This is a picture of Lowdermilk Park, a popular sunbathing and sandcastle-making hot spot for tourists and locals, just down the street from my house. Even though people love sunsets, sunrise intrigues a good Florida cracker.
A morning at the surf's edge rewards anyone willing to try their hand fishing land-locked. Just as the sun begins to rise, a dark figure rests two feet from the shoreline, waiting to pounce. If you throw your line a few feet in front of the snook's nose and bounce it beside his face as you reel, snook will attack your offer. Don't get too close - be a little unsuspecting like just another piece of bait floating along - but get close enough so you can hook into it. I'd start with a foot, foot and a half, of space, but try different distances as you walk along the shoreline to see what works best for you. It can really depend on the fish and the day, so play around with the distance and your retrieval.
For more instruction and inspiration, check out this article from the June 2007 issue of Florida Sportsman magazine.
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