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How to catch Lookdown in Florida
Lookdown feed in 66–88°F water and bite best at 72–84°F.
10 pts · trophy at 12"Feeds 66–88°FBest 72–84°FIn season nowBridgeDock / pilingsFishing pierMarker / buoy
About
A silver plate with a straight face, hunting shrimp and glass minnows under the dock lights at night. Excellent eating, and a fish most anglers never notice.
How to fish it
Dock lights on a moving tide; a small shrimp-tipped jig worked slowly through the edge of the light.
What it eats
live shrimptiny jigsglass minnows
Live bait for it
Live shrimpUnder a popping cork or free-lined, hooked under the horn on a #1 to 2/0 circle hook; on a jig head for the bottom. The universal inshore bait.
Glass minnows (bay anchovies)Thrown by the handful as chum for Spanish, trout and ladyfish, or several on a tiny hook.What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itLeader20–40 lb fluorocarbon
Hook#1–4/0
Jig head1/8–1/2 oz
Braid10–30 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereNo size limit; general bag limit — confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule at MyFWC →Month by month, water by water
When lookdown is the story
The Panhandle
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The Big Bend & Nature Coast
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Tampa Bay & Sarasota
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Charlotte Harbor & the Islands
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The Ten Thousand Islands & Everglades
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The Florida Keys
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Miami & Biscayne Bay
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Palm Beach & the Treasure Coast
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The Space Coast Lagoons
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The First Coast
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