Everyone is looking forward to the opening of snook season on February 1st and it should be a good one. Fish the deeper water around the Fort Pierce Inlet, the Turning Basin and around the local bridges. Use a live bait, like a pilchard or a greenie. For the artificial baits, try a big jig like a Red Tail Hawk and fish it slowly bumping the bottom. On the flats, look for the snook around the deeper side of the sand bars and around the docks. Try free-lining a live shrimp or a bait fish. The trout and redfish bite should also be good on the flats as the days warm up. A live shrimp fished under a popping cork or a live pilchard should work well. Try places like Jack Island, Round Island and Bear Point. The bottom fishing should be red hot for sheepshead, black drum and croakers along the channel edges, around the local bridges and down by the power lines. Live shrimp or a fiddler crab will be hard to beat. There should be plenty of action around the Fort Pierce Inlet for Spanish mackerel, bluefish and jacks all hitting on a spoon, Gotcha Jig or just about anything shinny. On the beaches, look for the pompano and whiting bites to improve. Use a live shrimp, clams or sand fleas at places like Ocean Village or Blind Creek.