! That was not my intention to be a spammer. Blessings, Rob
@@RobBassMaster Please feel free to edit your comment anytime. Thanks for watching and best of luck in the Tampa area.
Love your instruction! Never fished before. No equipment but I’m thinking I could really get into it!
It's addicting. Fishing on charter boats is a fun experience when first starting out.
I gotta know… did you ever pick it up??
Common interests landed me on your channel. Nice instructional video on bridge fishing. Subbed.
Thanks Jim, are you a snook fisherman?
Rad Reeling Fishing - I’d like to say snook, reds, speckleds and snappers. Fortunately their habitats often merge keeping us wondering what has our rod bent until see finally see the species. Targeting tarpon now and filling in the between time bottom fishing.
That sounds like a lot of fun Jim. I saw some tarpon surface this morning at the jetties, small ones.
Great great job. Many Blessings
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Niceeeeee vid dude
Thanks! I like making the videos almost as much as fishing. Snook season opens in a couple of days, can't wait!
Great video thanks
You are welcome...I always look on bridges in that zone for snook at night.
Nice Job!
Thanks man. It's a lot of fun catching fish and making videos. I just published a video of a monster gag grouper I caught in eight feet deep water.
Nice video…what bridge were you under? The double bridge to st Armand’s?
Nice snook. That's about the size I've been trying to hook; but always get a bunch of dinks, some 12-16 inchers, and then some monster 25+ feeling monster that takes all my line. I ordered some 30lb braid and 40lb leader. I'm going to set up a second rod with this heavier line to fish once the sun starts to set which is when I hook the monsters.
Sounds like great plan. Snook season opens in a couple of days in South Florida. I'm so ready to keep one, slot size is 28"-32" in our area. I have the same problem as you, either they are too small or too big. I met some guy on a bridge last night who showed me pictures of monster snook he's caught fishing with jigs. I'll have to try that sometime. Do you live in Puerto Rico? I will be uploading a lot of snook fishing videos. Make sure you subscribe!
Nice video men! Nice catches. What beaches near aventura Fl do you recommend for go fishing?
Not familiar with that area. The best thing to do is get out there man and find the fish. Thanks for the comment.
Thanks for all your advice man great videos I got the lures I'm going to try it out I live in Pompano Beach let me ask you another question whic is it better when is high tide or low tide
I like it when the tide is moving. It seems like different places are best on one, the other or both tides. For me, it's a matter of getting out there and fishing constantly when I find the fish to know what tide is best for that spot. Thanks for commenting today and good luck.
Thank you for sharing your secrets and love your charity work... I'll catch a snook one day... From Dan Diego
God bless you
Great video. Snook are my favorite to catch . Still looking for that slot but hurricane Irma put that in hold
Thanks! Same here, I've got the hurricane blues at the moment. As soon as things clear up on the roadways and waterways, I'm fishin and filming again, can't wait. I'm glad we fared okay during Irma, so scary! I managed to catch a slot snook opening morning, fifteen minutes after season opened on a jig, exactly 33". Oh yea, I was feeling blessed.
Rad Reeling Fishing wow nice, where do you fish ? I'm in port charlotte but fish a lot Placida and Boca Grande
Thanks for subscribing. Right now I mostly fish in North Bradenton area. I plan on traveling around a bit more now that I've started a fishing channel. Boca Grande is on my list.
Rad Reeling Fishing awesome. Boca is my favorite place. Pier fishing in a month or 2 will get really good for sheepshead and bluefish
Sounds like fun. Both of those species are fun to catch. The beaches where I'm at will soon have tons of greenbacks. We will be slamming the Spanish mackerel from shore during early evening til sunset. Hopefully no red tide this year to screw it all up.
The tips about the strike zone , would that apply to live bait also?
And goes witjout out saying. Your channel is the best because u teach its not just 10 mins of catching fish and and viewers lime me wondering how can i do that.
Yes, live shrimp work really good with this technique.
Ah JC, I see you are a guitar playing musician. Certainly a rough time and rough area for that. Wish you the best. I spent the last 5 years trying to play guitar, lessons, lessons, and lessons and i am still horrible. What's worse is i have a good ear and so it's even worse when I hear myself. Stopped playing about 6 month back and started fishing. Much better now.
Hi, thank you for making such great videos. Would you mind to make the same tutorial like this but on the bridge, how to cast with live shrimp please. Thank you
Same method, cast diagonally and let the shrimp drift with the current under the bridge, now weight...
Amén brotha 👍
Jc im a little confused on the side of bridge to fish. Im on wc fl. The bridge is nirth south . i cant fish from the bridge have to fissh from side sea walls. Facing south the pass is to my right. On the in comming should i be down on the pass side or the shawdow lines on the other side.
Thanks for commenting John. You might want to watch the video again. I'm pretty sure I explained the direction of the tide and where the Snook are in relation to the shadow line and the tide direction.
Rebel jumpin minnow clutch asf
Would you say the tide is more important than time of day? Was fishing a bridge at night on an outgoing tide and saw a few nice sized snook swimming away from the shadow line so I’m exited to go back out but the tides not looking so good at night the upcoming days.
I would say tide is the most important of the two, but time of day has equal importance depending upon what fish are being targeted. Thanks for watching.
More than the fishing MISSIONS caught my ear. Can you provide me with the Church info please? It sure sounds interesting.
Holddddd up ..thats my go to winter tarpon spot
Wait? Did you mean summer?
