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Description: color pinkish red over entire body, whitish below; long triangular snout; anal fin sharply pointed; no dark lateral spot.
Catching them!
Red Snappers are bottom feeders, the best strategies to catch them are bottom and float rigs fished around barnacle-encrusted structures. They do not bite readily on artificial lures so anglers should use live bait such as fiddler crabs, barnacles, oysters, clams or shrimp, sometimes used with sliding sinker rigs.During winter, sheepshead can be found along deeper artificial reefs at depths
between 35 and 60 feet. Sheepshead have a very light bite and are renowned as
bait stealers, and thus can be a frustrating species to fish. We supply the bait and tackle!
Where found: Underwater structures such as reefs, rocky bottoms, oil rigs and shipwrecks at depths between 60 and 400 fee are prime areas for red snapper. They stay near the reef in cooler months and tend to move closer to the shore in the summer. Larger members of the species are usually found farther from shore. Younger fish are found closer to the shore inhabiting more muddy and sandy bottoms. Fishing can be done from an anchored boat or while drifting. Red snapper prefer
a slow-moving or stationary presentation
Size: common to 20 pounds. The North Carolina record is 40lbs (1970)
Remarks: juveniles occur over sandy or mud bottoms and are often taken in shrimp trawls;
adults may live more than 20 years, and attain 35 pounds or more; sexual
maturity attained at age 2; spawns June to October; feeds on crustaceans and
fish.
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