“Bill Scholze Fishes for Saltwater Fish with the D.A.R.T. and the RT Slug”

Part 2: Dock Fishing the RT Slug for Snook

Editor’s Note: Bill Scholze of Stuart, Florida, tournament pro and member of the Mister Twister Pro Staff team, has competed in redfish tournaments using the RT Slug and the D.A.R.T. He also fishes for snook, speckled trout and other saltwater fish for fun using these baits. “There’s hardly a fish that swims inshore along a coastal area that won’t take the Mister Twister Exude RT Slug or the Exude D.A.R.T.,” Scholze says.

Question: Bill, how do you catch snook?

Scholze: I like the morning-glory-colored Mister Twister Exude RT Slug for snook. Morning glory is a light-colored bait that looks good in clear water and mimics the small fingerling mullet. To catch snook, I’ll use a Mister Twister white jighead with the RT Slug and cast under docks. I try to hold my boat 25- to 30-feet away from the dock and skip the RT Slug 4 or 5 feet under the dock before I start my retrieve. I’ll use 30-pound-test line to give me enough power to pull the snook out and away from the dock pilings and into open water where I can wear the fish down and bring it into the boat. I’ll use a fairly-short, medium-weight 6-foot, 6-inch rod to cast more accurately.

Question: How big are the snook you catch?

Scholze: The snook I’ll catch weigh from 5- to 20-pounds each. We may catch as many as five, 10-pound snook in one day and then not catch any snook the next day. I’ll generally catch five to 10 snook per day. Fishing docks for snook is unpredictable because you can fish down a row of docks and not get a single bite and then return to the same docks and catch 10 snook. The snook seem to move in and out of the docks on no particular schedule. But if you fish enough docks, you usually can find the snook.