My son caught this in the castnet in the Stono off our dock just below St Johns Yacht Club .
So awesome! I got one in the cast net in the Wando last week, my buddy got a few 2 weeks prior in the Cooper…
I wonder if the cold water coming will kill them or just push them away?
I sure wish they would stick around and get large!
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Hey no fair. 2 years ago i had one beside the boat that spit the hook after 2 failed attempts to net it. It was in the upper 20 range and when i mentioned it on here i called 15 kinds of stupid. Ive heard of a handful caught around here.
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Really hope this winter doesn’t kill them
Anything that pulls drag, right?
Reports of some in the Edisto as well by a US Fish & Wildlife Biologist friend of mine. Some in local saltwater impoundments as well.
snook recruitment seems to be excellent this year, they’re everywhere like mangrove snapper were last year. they are considered non-resident species (like tripletail and tarpon) because they can’t survive our winters. occasionally a few get lucky, i’ve heard of a couple second-year fish here (i believe you Gotitbad!)
my bait creek holds juvenile tarpon and snook till oct/nov and then they disappear. i’ve always figured that 99% of them end up succumbing to the cold before their little tails could possibly get them back south of here far enough, but am very interested in a genetic study to investigate. tarpon probably spawn here in early summer, but another question is whether these young of year fish are their direct progeny or others that have made the migration from Fl/Ga. likewise, did those few second-year fish swim back up here after going south for their first winter? may be able to pull off something collaborative with other states and/or BTT in the next few years, still in the brainstorm phase.
btw, the snook pic was from august, which should fairly accurately reflect the late season growth compared to Raynutz’s- i’ve caught a couple around 10" long this time of year on live shrimp right before they disappear.
Interesting. I have caught a few 5 lb tarpon inshore, and even netted one that was just about ready to succumb to cold. I literally drove up and scooped it up, took a pic, then put it back. I sent a report to BTT about it.
Barbawang, would it be of interest to tag any of these small tarpon and snook just to see if any one catches it in FL for example? I know they are not on our list of target species to tag.
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I don’t see why not, Dave- especially if you come across anything at least 10-12+”
I haven’t looked at tarpon tagging, do they put externals in Florida? Their skin seems thin like a trout, wondering about retention. Will have to do some reading on this
Speaking of out of place fish species, we found a small 14” ish barracuda yesterday around the folly river area.
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I caught one in my cast net a few weeks ago around Coburg Creek. He was bitten up pretty good. The cold water will get them all.
Snook are Surely Fun to Catch ! I catch 'em in Sarasota Bay in Wintertime, but sometimes it’s even too Cold down there for 'em. Would be Great if they could survive our winter water temps. See, there could be good things about Global Warming, if it is a Real thing.
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Originally posted by Allen LynchSnook are Surely Fun to Catch ! I catch 'em in Sarasota Bay in Wintertime, but sometimes it’s even too Cold down there for 'em. Would be Great if they could survive our winter water temps. See, there could be good things about Global Warming, if it is a Real thing.
No doubt it is real, coming out of an ice age things can only get warmer as they have in earths past. No matter what man does we can’t stop it short of destroying the planet. Might be another 5000 years before we have snook competing with our trout and reds though. 
