As Ms. Bucketmouth perches on disaster ... young angler saves the snook and the day.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You could say that what started out as a pretty bad day had a silver line-siding. My tournament was cancelled due to rain. It rained from daybreak on. So my dad, my friend Connor and I hit the C-24 spillway spillway, n a channel or passageway through which food escapes from the occlusal surfaces of the teeth during mastication. The occlusal, developmental, and supplemental grooves, as well as the incisal, occlusal, labial, buccal, and lingual embrasures, for snook snook: see bass, fish. snook Any of about eight species (genus Centropomus) of tropical marine fishes that are long and silvery and have two dorsal fins, a long head, and a large mouth with a projecting lower jaw. . On my first cast, I hooked one and landed it, an overslot-size snook, which perked up our spirits a bit. At about one o'clock we headed to my uncle Dan's house in Stuart, about a mile from the Roosevelt Bridge on the North Fork River North Fork River may refer to:
I moved down the seawall in the direction of a huge snook jumping out of the water, and I made a cast there. Again that snook came out, shaking its head as if it were already hooked. That's when I noticed a big fish stuck in its mouth. About a minute later that snook turned belly up. I yelled to my dad to get the camera and went after that fish. I reached her in about waist-deep water and turned her over. She was choking on a huge sand perch. She didn't even try to escape, as if she knew I wanted to help her. I took a few photos and started to free her from her bind. The sand perch was too big for the snook to swallow, and its dorsal fin's spine blocked the snook from spitting it out. I broke the spinal fin and pulled out the sand perch. Then after about 10 minutes of reviving the snook, she was alive and well and swam off. She weighed over 30 pounds, easy. I felt so glad. By saving that one big breeder I might have helped thousands of future snook come into being. If you have had an interesting, exciting or funny experience in the outdoors, tell us about it and send us a picture: It might quality as "An Outdoor Happening." If your story is chosen, you'll receive a Florida Sportsman book sat, including a chart for your area, worth over $100. Send your story and one or more photos to Outdoor Happening, Florida Sportsmen, 2700 S. Kanner Hwy., Stuart, FL 34994. By e-mail: davidc@floridasportsman.com |
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