Snook Fishing Is Hot I have been hitting the snook lately as they are in the feeding mood. As snook gear up for the winter they go into a feed that can be phenomenal. With the first cold front that passed and the shorter days the water temps are climbing down and snook know to fatten up for the winter when during cold fronts they will lay up for days with out eating. Snook are being taken in good numbers all across Charlotte Harbor with slot size fish being the normal and quite a few snook in the oversize class including a 48 inch snook we caught on Monday ahead of a another front. Redfish seem to have scattered a bit and can be spotty. I covered a lot of redfish territory to bring three keeper reds for my customers last week. They should be on the move towards winter flats where on a sunny day after a cool morning you will be able to find them tailing for food and warming up in the sun. Kingfish have been making the best run in my recent memory and are being taken from Tampa south to Naples as close as a mile form the beach. There are a lot of Spanish Mackerel mixed in with the Kings so I have been trolling big baits at about 10 Knots to keep them from taking my rigs, this as brought Kingfish to 35 pounds to the boat. I have been rather busy the past few weeks catching up on fishing after a two month stay at home with my new son born August 29. No doubt as soon as he is old enough he will be on the water. We are already watching the fishing shows on TV together “Good Things Come To Those With Bait” Capt Andy Boyette