Just Like The Good Old Days

The last few weeks I've been poking around here and there, just trying to get a feel for this spring in my neck of the woods on the south shore.  By most accounts the bite has been pretty slow.  Bait isn't predictable on the flats yet, but some markers are holding threadfins and greenbacks.  Short redfish abound and there's always trout to be found, but the big question this year relates to the snook.  How will they show this year?

Snook reports have been spotty so far.  Some areas are doing well and some are still way off, so we'll see how the year unfolds.  Locally, our south shore fish took a serious battering from the 2010 freeze and are still in pretty bad shape overall.  But they are coming back.  In my case, I got a tip that a healthy bunch of fish were exactly where you'd expect to find them them right about now.  My buddy Gary and I tried our hand this past weekend and can confirm they were indeed there.  With frisky threadfins and minimal chumming, we did pretty well with snook from 24"-34". 

Gary and a slot fish...

Somebody had to have the hot hand...

Bonus redfish are a threadfin...