Fishing Adventures in Florida

<P>Is there a cure for snook fever?</P></P><P>"I''ve landed plenty of snook with a light bait-casting outfit. Don''t fish for snook any other way. You can cane pole ''em with heavy lines off piers and bridges, or troll for ''em. But I like to scrub the bushes and make ''em hit top-water plugs." This was how Cal Stone introduced the author to light tackle fishing many decades ago in the waters of south Florida. </P><P>Steer through twisted mangrove channels, dodge "noggin-knockers" and oyster bars on outgoing tides, and join author Max Hunn as he brawls with tarpon and tangles with snook and redfish, mostly in the Ten Thousand Islands country.</P>