Love took his catch to the State Fisheries Office in Gulf Shores Wednesday where it was weighed again and the snook is now in the process of getting certified, which could take about a month.
) - A Baldwin County teenager has quite a fish story to tell. The Elberta High School junior was on a solo after school fishing trip Tuesday, May 14, 2024 when he hooked into something big. A few frantic moments and a bent hook later, he was able to land the new pending Alabama state record snook.Gardner Love has got a lot to smile about. He’s been fishing all his life and is passionate about it. So much so, it’s his favorite after school activity.
What love had hooked into was a snook and that alone would be a trophy because they are native to south Florida and very uncommon in Alabama waters. Add to that the size and you’ve got the makings of an unforgettable fish story. “I didn’t have a net on the boat, so I had to hop down. The water was probably only a foot and a half deep. I hopped down in the water and grabbed him through his gills and threw him in the boat,” Love said. “He was barely hooked too and the hook that he was hooked on was a treble hook. It was bent out straight. Like, he was barely hanging on there.”
“Previously, like I said we had only seen juveniles and then last year we had what we considered to be an adult so we anticipated that at some point we would start seeing more and more adult fish because it does seem to be an increase in fish being caught,” said Director of AL Saltwater Fisheries, Scott Bannon.
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