How to safely catch and release a snook:
Pinch or file down the barb on your hook, and keep pressure on the line as you reel.
When using live bait, use circle hooks because J hooks tend to get gut hooked.
Use heavier line, 15 or 20 lb test, to get the snook to the boat fast.
When photographing your luck, have one hand in its mouth and the other along the bottom of its body to support its major organs.
Keep the fish in the water.
If you do take it out of the water, revive it by pulling the fish forward through the water to get a natural flow of water going along its gills.
As for the photo...nothing related to snook really, just something related to the Everglades. This is a group of white pelicans, which is normally a rare sighting, but you'd never guess that with the party going on on this small island.
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