re: Federal Snapper season opens in less than a week who's going?

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Leaves you with lemon fish, mangroves at the snapper grounds.

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Plus all the shallow water groupers, and dozens of other snapper varieties, not to mention almaco jacks and everything else delicious swimming around down there. They require some different techniques and gear but other options are abundant.

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Only other option is to run a bit further after catching a limit of reds and drag some baits for pelagic species.

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Find grass lines for mahi and trippletail, deep drop for big grouper, chum for tuna, etc... I mean the options are virtually limitless if the weather cooperates.

Don't get me wrong, it sucks that AJs and triggers are off the board for right now, but adapting to the changing conditions and targeting the hundreds of other species that inhabit the same waters isn't difficult - it just requires some effort and forethought.