VERMILION PARISH,La. (KLFY) — An Abbeville man was citied for excessive fishing of Red Snapper in Vermilion Parish, authorities said. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents ...

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WITN) - A Newport man is now the new state record holder for one type of fish. North Carolina’s Division of Marine Fisheries says that Colby Shaw caught a 7-pound, 4-ounce fish ...

Reef fishermen in the South Atlantic region had better be sitting down when they hear this news – one of the most important reef species in the region will likely be open to harvest year-round for the ...

A slow season of spring offshore bottom fishing along the Alabama coast was abruptly -- and happily -- interrupted on Monday with the opening of the 2009 red snapper season. The majority of people ...

It's going to be snapper city this weekend. Hot temperatures, calm seas and light current all add up to a formula for some tasty snapper dinners. Mangrove snapper, mutton snapper, lane snapper and ...

A little over a year ago, in January, 2021, Stephen Goldfinch was throwing a cast net for bait in 20 feet of water about two miles off Bull Island, located just northeast of Charleston. “I was looking ...

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 ...

Most fisheries in South Carolina are doing well. Their populations are mostly healthy, thanks to effective government oversight and the caution of fishermen. But some species still are struggling, and ...