"Anyone know any good oil rigs to catch red snapper at this time of year," the author began. "I have a 21-foot offshore boat so I can go up to 50 miles out." The liveliest thread within the ensuing ...

Looking to upgrade your bottom-fishing setup? Learn which combos and tackle excel for snapper season. The post Bottom-Fishing ...

States in the Southeast, tired of inconsistencies in federal management of red snapper fisheries, are pursuing exempted ...

The red snapper that Delph estimated weighed 50-plus pounds. This summer 23-year-old Daniel Delph was captaining a charter trip out of the Florida Keys to the Tortugas area near Key West. It was a ...

In 2019, commercial fisherman Eric Schmidt caught a tagged red snapper off Ft. Myers. When he reported the catch, a 38-inch fish landed in 287 feet of water, the Jacksonville office was shocked at ...

One mini-season ends and before you know it, another one will begin. Red snapper fishing season — all two days of it — are behind us now. It'll be a year before everyone on the Space Coast has to ...

Mutton snapper are still biting. Commercial lobster season opens Aug. 6. Alligator hunting season opens Aug. 15, requires permit. Redfish harvest banned in Indian River Lagoon starting Sept. 1. Snook ...

If you talk to anglers along the South Carolina coast, they’ll tell you red snapper are everywhere. They’ll describe trips where snapper are so abundant that it’s hard to catch anything else. Despite ...

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WALA) - Friday, May 23, 2025 is a big day for offshore anglers in Alabama as the red snapper season for recreational fishermen begins. Starting at midnight and running through the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — American red snapper are a fun species to catch and even more delicious to eat. The recreational season to keep red snapper runs through the end of July in the Gulf of Mexico with ...

In Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, a new federal rule has fishermen angry. A ban on fishing for red snapper—one of the most popular saltwater fish — starts Jan. 4. Federal agencies and ...

Two Florida Congressmen — a Republican and a Democrat — and the state's now-senior U.S. senator want to throw a bone to red snapper anglers off the Atlantic coast. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Jacksonville ...