"There are just so many little islands, creeks, bays and shell bars," Bachnik says. Humble almost to a fault, Bachnik explains it isn't his angling prowess that keeps the clients coming. It is all word of mouth and I still can't keep up." "I turn down three or four hundred charters a year," he says. He has fished all over the world, but admits he prefers staying close to home. This is why the area is widely considered one of the best snook fisheries in the world, rivaling even that of Costa Rica and Belize.īachnik has been guiding clients in the Pine IslandSound area for two decades. The Peace, Myakka and Caloosahatchee rivers supply the expansive estuary with a seemingly endless supply of baitfish and crustaceans. "You have three rivers feeding plenty of freshwater and miles of undeveloped mangrove shoreline that provide a nursery area for the young of the species."
"Everything is just right," explains Ron Taylor, the state's top expert on the highly-prized gamefish. The waters of Matlacha Pass Aquatic Preserve, San Carlos Bay and Pine Island Sound are blessed when fishing for snook in Florida is about. And the snook? There were plenty more where that came from. The fish had wrapped the line around a root, where the oyster shells sliced it like a knife.īut no worries. For a moment, I thought I had turned the snook's head and won the battle. Line screamed off the reel as I lifted the rod tip, hoping to steer the fish away from the shoreline and certain escape. and then the water boiled as the snook found its mark. Then, as the tide carried it along, I gently twitched it. Guessing where the fish had gone, I let a top-water lure fly and stopped it ten feet from the bank. The game fish love the mangroves because the elaborate root systems give them plenty of places to hide and ambush prey. Judging by the size of the wake, the fish had to be a snook.
As the big bird inched closer to the shoreline, a pair of snowy egret perched in a nearby mangrove took to flight and spooked a fish that had been resting under the overhang. I let my kayak glide with the current and watched as a great blue heron waded through the shallows ahead, looking for an easy meal. One of the best places to fish for snook in Florida is in the Fort Myers Beach area.Ī strong incoming tide flushed the baitfish off the grass flats and carried the tiny minnows into the waters of sheltered Hell Peckney Bay.
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