If you prefer taking your time fishing, you're in luck. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the longest private recreational Gulf red snapper season since the state started managing them. In a press ...

Red snapper trips in the Gulf are planned months ahead, but the rules that decide when and where you... The post Planning a ...

In the Gulf of Mexico, there are a variety of shallow-water snapper species frequently caught by anglers. Mangrove, lane, red, vermillion and yellowtail are the most common along Florida’s west coast.

Florida's 2025 Gulf red snapper fall season opens Sept. 1st. The season is open to private recreational vessels and state-permitted charters without federal reef fish permits. The daily bag limit is ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Destin on April 28 to announce a “record-breaking 126-day Gulf red snapper season in state waters” for 2025. With more than 100 gathered on the showroom floor of Legendary ...

The management of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico has been one of the most contentious fisheries issues around, and the problems are not overnight developments. They have been brewing for more than ...

A good week of weather finally allowed Gulf anglers to get offshore, and those who did found a bounty and a variety of hungry fish. The good weather started last Sunday. I was fortunate enough to be ...

Red snapper are plentiful in the Gulf of Mexico, fishers and researcher Bob Shipp say. (NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archives) Bob Shipp says the red snapper stocks in the Gulf of Mexico are ...

Governors of four of the five Gulf states would like to gain more management rights to the red-snapper fishery. Local anglers say there are more red snapper off the coast right now than ever. (Photo ...