World Record: 50 lbs 4 oz, Fourchon, Louisiana, 1996 by Doc. Kennedy out of Charlie Hardison's Marina. Red snappers are common to about two feet and anything over thirty pounds is a whopper. Mature snappers love our offshore platforms. Snappers feed on most any animal they can find, and are not particularly selective. Cigar minnows and poggies are very productive. Nevertheless, they are nibblers and browses rather than strikers and a soft touch is required to be productive. They are also known to feed at selective depths that must be determined to highly be productive. They prefer bottom of moderate depths, anywhere from about 60 to 400 feet, with the older populations of larger fish preferring the cooler water of deeper spots. This fish is great broiled, baked or fried. This is one of the finest food fishes anywhere.