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.

Red snapper have been under strict federal regulation since 2010 to allow their population to bounce back from overfishing.

Anglers this year had two days to fish for red snapper. Next year, they want more than 60. The Department of Natural ...

Based on updated landings, the red snapper season for for-hire vessels in federal waters is back open for red snapper.

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 ...

Over 20 boats ventured offshore during last weekend’s Suncoast Snapper Slapper tournament out of Marina Jacks in Sarasota. And with it, a beautiful few days of weather, allowing some to head deep in ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Red snapper season is a cherished tradition each and every year in the southern Atlantic and along Florida’s First Coast. “Just knowing you’ve thrown ‘em back so many times and ...