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Red snapper close? or far?
Posted: August 15th, 2017, 4:12 pm
by OleFish
Planning a fishing trip out of Carrabelle in search of red snapper and grouper... Should i plan to go to a nearer spot such as One More Time/Yamaha Reef or should I run out to near S-Tower? (or V tower if that spots hotter right now?)
Re: Red snapper close? or far?
Posted: August 15th, 2017, 4:35 pm
by bman
Our last two trips have been out to V
Re: Red snapper close? or far?
Posted: August 16th, 2017, 12:42 pm
by AKII
We've run to V and S the last couple of trips and caught decent fish.
Re: Red snapper close? or far?
Posted: August 17th, 2017, 8:57 am
by tailwaters
The snapper have been in 60 plus feet. I suggest you go to a number you have never seen anyone at before. Something with small relief. All the other places have most likely been picked over by other fishermen. A few weeks ago I hit a ledge that has was great early in the season. It's by no means a public number but I have seen other boats on it before. After spending a couple hours there we only caught 2, just legal snapper and a few short gags. Figured it had been picked over so I moved about a mile to another number with a lot less structure. Within 30 min we closed out our snapper limit along with 4 stud gags.
Most public numbers are good the first week or two of the season but after that they go down hill quick.