Recreational anglers just got some awesome news; red snapper season has reopened in the Gulf of Mexico and will end on Labor Day, Monday, September, 4. That means an additional 39 days of red snapper fishing! That sure beats the heck out of the measly three-day federal season recreational ...

In a move that doesn't surprise anyone, Florida is trying anything it can do to extend the ridiculously short three-day 2017 Red Snapper season for recreational fishermen. The season, which is planned to run the first three days of June, is so comically short that state conservation and advocacy ...

The NOAA has just announced the 2017 red snapper regulations for the Gulf of Mexico and it's going to come as a gut punch to all anglers! Per NOAA: FB17-023 FISHERY BULLETIN ISSUE DATE: May 2, 2017 CONTACT: SERO Sustainable Fisheries, 727-824-5305   NOAA Announces the 2017 ...

Four men in a Lancha boat were found with 164 illegally caught red snapper by the United States Coast Guard off South Padre Island in federal waters. The red snapper, which weighed in at 320 pounds, were seized along with the crews illegal fishing gear. The fishermen were also detained. Lancha ...

It looks like the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation is going through with a 78-day red snapper season planned for state waters that's the same as the plan for last year's season. A draft rule was recently approved at a meeting the commission held in February which opens the recreational ...

It's not often (or ever, that I can remember) that you catch a red snapper devoid of any of the color in which it gets its name from. Johnathon Morris got quite the surprise when he reeled in a red snapper that appears to be completely white. Image: Jonathon Morris Known as a leucitic red ...

Contrary to popular belief among many anglers, bananas aren't bad luck to have on a boat. In fact, it looks like using a banana just might bring you one step closer to snagging a giant snapper.

Ben Raines of Al.com just released an explosive, in-depth study of the new 'Lords of the Sea' that are controlling millions of dollars of fishing quota on the Gulf Coast of the United States. It all began in 2007 when the  Individual Fishing Quota system, or IFQ, was established, and began a ...

Most recreational anglers along the gulf coast will tell you they are unhappy with red snapper regulations.  The main point anglers try to make is that red snapper are more than plentiful. In some cases, they are a nuisance when fishing for other species. For Joe Cain of Alabama, he thought his ...