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

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 ...

East coast Florida anglers hoping to reel in (and keep) some delicious red snapper will have just two days in July to do it. The Atlantic Red Snapper season runs July 11-12, according to NOAA ...

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 ...

This year has been a good, but not great, red snapper season for Captain Brian Lambert of Fishhawk Charters. “No crazy big fish in big numbers. We’re not getting 12 monster red snapper on trips,” said ...

2026 could mean big changes for red snapper! The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council heard a proposal Wednesday on a new three-year pilot plan to expand Georgia’s recreational red snapper ...

A recreational fisher holds a large red snapper. Red snapper season will last two days along North Carolina's Atlantic Coast this summer. The "mini-season" for recreational anglers is July 11 and 12.

Florida anglers can fish for red snapper 126 days on the west coast but only two days on the east coast. Recreational fishing for red snapper in the Atlantic Ocean will open 12:01 a.m. July 11 and ...

Angler Tony Figlozzi poses with a tagged 34-inch red snapper caught fishing with Captain Brian Lambert. Provided photo Courtesy of Jon Chapman Florida angler recaptured a red snapper tagged in 2016 ...

Finally, there's solid proof that Gulf red snapper populations are in superb shape, with 7 million fish found along just the 50-mile-wide Alabama coastline. This is precisely what many Southern marine ...

That sound you heard last week coming from the southern part of the state was the collective cries of joy from happy fishermen heralding the extension of the state’s red snapper fishing season. The ...