Unless fish are foraging at the surface, seawalls, canals and river mouths are just scenery to novice anglers. Seasoned experts, however, view these as intricate networks that att ract numbers of fish, including trophy snook, tarpon, striped bass, flounder, grouper, seatrout or mackerel If you’re among the former group and decide to investigate such systems, be forewarned: Depression may set in once you realize the fishing opportunities you’ve been motoring past.
History Repeats
The late Roy Knight, an old North Miami salt, caught the heck out of trophy snook in the early to mid-1970s. My cousin lived next door to Knight, and he’d call me when he saw the old man unloading a big snook or two. We routinely witnessed snook eclipsing 30 pounds, including one that scaled 42 pounds…