TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – It’s one of the most anticipated seasons of the year for offshore anglers — American red snapper season is officially open in the Gulf! These prized fish draw anglers from across ...

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 ...

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.

Recreational anglers will have July 11-12 to fish off the east coast for red snapper, one of Florida's most sought-after and delicious species of fish. The two-day season is 124 days less than on the ...

The Gulf Coast is recognized worldwide for its exceptional fishing opportunities, offering anglers a wide variety of species ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering extra red snapper fishing days for research purposes. The application deadline is Nov. 10 to fish December through February.

The state is accepting applications for a red snapper research project that will allow Florida east coast anglers to catch red snapper in the Atlantic Ocean outside of the regular fishing days. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MURRELLS INLET — South Carolina anglers get just two days each year to fish for red snapper. But that could change next year. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources on Nov. 14 announced plans for a ...