Gettys Brannon, left, holds a red snapper on a fishing trip with Russ Tomlinson, on July 12, 2024, the one day that year they could fish for snapper. Tomlinson, president of Sportsman Boats, is ...

South Florida's patch reefs, finger channels, flats and creeks can offer phenomenal mutton action, but you need plenty of live chum. George Poveromo Spring triggers major gatherings of spawning-class ...

The 2026 red snapper fishing season for federally permitted for-hire vessels in the Gulf of Mexico will last 147 days. The ...

The Atlantic red snapper season runs July 11-12 in federal waters, with a one-fish bag limit. Florida's Gulf red snapper season is 126 days, while the Atlantic season is only two days. Gov. DeSantis ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Thousands of anglers hit the waters Friday for their only opportunity to fish for Atlantic red snapper this year. Red snapper season is the time many anglers wait all year. ...

Gulf charter captains say the 147-day red snapper season is too long, fearing it will harm the fishery's future.

The governors of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina hope that means more Atlantic fishing days. FWC will start the process to take control of red snapper quotas from the South Atlantic Fishery ...

Louisiana sport anglers reeled in nearly 950,000 pounds of red snapper during the 2025 season, newly released estimates show, as the state works with federal authorities to restore population numbers ...