Alabama’s Marine Resources Division will open state and federal waters to red snapper harvest for private and charter anglers on July 4th, with a two-fish daily limit and a 16-inch minimum size.
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Choctaw County
Alabama’s Red Snapper Season Set to Open May 27 for Private Anglers
Alabama’s 2022 red snapper season for private anglers opens May 27 and runs extended weekends through the summer, as a charity fishing tournament benefiting United Way chapters in Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile and Washington counties wraps up and a Black Belt turkey photo contest gets underway.
Bayou La Batre
At 80, Bayou La Batre Oysterman Bobby Morrison Still Works the Reef by Hand
Bobby Morrison, 80, has spent 64 years tonging oysters by hand out of Bayou La Batre, and he’s still working the reefs at Cedar Point alongside his son as Alabama’s oyster fishery slowly rebuilds.