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Giant Red Snappers Gulf Pier
- noeoutdoors
- Dec 1
- 1 min read
If you fish the Gulf Coast long enough, you hear stories about big snapper coming off the pier. Most of the time it’s talk. This one is the real deal.
James Pemberton from Frisky Fins put in the hours and stuck a legit giant from land this weekend. The fish measured 32.5 inches and weighed 19.17 pounds after being bled and sitting on ice. From the pier. Not a boat. That’s a hammer by anybody’s standards.
He’s been grinding out a pattern this season that’s already produced close to 20 keeper-class snapper off the pier. It isn’t luck. He’s been dialing in the bait rotation, figuring out how the fish move with the weather, and keeping fresh bait in the water. His first bait Saturday died quick, grabbed another one, five minutes later he was hooked up. Hard fight, fish came out from under the pier, and that was the one.
He stayed on it a few more hours and hooked an even bigger snapper, but that one chewed through 80-pound fluoro right before the net. Anyone who’s fished the pier knows that feeling.
James’ setup was built for this kind of abuse. Custom Thrasher 8017, Avet LX Raptor, 80-pound pink Andes mono, 100-pound Seaguar Premier leader, and a 7/0 BKK circle hook.
He says he’ll be back out there as soon as the weather plays nice. If the fish keep acting right, this might not be the biggest one he sticks this year.
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