"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 ...

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 ...

Get your prized fishing rods ready. It's almost red snapper season! Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the record 103-day 2024 Gulf Red Snapper recreational season, breaking last year's record of 87 days. “I ...

Alabama anglers are getting more days on the water in 2026, and the rules are a little different this year. The Marine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FWC asked federal fishery managers to allow a 39-day Atlantic red snapper fishing season off Florida. FWC submitted an exempted fishing permit to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The South ...

Well, another two-day red snapper scramble has come and gone, and even with this year’s excellent conditions, the consensus remains the same: “It’s madness.” Even by your general, run-of-the-mill ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get your prized fishing rods ready. It's almost red snapper season! Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the record 103-day 2024 Gulf Red ...