As 2026 begins, recreational anglers in Florida will need to adjust their targets, with new seasonal closures taking effect ...

Josh says the fishing has been “absolutely fantastic” inshore and offshore. The trout fishing has been as good as it gets, with lots of big fish around on the grass flats and hard bottom points and ...

“My guys were trophy hunters,” said Captain Dion Davis, who runs a quad-engine Freeman out of Sarasota allowing him to target deepwater fish on single day trips. “They wanted to swing for the fences ...

Extended red snapper season puts a premium on the right tackle. Learn which bottom-fishing combos excel for snapper, grouper, ...

IGFA world length record gag grouper caught by angler slow-pitch jigging for red snapper. The post Gulf Angler Catches Record ...

The largest grouper in the Atlantic Ocean is so big that it can eat a four-foot-long shark in one gulp and makes noises so loud that nearby scuba divers feel an effect much like a sonic boom. These ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The short gag grouper season is open now through September 14. They seem to be abundant offshore and inside Tampa Bay as well. Captain Ryan Amaturo said the pressure on the ...

For the first time in many years, the big four offshore species will be filling fish boxes at the same time for recreational anglers. But for how long is still to be determined. While normally open ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] is taking emergency action to increase red grouper catch limits through the end of the year. The emergency rule is ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Recreational anglers in South Carolina can now fish for all 55 species in the red snapper-grouper complex, year-round, within 3 miles of state waters. Gov. Henry McMaster ...

A group of House lawmakers is seeking to preempt a NOAA rule that would ban seasonal groundfishing for 55 South Atlantic species as part of a broader effort to recover the red snapper. The legislation ...