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Lutjanus synagris
How to catch Lane snapper in Florida
Lane snapper feed in 68–88°F water and bite best at 74–84°F.
15 pts · trophy at 16"Feeds 68–88°FBest 74–84°FIn season nowArtificial reefWreckLedge / hard bottomGrass flatChannel edge
About
Pink with yellow stripes and a black spot, on every patch of hard bottom and grass edge in the Gulf and the Keys. One of the best-eating small snappers, and the easiest to fill a limit of.
How to fish it
Light tackle, a knocker rig or a small jig tipped with shrimp, over hard bottom in 15 to 60 feet. Chum and they come up in the slick.
What it eats
shrimpsquidcut baitsmall jigs
Live bait for it
Live shrimpUnder a popping cork or free-lined, hooked under the horn on a #1 to 2/0 circle hook; on a jig head for the bottom. The universal inshore bait.
Pilchards (whitebait)Free-lined or under a cork, hooked through the nose on a #1 to 2/0 circle hook. The one bait that catches everything inshore.
SquidStrips on a bottom rig for snapper, grunts and porgies; whole on a deep-drop rig.What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itLeader30–60 lb fluorocarbon
Hook2/0–7/0
Braid30–65 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereMinimum 8" total length within the snapper aggregate — confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule at MyFWC →Month by month, water by water
When lane snapper is the story
The Panhandle
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The Big Bend & Nature Coast
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Tampa Bay & Sarasota
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Charlotte Harbor & the Islands
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The Ten Thousand Islands & Everglades
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The Florida Keys
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Miami & Biscayne Bay
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Palm Beach & the Treasure Coast
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The Space Coast Lagoons
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The First Coast
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