Seriously, whether its fishing for snapper offshore in 90 feet of water or fishing for snapper under the local pier or catwalk, mangrove snapper are biting right now. It's also a good time to get good ...

1: At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, there’s been some red tide in the area and on Wednesday there were some floating dead fish visible from the pier. Not many anglers have been out this week and only ...

So far, we could easily call this the summer of snapper. Since the snapper bite began in earnest in March, the snapper bite offshore has been glorious. Mutton snapper, mangrove snapper, lane snapper ...

Mangrove Snapper: The mangrove snapper bite is about as good as it gets for area anglers. Big fish and good numbers are being caught all over the Tampa Bay area ...

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 ...

One species that shines both inshore and off during the dog days of August is the doggy-dentured and scrappy gray or mangrove snapper. With so many inshore species currently off limits for anglers ...

If you're hoping to win the STAR tournament, you might want to look at a category other than mangrove snapper. Baton Rouge's Todd Black seems to have that one sewn up. Black, who has fished out of ...

Back in the not-so-long-ago days when the recreational red snapper season was dwindling to a very few days, the two-per-angler daily limit was more prized than it is today. This year’s two-snapper per ...

When the 2025 Gulf recreational red snapper season was announced, most offshore anglers probably saw August as the best time to take off from the water. It’s hot, rainy, and usually a busy time of ...