Snook fishing to open on Atlantic Coast

           Fishermen on the Atlantic coast of Florida will soon be able to catch snook again, but the species will remain off-limits to Gulf fishermen.

The recreational harvest season for snook reopens on February 1st in Florida’s Atlantic coastal and inland waters.

The harvest of snook remains closed in all of Florida’s Gulf of Mexico state waters until August 31st.

Fishermen can still catch and release snook during the closure.

The Gulf closure for snook went into effect in December of 2010, after the population was hit hard by prolonged cold weather.

The closure should give the Gulf snook population time to rebound. 

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