Lately, my personal snook expeditions haven't been very productive.  That is, until this memorial day weekend when I stumbled upon a new wade fishing site near Singer Island, Fl.  I had been fishing the so called flats just north of Tequesta in the months of Jan, Feb, and March.  These months were very productive while the water temps were a bit cooler.  Since March, the water temps started rising and the snook bite majorly faded.  This called for either a new approach or better yet, a new location. 

My newest friend and neighbor Mike S. and I teamed up in hopes of finding cooler water and active fish.  We happened to find a great looking spot near Singer Island, Fl that supposedly held nice numbers of snook.  The water was most certainly 3-5 degrees cooler than our normal fishing grounds a few miles north near Tequesta. 

The banks were lined heavily with thick Mangroves providing several attractive holes.  Within minutes of stepping into the water Mike was hooked up with a nice 22'' plus snook.  The fish was holding deep within the mangroves in less than 2 foot of water.  Just about as soon as the fish was released he was hooked up again with another fish of equal size.  I could go on with Mike's other catch(s) but I can't make myself look too bad.  The lure for the day was a natural colored D.O.A. quarter oz shrimp. 

I happened to be using the same lure but in a different color and was not having much (any) luck.  Could've been the color, could've been my unusually poor casting ;-).  All in all, we landed several nice snook, missed a few others, and had a blast in our new favorite fishing hole. 

We both contribute the successful trip on the cooler water, water clarity, and excellent structure which was available at this new site.  I have to thank Mike for finding this new location for us via Google Maps. 

Being so new to south Florida, and snook fishing in general, it has been somewhat difficult to find new places to fish (especially w/o a boat).  In order to find new locations, Google Maps has rendered an excellent method of finding potential fishing grounds.  Just look for a road, trail or path that leads to water and take a drive to see if its even possible to wet a hook.