SNAPPA'

Anybody gonna' Hit 'Em.....Seasons Almost here....

Planning on it as much as possible

Absolutely.

I’m in..

It’s not in yet? I get all my best snapper in May!

Catching a snapper has gotten so easy that even Out back could do it. But yes we will hit some wreaks on our way in from the blue water.

Drop down. Reel up. No fun in that shiiit. Y’all can have em

whats the limit this time?

2 per angler

You won't catch many 15 to 25 Pounders just dropping down the old heavy lead route though....

Al you can eat before you get back to shore + 2.

Snapper fishing is boring

So is deer hunting a greenfield with a rifle, but we all do it

they ain't boring to eat Matt, only reason to catch em. Need to take the wife and grandson so we can keep six 20 pounders.

I love it.

I thought a 15 pounder was like beeliners these days? Now 25 plus are beast!

I’ll stick to pulling dusters next to weed lines and platforms.

Nothing wrong with loading the cooler trolling or bottom fishing BUT I like sightfishing weedlines and flipping live bait to lit up dorado on light tackle. 2nd favorite is putting a perfect cast on a cruising cobia and hooking up in front of forty-eleven other boats trying to do the same thing. High speed trolling for wahoo is addictive too but that's not for the faint of heart and your tackle game better be on point.

High speed on 30W is where it’s at.

Damn right!

Gonna be in pcb June 2-7. I wanna go but I'm only one that wants to.

They catch plenty of snapper on party boats now.

It's going to be a long couple months for me, but at least it's not derby fishing being its weekends only for private boats instead of X amount of days in a row.

We went today and found some bliners, threw back a really nice gag and caught a 20# blackfin on 10# braid bait rod flatline. Threw back a few snappa but had a good day.

Speaking of combat fishing,...

This morning

You can say that again

Just th' Usual out of ANY Pass during the Late Spring/Summer!! I'll be down there next Friday.....BUT.....I'm headed out at about 2:00 a.m.------RADAR and PLOTTER.....Gonna' Burn Some DIESEL.....ARRRGGGGG!!!

At least it's not derby fishing like it was years when there was X amount days in a row no matter the weather.

I can hear Bobby W or puppy or bullet Bob right now cussing all that mess. Damn a red snapper

I caught a 29.8 and my nephew caught a 28.7 pound Snapper to place 1st and 2nd in the Flora Bama rodeo today..

Doing that right now

I like to eat a red snapper but they bout like fishin for bluegalls with crikets...id 10 to 1 rather catch kingfish..or pitch a bucktale on cobia...im self taught and am still learning but i know i dont get real excited about red snapper...i do however like to catch me some beeliners that way i aint gottah fool with a stupid season.

Wow. Y'all were on em good then!! Congrats. Post up some pics of those hogs

Nice

Dang!!! Nice fish there gatorbait

Thanks..

That's AWESOME. I caught a 33lb few years ago. Them Bigguns is fun to pull in. 👍🏻

Datgum...i aint ever caughtem that big..thems gollywhoppers. Are they still purty good to eat that big?

I’d much rather eat smaller snapper, but these don’t taste bad by any means

Ok, i caught one one time that might have weighed about 15lbs an thats bout the biggest ive ever seen..daddy caught some that was 30lbs plus but it was awhile back an i dont remember eatin any of them or what they tasted like. We dont bottom fish much so i dont catchem a whole lot..we do chumem up occasionally in shallower water an pitch jigs an such atem on lightish spinnin tackle they are fun to fiddle with like that. Weve caught some nice cobia an kings like that to but dont getm like that often...fun fun fun tho.

Both state and feds had boat counters at Perdido Pass yesterday morning to compare boat traffic heading out to snapper check reports. Even though it is mandatory, this could come back to bite us, and along with the pretty weather, season could end way early. Nice fish gator, was wondering who you were fishing with when you posted the weighs. M&M are a couple of the best at that game.

I kind of feel the same about snapper check as Outback does about seatbelts

Snapper check is a great thing, it got our foot in the door with NOAA or we would have had way fewer days. I stay on top of all meetings, both fed and state, just a little concerned, fish got hammered the last two days and some snooping going around. If seas would have been 3-4, I would feel a little better.

I was under the impression that if I did it, it counted against the yearly quota and could only end in season shutting down early.

All I can say is wow!

Congrats! great job!

Im pretty sure bama 1971 might have caught one or 2 too.

None like those!

Those are toads!! Biggest I ever caught was 25lbs

Thanks John, I’ve been lucky to fish with them both for a long time since I married their sister many moons ago..

10-4. I didn't know if you were a Cajote.

Congratulations gatorbait! Some damn gooduns!

You are indeed lucky. Those Kennedy boys know what they are doing for sure.

One of my favorite parts about snapper fishing

No doubt about that right there. They are fine.

We grilled bliners yesterday and smoked 5 lbs of blackfin for dip.

Care to share your dip recipe..........

Nothing fancy TC.

Brined and smoked fish. I’ve used different kinds of fish and it’s all good.
Cream cheese, mayo, sour cream and green onions.
Jalapeños and chips.