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Best Bait for Red Snapper Fishing in Gulf Shores & Orange Beach

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[caption id="attachment_3424" align="alignright" width="224"] Red snapper caught aboard the Lady D.[/caption]Red snapper season kicks off June 1. Learn about the new State of Alabama requirements for reporting red snapper landings on any vessel from Outdoor Alabama. Click Here It seems we all have gotten a little spoiled with the size of red snapper we catch these days. The fish are just bigger than they have ever been in the Gulf. I can't even remember the last time I had to measure a snapper to see if it was legal. Today eight-, 10- and 12-pound snappers are commonly caught. I think sometimes we all forget that a 10-pound snapper is a really nice fish! Snapper of all sizes, including huge 20 or even 30-pound fish are commonly caught on dead bait. Squid, pogies, and cigar minnows are always reliable and readily available. But if you want to try to target huge snapper, you need live bait and the bigger, the better. Captain Casey Price on the charter boat Lady D always has a supply of live baits on board. "Big snapper will hit a dead bait, but to consistently target trophy fish, big live baits are your best option.” Pinfish and ruby red lips are two of Price's and snappers favorites. On those days when live bait is hard to come by, Price says large chunks of meat also work well. "We use a lot of big bonito strips. But you have to make them big enough so the []