Season Guide
Pick a species to see its year: when it fires, when it spawns, and the water it wants.
Snook: the year
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
peak good slow
Peak
April to September
Spawn
May to September
the passes, inlets, and beaches
Best water
72-88°F
Prime tide
outgoing
Stacks in the passes, inlets, and along the beaches to spawn May-September. In winter many hold in rivers, creeks, and canals, though river numbers peak in fall, some fish winter in the open bay, and some are year-round river residents.
Find snook now →Patterns from published biology and angling knowledge developed in Southwest Florida; they hold broadly across Florida's inshore waters, but timing shifts with latitude and year to year with water temperature and bait movement.