Here, spin fishermen have discovered the advantages of soft plastic baits. They look very life-like in the water, cast well enough, and are less obtrusive than plugs or jigs. And some of the plastic baits can be rigged absolutely weedless. This means that baits cast too far into the mangrove roots can usually be finessed out. It also allows an angler to fish plastic in weed choked water and even in standing sawgrass.
Flats fishing for snook is perhaps the ultimate snook fishing experience.
Here you can fish light tackle in extremely shallow water with very little to worry about except line capacity. The only structure is the anchor line from the boat you came in, and the occasional crab trap. Not surprisingly, snook find these minor obstructions with maddening regularity. But here an angler can hook a 20 pound snook on 10 pound test line and play it out. An angry snook in 18 inches of water is a sight you will not soon forget.