Capt Mo's Fishing Reports: July 14, 2016 Report (Snook!)

Thursday, July 14, 2016

July 14, 2016 Report (Snook!)

Jim and Nancy dropped off their boys Cole and Calan this morning and the boys and I were off. The wind was sportier than is typical in July but that makes the heat much more comfortable so off we went to our first spot of the day. After getting set up it didn't take long for one of the rods to doubles over and Calan is on to a nice snook. After a few quick pics and a release the second rod doubles over and Cole is on his snook. Again, a few pics and a healthy release and mr snook is on his way home. About 10 minutes later another rod goes off and Calan loses his snook to a shark. A few minutes later the same happens to Cole, his snook got sharked. These were big bull sharks in the 6' range eating our snook 20' from the boat. We missed a few more snook bites and Calan landed a BIG mangrove snapper before we changed spots. I took them to a tarpon spot that held small to medium tarpon and after we set up and the tarpon start to roll around us a group of summer campers invaded the area and stayed within 50' of the boat screaming and jumping off their paddle boards. URGH! Needless to say, we moved! The next two spots were dead but the last spots produced nice jacks, snappers and we missed another snook bite. Not a bad day on the bay today!