How To Catch Live Bait for Snook without a Net (Croakers & Mojarra) 

This technique actually works. People walking by us on the beach were amazed we were using Sabiki hooks to catch croakers. Fish bites work instead of shrimp, too.

Great video! Thanks Bedo, I plan on trying this technique next time i’m down there. I watched a few of your videos, and really learned a lot. Thanks so much!

Love your videos man. Very descriptive on your tips unlike most videos out there where the guy titles the video "How to do X" but just videotapes himself fishing.

Thanks, FANTASTIC, I don't do cast netting and this keeps me in the game. Great videos, please keep it up.

terrific vid, Beto! I always use artificial early in morning for snook, but once the sun gets up ( or lots off ppl swimming around), it’s live bait time! It’s almost guaranteed! I actually use tiny pieces of fishbites like someone said. works better than shrimp for me and stays on longer! God bless!

Great video. I have done this too. I found tiny pieces of fishbites last longer than a pieces of shrimp and it seems to work even better with a drop of shrimp procure on the little skirt. The procure will last for many casts.

Thanks I’m new to fishing the area and was in my boat yesterday watch a few other captains casting the perch. And hooking up. I now have to go use your technique and load up on the bait

I Just Lunging how to fishing. I Loved .Thank you for tips

Tks for your tips, caught my 1st Two snook last week in siesta key. I wish I would have seen this video before struggling with the cast net. Now I know!

Awesome video…very informative.. Thnk u a must try when u can’t go offshore…😎

Caugth a nice snook today man! thanks to your advice!

Nice video, great tips man

@Phytobeto fishing just wondering if you were at Juno pier

Great video! Supplements the other video very well. Thanks.

Really good video! Maybe someone hasn’t said this before but if you’ve got any gulp with parts bit off, cut small pieces for bait if you don’t have shrimp!

This coming December I'm taking all this snook catching advice and equipment to the carribean beach of Cartagena, Colombia South America , where I just bought a beachfront apartment. I hope walk out of the apartment building across to the beach and try to get the live bait and then some snook.

You do a great job explaining things in a simple fashion, thanks ! What can you tell me about keeping the sand perch and croakers alive until I use them. Will just a simple aerator work? Thanks in advance !

I'm amazed how flat the water is..I live on the space coast and flat days are few.

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Great video... Think it will be very helpful...🎣🎣🎣🎣

Great video

How big is too big for them sand perch aka mojarra? I've caught some in my canal that were bigger than the ones you caught. I'm talking 1.5lb or so. Like I have some pics of them next to my shoe and they are bigger than my shoe. Is that too big for bait? I noticed the one you hooked in the video was just a little bigger than your hand it appeared is that a good size for big snook and even grouper? Thanks

Forget using them for bait, the mojarra are excellent eating fish. Nice video by the way.

Awesome!

Old vid, I know but this showed up for me. Good tips, what coast are you on? Curious how this might work for me in Brevard.

Nice video keep it up!

Just caught a 15 in sand perch aka mojarra

Another good video! Do pin fish work well for snook?

Hello, when you throw your Sabiki, how do you retrieve it? Or you just let it sit until it gets hit? Thanks man!

Hi, very useful your video Wich is the size of the weight you used? And the shrimp you put in the hook is alive? Thanks

Are you fishing on gulf side or Atlantic side. I’d like to try. What’s best time of year for calmer water. Appreciate your video.

How do you recommend hooking the live bait fish for snook?

Are there lots of croakers on the beach in boca raton? I don’t know if they live in our environment that has such a lack of grass flats and such.

Nice video, i SUB

where do you hook the sand perch? Is it on the upper lip?

Not looking to spot burn, just wondering east or west coast of Fla.

Where u fishing?

From southern Blvd to boynton beach they get almost twice that size

What fish you can keep in june

Are you fishing the golf side or Atlantic side of fl.

Can you provide the link to the snook tutorial video?

What size and type weight on that sabiki rig?

Did whiting works too? For snook fishing

Can you use fish bites or gulp

The sand perch will get 3 times the size of those big ones you caught. Yes, they are great eating.

What’s the best time of year to beach snook fish?

ARE YOU AT DEERFEILD!?!?!

Thumbs up bro .. new sub .. that's how it's done...

Is the end of May too early for this technique?

Those perch are also called Mojara.. Yellowfin mojara, in South America their a popular dish typically fried whole. White rice, salad and a fried plantain

Prolly catch pomps like this too

A Sabiki in the surf with fish bites will catch you anything and everything

We call them shad .

the fish you keep calling "sand perch look like Mojarra to me.

You nasty bastard, eating snook bait. Just kidding, never realized how edible those things are.

Videos are good political push not needed lol