SnookDoctor Charters Fishing Reports

Little only because the big one really did get away!

Lou Kapp hosted me this morning since my boat is in for service.
We met at 6:00 and headed out on our adventure on Hillsborough Bay. After we found some usable bait, we went to one of those spots that 100′s of boats pass each week on the way to try their luck elsewhere.

One of Lou’s first casts hooked up with a small submarine sized fish. The beast ran wide right, and then wider left, and then….poof, cut leader (shaved curly by the gill plates of the Leviathan).

After a short mental health counseling session to help him through his grief,
we went back to fishing.

A short time later, Lou hooks another nice snook. This fish has no intention of going east-west, but heads straight down field towards the mangrove roots.
With Lou using the rod as leverage, along with me creating distance with the trolling motor, Lou won the fierce battle and became intimate with this nice 35″ lady.

Several smaller snook up to 28″ were brought to the boat, but the big one made the day!

Patrick joined me today, along with his dad, and his brother-in-law, Chris. The day started out with a bang, then fizzled with the opressive heat. The highlight of the day was the epic battle Chris had with a thick 41″ snook. The fish was determined to make it into the mangroves and cut the line, but Chris stood tough and won the battle.

Good job Chris!

Today, I had Chris (Reepest), soon to be newlywed, and his bachelor party group out for one of his last tastes of freedom.

We stayed in Hillsborough bay all day, and they caught snapper, trout, sharks, ladyfish, kittys, and some very nice snook.

The pics tell the rest of the story…

Craig and his 27″ snook started the hawg hunt

Next, Dave got a fat 38″ snook

Then Chris and his dad, Doug, Doubled up. Chris with a 36″ and Doug with a 42″ very heavy girl.

ALL OF these were their very first snook!!