Red Snapper Fishing in Alabama

The waters off the Alabama coast hold the largest artificial reef system in the world, with thousands of permitted reef sites creating an underwater habitat network that supports an extraordinary population of snapper.

Party boats out of Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and Dauphin Island run trips to reef sites in 60 to 120 feet of water where limits of quality fish are the norm during the open season. The Alabama reef system includes everything from old bridge rubble and concrete pyramids to purpose-built reef modules and decommissioned vessels. Each of these structures holds resident populations of Red Snapper that grow to impressive sizes.