#bridgefishing

I didn't expect to catch this off a bridge in downtown Tampa! #fishing #bridgefishing #gar #pennreels #tampa #holdmybeer #budlightorange #wireleaders (at Tampa, Florida)

Waiting by a bridge, for a string pull, or a song. #bridgefishing https://www.instagram.com/p/ByBS1lmlxfG/?igshid=1iu0fuu395jm8

Caught a shark earlier, looks like a hammerhead. It was around 4ft. if I had to guess. Was a pretty fun fight, obviously let it go. Here's a picture my dad took before we let it loose. #fishing #FloridaKeys #shark #fisherman #fishtails #memories #DuckKey #bridgefishing #funtimes

Placard for the Montgomery County Bridge over the Stony Creek in Elmwood Park. Build:1923 Excellent fishing spot . . . . #Norristown #elmwood #pa #montco #elmwoodpark #montcopa #montgomerycountypa #bridge #stonebridge #plaque #placard #stonycreek #stony #creekfishing #creek #historic #historicbridge #archbridge #arch #1923 #fishing #bridgefishing #Sterigere #fishinglife #fisherman #fishingaddict #troutfishing #fishingfun #pafishing #pennsylvania (at Elmwood Park Car Wash)

You can fish year round dock light fishing and there are more than snook that hang out in the lighted waters. Tarpon, Jack Crevalles, Lookdowns and the occasional Seatrout. Snook are the primary target. It used to be snook were considered a trash fish. Back before people filleted fish and remove the skins fo their catch a backed or fried snook with the skin on tatsted like soap. In fact they were called soap fish and were discarded as a inedible trash fish. Once it was learned a skinless snook filet was one of the best eating fish out there snook became very popular as an eating fish. Back in the 1950′s and 60′s, there was a commercial fishing industry for snook and it was a regular menu item at seafood restaurants. Back then fisherman used a gas lantern and would hang it over the side of bridge, pier or seawall where there was a good flow of water and structure. They used to use big 10-to 14-foot long bamboo rods called Calcutta poles that had a straight length of wire tide to the end. A 6-to 8-inch plug was carved out of a broom handle armed with several treble hooks and painted red-and-white in most cases. They would lower this lure into the water and then move it in a figure 8-pattern. Something about that movement would cause a big snook to strike. Once hooked a fisherman using all his might would haul the fish up and drop it on on dry surface. It paid to have a young son jump on a green fish and hold it still so that it didn’t come unhooked and flop back into the water.