Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Sexy Snook



They say (and I admit that I still don't know who "they" are) that dolphins are the only mammals other than humans that have sex for fun. While snook don't fall into the kingdom mammalia, they still get down in their own ways. Here's how:
Snook must move from fresh to saltwater to spawn. In the professional field, we call that catadroumous, but I can assure you that I never cruised the waters looking for the cata-whata-species. Instead, I fish the mangroves, hoping for an inexperienced man to bite. I say man because well, I like men, but also because the young'ins are always male. Male snook reverse sex and become females as they age age, making them protandric hermaphrodites (as we professionals say, of course). Hermaphrodites, heterosexuals, homosexuals, we all have our favorite times. For snook, that means summer, as they primarily spawn in the summer months, and spawning balls can be observed in fast flowing passes at this time.

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