As strong on-shore winds from recent tropical weather continued to make beach tarpon fishing difficult, anglers aboard the Magic turned their attention elsewhere. In both New Pass and Big Pass we've found the snook bite in full swing. These incredible gamefish are feeding like crazy on free-lined Pilchards. We also caught Gator trout to 25″ on the deep grass flats close to both of the passes. A live shrimp under a popping cork is all it took to fire up the bite. Awesome!
My catch-of-the-week photo…