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 ...

LDWF estimates that 947,103 pounds of Red Snapper were landed during the 2025 private recreational season. These landings ...

The Gulf's red snapper population sharply declined in previous decades, but has been gradually improving. Quotas are in place ...

Senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith announced that they are among a group of lawmakers encouraging a crack down on illegal fishing ...

Republican senators urge NOAA to combat illegal red snapper fishing in the Gulf, implicating Mexican cartels and stressing ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced a record-breaking 126-day Gulf red snapper season for 2025. The season will be split into summer and fall segments, including holiday weekends. This extended ...

Florida's gulf coast has a 126-day red snapper season for private anglers, while the Atlantic coast only has a two-day season. Inshore fishing in the Halifax/Indian River area saw success with various ...

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

Lawmakers are calling for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to take action on illegal red snapper ...

Craig Patterson, owner-operator of the longtime shop on the Port Orange Causeway, checked in at 3 a.m. Friday, and, “after a few cups of coffee, we start dipping.” He assumes he’ll sell thousands of ...

We've been waiting on this weekend for nigh on a year. Now it's here and you better be ready. Red snapper mini-season is upon us Friday and Saturday. Two days, like last year, is all we get if you ...