Snook

Definition

snook /snu:k/ n ❍ COCK v

Examples

1. ‘We would spend a few days in Maryland then take a flight down to Titusville on the east coast of Florida where we would fish for snook
2. redfish
3. sea trout and perhaps get the chance of catching some cobia.’
4. ‘On slack tide just off the mouth of Florida's Indian River
5. for example
6. even live threadfins on 6 feet of fluorocarbon leader sometimes cannot get a snook's attention.’
7. ‘Huge schools of black and silver mullet migrate southwards along the coast in the autumn
8. almost always within casting distance
9. accompanied by an army of predators including tarpon
10. sharks
11. jacks
12. barracudas and snook.’
13. ‘Redfish
14. snook
15. cobia and ladyfish are the main targets at this time of the year and we also took a couple of plaice and ‘sea-trout’.’
16. ‘Yeah
17. problem was
18. there literally wasn't anybody to paddle out with
19. and I could see all the mullet
20. and the snook
21. tarpon and sharks feeding on them out there.’
22. ‘Big pods of roosterfish and Jacks
23. joined by snook from the lagoons where the crocodiles live
24. all join forces to slay the vast schools of anchovies which gather here at this time.’
25. ‘The saltwater river harbors prized snook
26. trout
27. largemouth bass
28. and even tarpon.’
29. ‘Any anchorage with a mangrove shoreline is likely to produce mangrove snapper and
30. if you are in the Greater Antilles or along the South American coast
31. snook.’
32. ‘Perhaps they could be made to live on wartime rations tins of snook
33. dried eggs
34. carrot pudding until they return to normal size
35. and are ready to rejoin the rest of us again.’
36. ‘At least two snook
37. one of which was within the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's 24-to 28-inch legal slot length
38. were caught this past summer from the Surfside jetty.’
39. ‘Perhaps it had just polished off a fat snapper or snook and had no appetite for a couple of scrawny teenagers.’
40. ‘But once out there
41. it's not unusual to see spotted rays or even nurse sharks cruising along a 2
42. 000-foot wall
43. or for anglers to hook bonefish
44. tarpon
45. or snook.’
46. ‘It's a fast growing branch of angling today and I suppose it can be likened to fishing for redfish
47. snook or tarpon except it's done in freshwater.’
48. ‘Crucial traits all
49. when your reel is screeching and a 20-pound snook is towing your skiff into deep water.’
50. ‘Small snook were caught from Freeport's Surfside Jetty.’
51. ‘She is a serious angler
52. the holder of a record 49-pound snook
53. and understands the priorities at Parismina.’
54. ‘I also planned to fish the Indian / Banana river and Mosquito lagoon for redfish
55. sea trout and ladyfish.’
56. ‘On calmer mornings
57. walking the beach and casting diagonally across the surf line can produce a mixed bag of trout