For the first time in several years, there appears to be a solid set of juvenile weakfish mixed in with the snapper crop. Be careful when snapper fishing that you don’t accidentally take the small weaks, which must be released if they measure less than 16 inches total length, 10” filleted, or 12” dressed. The possession limit for weakfish is 6 and the season is open all year.
A quick inspection makes it easy to tell the weaks from the snappers:
● Snappers have forked tails, weakfish have broad, broom-shaped tails
● Snappers have a full set of even teeth, weakfish have a pair of small fangs at the front of the mouth
● Snappers are blue and silver, weakfish have yellow pectoral fins with some speckles and slight hues of purple on the body