The snook fishing in the back country of Islamorada has been pretty good. The top water lure bite has been good if you are in a skiff getting up on the flats. For the bigger bay boats, live bait is the ticket. Whether it is pilchards or pin fish. Pilchards have moved to the ocean side of the keys and are almost impossible to find in the Islamorada back country. Lucky for us we have pin fish traps and a huge pin to keep them in. our pin fish traps are always in the water catching us fresh pin fish.
