****CLOSED**** 2020 Alabama Red Snapper Season
Private recreational vessel anglers (including state-licensed only for-hire vessel anglers):
Dates: Weekends only (Friday-Monday) from Friday, May 22, 2020. The season is anticipated to last for 35 days and is scheduled to close on Friday, July 3, 2020
- Weekends are defined as 12:01 a.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday.
Size and Bag Limit: 16-inch total length; 2 per person, per day
Federally-permitted for-hire vessel anglers:
Dates: 12:01 a.m., local time, on June 1, 2020, and will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on August 2, 2020.
Size and Bag Limit: 16-inch total length; 2 per person, per day
All Anglers:
- Must have a valid Alabama saltwater fishing license, as required, when in possession of any saltwater fish species in Alabama waters.
- Harvested red snapper must be reported on one Snapper Check report per vessel trip before fish are landed in Alabama.
- Free Saltwater Angler Registration is required for all residents 16 and over who take, catch, kill, or possess fish or attempt to catch, kill or possess fish in the saltwater jurisdiction of Alabama. This includes residents who are not required to purchase an annual saltwater license such as those over the age of 64, have a lifetime saltwater license or fish exclusively on a pier that has purchased a pier fishing license.
- A Reef Fish Endorsement is required for all resident and non-resident anglers 16 years of age and older, and includes disabled, veterans appreciation, 65 and older, lifetime license holders, pier licenses, annual saltwater licenses, trip licenses, commercial fishermen, and charter boats.
- Possession of red snapper in state waters while the Alabama season is closed is prohibited. Anglers fishing under another state’s season must abide by that state’s rules and land fish in that state. Individuals on vessels with red snapper may not transit Alabama state waters while the Alabama season is closed.