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Snook, I'd say!
Thanks to
you for your advice. I set the hook and let my
wife reel in this nice snook. You can guestimate the
size but this is the biggest snook either of us has
landed. We were fishing right off the beach in front of
Island Beach Club at about 9pm. So thanks again!
Best,
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| Dear friend,
We caught these the week
of July 25th, 2010. Including, a 27" Trout caught at
Tarpon Bay with a live shrimp, a 24" Snook caught at
Bowman's Beach by my father, on a little Cleo Spoon,
and 17" Spanish Mackerel, caught on Sand Piper Beach
caught on some Bait Box frozen thread fin.
Thank you for your
interest,
Henry, 10 Years Old
Colorado
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Steven
Orlandi and Dave Brizzolara
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Cut bait
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Nurse Shark
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We caught
this nurse shark off the beach of captiva island during
our stay. We had stopped in at the store on our way in
and purchased bait and tackle. We were using a 16/0
circle hook that we purchased at the bait shop. The
cashier saw the hook and encouraged us to send a picture
of the fish that we caught with that hook.
We actually ended up catching a total of 3 nurse shark
8ft and weighing who knows what. We also caught a couple
of smaller but still hefty sand sharks on that same 16/0
circle hook. Our bait was whatever we caught on the
beach but had the best luck with a 10 inch whole mullet.
Our leader was a 6 foot section of 1/16 inch steel cable
crimped to a 80 lb topshot and 65 lb braid. We were
using a penn 330 gti and penn international. Cant wait
for next year!
Garrett Bearden |
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I just got back from another
great week at Sanibel. The snook were not as large as
last summer, but they did fight hard. Carol & I had one
busy morning with about twenty assorted fish, mostly
hard fighting Spanish Macks. Sanibel is the still the
fishing destination of choice! Thanks to the Bait
Box for providing some fine pinfish.
John Kabus
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Niklas Sinz and Family
South Seas Plantation, Captiva
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Luke's
Catch... And what a catch it is! |
40-inch
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40 inches
Cut bait - whiting
Sundial Resort |
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Black
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This
40-inch, 20+ pound snook was caught with a chunk of
shad.
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This 4-foot
black tip shark was caught at night on an outgoing tide
with a Spanish mackerel head.
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I was only able to
get two pictures of the biggest fish I caught. I
was in Sanibel June 12-19 at the Island Beach
Club. The fishing started slow but picked up
throughout the week. Caught a huge Jack, couple
mackerel, landed one snook and lost one, a
blacktip shark, and my dad caught a seatrout.
Miguel
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This unbelievable beast was battled for 20 minutes
on the beach in front of Kings Crown condos.
Using the rod as a measuring stick it taped in at
46” !!! Safely released to grow even larger!
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Another Huge
Snook!
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I caught this 43
inch snook on the Sanibel Causeway on
Fathers Day 6/20/10. What a fight! He
weighed in at 35 lbs. I was using cut
mullet.
Chris Fennell
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Nestor Barreca
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3 feet
Unknown
Sanibel Pier |
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Lemon Shark |
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Chris Fennell
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6 feet
Unknown
Captiva |
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Spade Fish... I'd say!
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David Driggers
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6 pounds
DOA mullet
Sanibel Pier |
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Tim
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32 to 34 inches (10 to 15 pounds)
Cut threadfin herring and live pin fish
Beach at Sanibel Moorings |
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Steve Krates
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35 pounds!!!
Shrimp
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Hey
guys – Wife and I snuck away from the kids last week
for a long weekend on Sanibel. Didn’t have much
time to
prep
for this trip but can’t stand being near the water
and not fishing. The Bait-box was our first stop
(after the liquor store), and can’t say enough about
the service. Had never caught a snook before and
really wanted to, so you guys set me up with a
rental, recommended a couple good baits, and I
managed to catch my first snook, and a couple very
nice trout from a kayak in tarpon bay (all on mirror
lure). Casting a spoon from the beach I caught a
few lady fish, a little jack, and a break off of
something much larger. Kinda got hooked on the
snook, so you folks set me up with Captain Steve
Waugh on short notice. Fished the rain Saturday AM
with my wife, and couldn’t have been more pleased
with Steve. He had extra foul weather gear for my
wife, a nice boat, excellent equipment, plenty of
patience, and worked hard to keep us on the fish.
We had more opportunities than fish (not much of a
live-bait fisherman, and the circle hooks took a
little getting used to), but still managed a half a
dozen snook, a number of snapper, a couple jacks,
and a redfish.
I
hesitate to charter as you never know who you’ll end
up with, but if your other guides are anything like
Steve, then I will gladly recommend you folks to
anyone I know heading down that way, and expect to
be back again next year for more of the same.
Thanks Again.
Brian and Carol Held
Jefferson, MD
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My family's Summer
vacation this year is
our
3rd in Sanibel in the last 6-years and the excellent
fishing is always one of the attractions of this
lovely island.
My son Chris
Griffin caught this 42" Tarpon from our rented boat
fishing Kesson Bayou near the Ding Darling Preserve
during August.
The fish was caught
on float fished frozen shrimp and took around 15
minutes to land, it was returned to the water safely
to fight another day. I also caught a decent 34"
Snook from the beach near Blind Pass on a gold
Crocodile lure.
I'd love to spend
ever summer in Sanibel but the flights and other
costs travelling from England rules that out. We
will be back though and will be sure to visit the
Bait Box for fishing supplies and the excellent
friendly service in your store.
Best Regards,
Kevin
and Chris Griffin
Hampshire, England
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AWESOME!
Two fishing rods, two reds , same
time...
Sizes: 32 " and 28"
Location: Sanibel Pier
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We were fishin' off the beach near
Casa Ybel at 9 am on Thursday the 24th of September into
an outgoing tide, of course, when this monster hit on a
circle hook with cut mackerel. Only took 35 minutes to
reel in with our Penn reel and 90 pound test and 6 feet
of wire leader. Although we didn't snap the picture when
we reeled her in, the
hook was in the tail and once landed we wiggled it an it
fell out! We love Sanibel and the Bait Box for all our
fishin' needs.
Matt and Ron from Moline,il
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Kevan Smith and Steve Mock
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Lemon Shark |
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This year on vacation off the beach
we managed to land another nice lemon shark. We fought
him for around an hour then finally got him in. We
released him unharmed after a couple of pictures. Thanks
for the advice bait box.
Chris & Tom Tepe |
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Nestor Barreca
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40 inches!
Shrimp
Sanibel Pier |
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Chris Denick - "Thanks to Bait Box for all your good
advice."
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Bruiser
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Lemon Shark |
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Joel,
Rhett (age 12) and Tyler (age 10)
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Snook - 14.5 lbs.
Shark - 5 ft.
Live pilchard
Casa Ybel -
Off Beach |
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Spotted
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Peter Wood
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Unknown
DOA rootbear shrimp jig
East Side of San Carlos Pass |
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Vincent Crosby -
"The Sanibel Snowbird
Sheepshead Specialist"
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Goliath Grouper
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Carl Stephenson
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Wow!
Shark rig
Sanibel Pier |
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Thomas - "Live bait is the way to go! The Sanibel area
definitely has some world class snook fishing."
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36 inches
Live pilchard
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With my father Nestor we are going every week to Sanibel
Island looking for sharks. While we wait for that great
moment to happen, we caught this nice snook and we though it
was a good idea to share it with our friend of this great
website. He was safely released.
Leandro Barreca
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