Chasing Shadows 6/13

Hit the beach to fish the incoming tide hoping the snook would be out, there were bnirds diving on bait about half a mile down the beach so I headed down that way. After reaching the bait I stayed near it looking for fish and found a small group of 3 snook following a school of bait and made a cast infront of them a saw the biggest one chase it down and inhale it. After a few long runs he was beached unhooked and released.

I continued to walk down to the beach away from the pier to the inlet side and saw a massive shadow swimming down the beach. It was a big 20+pounder swimming my way, I managed to get her to chase my bait twice rite to my feet almost on to the beach :affraid: , but she wouldn't eat it. I than decided to walk all the way down to the other side of the beach to see how it was down there and on the way found two cruising snook and had to run to get a head of them to make a cast and one ate it. It was a little guy and didn't fight to much unhooked it took a picture and released it.

When I got down where a fence seperates one beach from another there was a lot of bait and the snook were everywhere but would not bite, I made a few cast behind a school of bait felt a bite and then saw something silver go rocketing out of the water. I thought it was a ladyfish but it was a little Barracuda beach him and the little #$%& flung sand into my eyes and spent the next 20 minutes clearing my eyes.

Walked back to the other side of the beach and saw several more snook and another big snook but they wouldn't commit. The snook were out in numbers and there was plenty of bait around and had a great day

awesome report and great pics to go along with it..
man wish i was in Florida along side of ya chasing them down.

GOOD DEAL buddah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT PIC'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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smitty wrote:awesome report and great pics to go along with it..
man wish i was in Florida along side of ya chasing them down.

Thanks smitty I can say the same about wishing about being up there fishing for striped bass with ya.

Great looking Snook brother!!! Were you pitchin a swimmer at them again??

Minivin5 wrote:Great looking Snook brother!!! Were you pitchin a swimmer at them again??

Yep was throwing a swimmer,still no wood yet first batch needs to be tested before I paint and apply a clear coat to them.

good report just got back from sunny fl funny how theres non-stop snook there!!

buddah wrote:

Minivin5 wrote:Great looking Snook brother!!! Were you pitchin a swimmer at them again??

Yep was throwing a swimmer,still no wood yet first batch needs to be tested before I paint and apply a clear coat to them.

What is your go to color?? I will make you one this week

mikeybonz wrote:good report just got back from sunny fl funny how theres non-stop snook there!!

Where were you?? And you did not even say hi

Minivin5 wrote:
What is your go to color?? I will make you one this week

I take anything that you use for snook but my go to colors are are number 1 and 66 in the link, thanks Minivin5 and I'll owe you a few plugs for this.

Here are the patterns .

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SceneSevenDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10151&langId=-1&section=Home&productId=47552&scene7Path=BassPro%2f250-431-colors%3flayer%3dcomp%26wid%3d500%26hei%3d500%26fmt%3djpeg%26qlt%3d100%2c0%26op_sharpen%3d0%26resMode%3dtrilin%26op_usm%3d1.0%2c1.0%2c0.0%2c0%26iccEmbed%3d0&sourceName=images2%2f200-000%2f250-431-colors.jpg&type=0&linkEnabled=false

I can replicate that, what make are those lures?

Their rapala x-raps, heres another picture of one. This one caught the snook in this report and there are a few handcarved lure that aren't finished yet in the background.

I just carved this one up for you, I think this is the shape.

Thats beautiful Minivin5 can't wait to see a snook crush it.
:you da man:

She is painted and ready for a top coat!!

Can't wait to throw it to some snook crusing the surfline .

Here is a peak still needs top coat....

That looks killer , should be perfect for when the first schools of mullet show up off the beachs

Minivin5 wrote:Here is a peak still needs top coat....

Vin,very nice work,like the color also..