Common Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Also called linesider, robalo, sergeant fish, snook
A prized gamefish with a distinctive black lateral line and protruding lower jaw. Known for their aggressive strikes and acrobatic fights.
Common Snook at a glance
- Scientific name
- Centropomus undecimalis
- Typical size
- 18-36 inches
- IGFA world record
- 53 lbs 10 oz
- State record
- 44 lbs 3 oz
- Water
- Saltwater
- Habitat
- Inshore
- Rarity in the Fishdex™
- Uncommon
Habitat
Structure-oriented. Found around pilings, mangroves, jetties, bridges, and seawalls. Ambush predators.
Catch one and it is yours
Log a common snook through the Cobia Camera and this entry fills in with your photo, your personal best, and the exact conditions on the day. The app also carries the slot and season rules for wherever you are standing.
How the Fishdex™ worksWhat to throw for common snook
The lure classes that produce for common snook, drawn from the same species map Cobia reasons about. Each one opens a full page on what it is, when it works and how to fish it.
Which one, in which color and which weight, depends on the water in front of you today. That part is the app.
Common Snook questions people ask
Common Snook is Centropomus undecimalis. Anglers also call it linesider, robalo, sergeant fish, snook.
A typical common snook runs 18-36 inches. The IGFA all tackle world record stands at 53 lbs 10 oz. Cobia records the length and weight of every common snook you log and keeps your personal best on its Fishdex entry.
Structure-oriented. Found around pilings, mangroves, jetties, bridges, and seawalls. Ambush predators. It is a salt water species, filed under inshore in the Fishdex.
The IGFA all tackle world record common snook weighed 53 lbs 10 oz. The standing state record on file is 44 lbs 3 oz.
Soft swimbaits and paddletails, jigheads, jerkbaits, topwater walkers and bucktails and hair jigs all produce. Which one, in which color and which weight, depends on the season, the water temperature and the tide on the day, which is the part Cobia works out against the lures you already own.
Yes. Log one through the Cobia Camera and this entry fills in with your own photo, your personal best, and the conditions on the day you caught it. The app also carries the slot limits and season dates for wherever you are standing. It is free.
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