For a change I decided to visit Florida before the hurricane season at the end of May.
The primary target was Snook and then sight fishing for them in the clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
The “no hurricane” part of the trip was achieved, the sight fishing part did not go that well.

Prior research meaning ask AI yielded the selected time frame as the period with the clearest waters.
Unfortunately real world conditions proved to be otherwise.
Steady SE winds kicked up waves early in the day and thus visibility was usually very poor.

Furthermore the lack of baitfish and visibility meant there were few Snook on the beach.
So in order to catch fish it was either blindcasting near structure or fish near inlets where the 
water was usually clearer and Snook could be found.
It was a tough fishery for sure.

Still fish where to be caught and besides the Snook I managed to catch a lot of Seatrout.
I had one freshwater session, in hindsight I had not the right equipment with me for that.
In the end the Tilapia and a Catfish cooperated and I also had a tussle with a Mayan Cichlid.
Jumped a Tarpon, caught a Tarpon and spotted a couple others at the beach and in the ponds.

The Fall Mullet run is definitely a better season to fish with the risk of hurricanes and tropical
storms as a drawback.
Best performing flies a Flatwing Deceiver pattern which I sourced from Piscari Fly in Ireland.
The flatwing in a Mullet livery worked good on the Snook.
A Fulling Mill Foxy Clouser minnow with sili legs that resembled a sandfly was a good pattern
for blindcasting near structure, that fly catches anything.