So Skiddish

When you paddle too close to snook, they dart away. When you step onto a dock under which they're hiding, gone again. If they hear or sense a boat's motor, all your casts reel in empty.
Snook seem to know your 10/4 good buddy, all the time. The black line going down the middle of the snook's body gives it more than a sleek look to make impressive pictures. They have a genetic code for sensing humans, and it's called the lateral line. It is a bundle of sensory and supporting cells called neuromasts covered in gelatinous caps that detect changes in water pressure. They can feel slight changes in water pressure as vibrations in their bodies, thus making them skiddish at the slightest movement or change in lighting. You can thank this sensory unit for why snook must be fished like you're holding up the corner 7-11 for slurpees and Marlboro lights.