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I’ve found a few on some small wrecks between 25 and 35 feet deep in northeast Chandeleur Sound, not too far inside the northern tip of the Chandeleur islands. I love to go out there in summer after chasing trout in the east Biloxi Marsh in the mornings. Snapper and tripletail fishing is something that can be done in the afternoons when the trout bite is over for the day – but these spots are something like 15 miles ESE of Grand Pass. They’re inside the islands, but not really inshore. There are some old oilfield structures in Chandeleur Sound that might hold snapper in the summer and fall. These are much closer – 5 to 7 miles out in the Sound, east of Deepwater Pass, or ESE of Door Point. I’ve never checked these for snapper, but they’d be good habitat if the water is suitable. I think the key is salinity. They’re under every dock in Florida, in shallow mangrove creeks and grass flats, but those areas are directly connected the ocean…
