Snook Bite Heats Up as Season Reopens on Florida's Treasure Coast

What's biting

What's next

Look for the Snook bite to keep building around inlet structure while water stays in the mid-to-upper 80s; that warmth typically keeps fish feeding aggressively on moving tides rather than sliding back to deeper holding water yet. At Lake Worth Pier the next high tide lands early morning, around 4:23 a.m. ET, with the following low near mid-morning, about 10:36 a.m. ET. Up at Mayport (NOAA CO-OPS station 8720218) the cycle runs a few minutes behind, high near 4:58 a.m. ET and low around 10:52 a.m. ET. Anglers planning inlet trips can use the outgoing push toward those late-morning lows to concentrate bait and predators along current seams near jetties and detached structure.

With the waxing gibbous moon building toward full over the next several nights, expect stronger tidal swings and better low-light structure fishing around inlets and bridges. Watch the mullet run over the next couple of weeks: once finger mullet schools move onto the beaches alongside the larger pods Snook Nook is already tracking, that bait push historically pulls Snook tight to the surf and passes, and the pattern should only sharpen heading into October.

Context

Late September sits at the heart of Florida's Atlantic Coast fall transition, the seasonal shift shops and captains in this region watch closely: Snook wrapping up their summer inlet pattern just as the mullet run starts pulling bait and gamefish toward passes and beaches. This year's timing tracks close to a typical schedule, with the reopening of Snook season lining up with the natural push of bait that historically draws fish out of the inlets and along the beachfront. Anglers should always confirm current size and bag limits before harvesting. Water still running near 87°F is consistent with early fall in this region, where the Atlantic side generally holds summer warmth longer than the Gulf coast before a real cooldown arrives in October and November.