I have only caught one red snapper in North Carolina. It is a horrible story, though. I was the only female fishing (not that it bothers me) and the mate hated me for some reason. My line got tangled with a no fishing guy next to me and the mate gave MY darn fish to him. At the end of the trip. this man accidentally dropped it into the water. That’s okay... we plan on going to the Carolina’s this summer and I think a red snapper is calling my name. I’m a bit older, wiser and meaner... so this time, I may throw the mate overboard. LOL!!!
I pulled up as many as twelve at a time, weighing from 9 to 28 pounds. It was a commercial smack gone down to Mexico for 6 weeks at a time before Uncle Sam gave half the Gulf and all of the good fishing grounds to Mexico.