Is there a cure for snook fever? “I’ve landed plenty of snook with a light bait-casting outfit. Don’t fish for snook any other way. You can cane pole ’em with heavy lines off piers and bridges, or troll for ’em. But I like to scrub the bushes and make ’em hit top-water plugs.” This was how Cal Stone introduced the author to light tackle fishing many decades ago in the waters of south Florida. Steer through twisted mangrove channels, dodge “noggin-knockers” and oyster bars on outgoing tides, and join author Max Hunn as he brawls with tarpon and tangles with snook and redfish, mostly in the Ten Thousand Islands country. “There is a fascination with the way things were in the tranquil years prior to Florida’s population explosion. Today, with the struggle to manage and maintain a viable fishery in the face of ever-increasing fishing pressure, this book is an enlightening and pleasant trip back in time.”
— Capt. Mel Berman, host of the “Capt. Mel Berman
Show” 970-WFLA Radio, Tampa Bay “Lest we forget, these great stories remind us of those halcyon days when snook abundantly outnumbered their fishermen, regulations generously reflected thriving populations, and the future of snook and snook fishing was never in doubt. Thank you, Max, for providing another waypoint by which we can measure our losses and help set our sights toward recovery of our favorite gamefish.”
— Howard Wells, Executive Director of the Snook
Foundation