We gotta film something together next month when I’m in Sarasota!! I emailed you….
I emailed you and messaged you on instagram. I'm ready if we can make the dates work.
Do you use you main line to a swivel to a leader? That’s all? Just want to be sure
I've been tying an FG knot attaching braid to the leader. ua-cam.com/video/qQmUN0L4F6c/v-deo.html
Now I know you fish about 20 miles north of me. I've been wanting to transition to saltwater fishing. Gotta make a trip to the jetty
Jetties are closed.
Thanks for saving me the trip. They'll open eventually.
@@murdertech4272 Hopefully soon so we can get on the hot Pompano bite.
So fish a bridge. Easiest snook fishing in the world.
Whats better, incomming or outgoing?
In my experience different locations are more productive on different tides. I have some snook spots I fish on incoming and others I fish on outgoing. Fish generally like to stage themselves in certain places depending upon which way the tide flows around structure. Like the diagram in this video, snook face into the tide most of the time.
Why do you fish mono main line? Braid casts farther, Holds more line, and you can feel your lure/fish a lot better.
Thanks for the comment Evan. All of your points are true! I'm snook fishing with braid more now than when I started this channel a couple of months ago. I like braid, but it has one issue that really irritates me, the line just gets tangled sometimes and those tight little knots waste a ton of fishing time. Other than that I'm becoming avid braid fisherman. I appreciate you sharing your wisdom!
Rad Reeling Fishing no problem man, I’m not against mono it definitely has its place, my conventional live bait rod and all my offshore rods are spooled with mono.
i switched to 24 inch flouro leader def catch more with the flouro than just braid mono is probly the same.
Rad Reeling Fishing sounds like wind or casting knots. That’s caused by either the line being put on to loose or the lb braid not matching the action of the rod and weight of the lure.
What lure did you use
rebel broken back
Mmm 🍩 donuts
Appreciate the tips they are helpful I am doing a snook fishing video this Sunday maybe you can check it out
Sanibel?
Snook seasons begins today midnight! I’m very excited...with this storm approaching I don’t know man:(
What would be the best time to fish the bridges?
Thanks for asking. I always like early morning, late afternoon til sunset and night. Also, I like it when the tide is moving. If there's a slack tide I don't usually fish.
@@RadReelingFishing Thanks for the tips...Here in Broward county i have caught freshwater snook, but have yet to catch one on the intercoastal. I have tried many bridges, but not with these tips you gave. I feel more confident that I will catch a monster next time I try.
I threw the book, but them snook shook my worm and my hook YEYEYEYE
I fish there all the time and never caught a snook sharks yes but no snook
Which bridge is this???
Thanks for watching and asking. I don't reveal locations. There are Snook all around bridges in South Florida.
What bridge is this ?
Thanks for asking. We don't reveal locations 99% of the time on this channel. We do encourage anglers to get out and fish hard to find great locations to fish. It seems like these days many people are just fishing on UA-cam to find other people's great fishing spots. You will find Snook around just about every major bridge in the inner coastal water ways or bridges that are near passes in south Florida. Here watch this video to see where they really like to hang out: ua-cam.com/video/mQMts_1ayTU/v-deo.html
Is the treasure coast
No, I'm on the west coast of Fl.
Rad Reeling Fishing oh ok looked familiar
See you later guy
What bridge is this? The old which is the pier so north or south? Or is this the real bridge I’m guessing it’s the new one with all the cars passing
There are snook under all of the bridges. They are everywhere that there's structure, well during certain months.
@@RadReelingFishing thanks man. Is this the north or south skyway pier
What is the name of your church?
Thanks for asking Adam. I'm sure it would disclose the location I fish in if I told you. I'm not sure if you know, I don't reveal fishing locations. Thanks for watching.
El jobean?
The bridge?
thanks for watching I don't reveal locations 99% of the time, but I do teach where and when to find fish and how to catch them.
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Good video. But maybe teach people not to hold their fish vertically as it displaces their organs and can kill them
Thanks for watching.
im going to give you some advice: learn a new leader to mainline knot. the knot you are using probably takes 50% of the breaking strain and im going to assume youve broken many lines right at the knot on light pressure
Hey Luke, what's your favorite leader to main line knot? I landed a 42" snook this past season using the same knot, it's very strong. Really the only time I break off is when a giant snook wears through the leader line with his teeth or gets me into some pilings. What state do you live in? You catching any fish these days?
the two i use are the fg and the uni to uni knots. these knots are superior to yours because your knot tightens on itself and any pressure you put on it pulls it apart. i used to use that knot so i do understand how it works. it is taught to many people due to the fact that it is easy to tie
you can see even in the video in kicks both lines and slips somewhat when you tighten it
Thanks Luke, I appreciate your input. I'm getting a lot faster at tying the uni knot. I'll probably use it more often. I use the uni and fg knots periodically. I actually just published a video tonight where I had tied a uni knot, mostly for the purpose of casting through the eyes of the rod. What state do you live in?
i live on the opposite coast of florida, and mostly saltwater kayak fish. great tips in this video btw!
Almost caught a 40 inch snook it came off😭
1 like 1 prayer🙏
Thanks for sharing. That's a terrible feeling when that happens.
eat fish not donuts
you know sugar is deadly
I know this is old but if this is Florida you're not allowed to and shouldn't be using treble hook lures to target Snook
Thanks for commenting Davis. You can't use treble hooks with live or dead bait, with lures it's acceptable. Read the info here: bit.ly/2rXVWFg