When targeting mangrove snapper, it is best to hit them at the slower portions of the tides, beginning and end. Position yourself so your bait will be swept into the structure where they are schooled.

1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, good numbers of mangrove snapper and Spanish mackerel have been caught every day this past week. Other catches of note include white grunts, a few speckled trout and a ...

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 ...

Mangrove snapper: Anglers targeting mangrove snapper can find good numbers right now on structure all over the Tampa Bay area and locations elsewhere. Strike Zone, 1 ...

When July ends many anglers might be wondering what they’ll do to fill a cooler with fish. Red grouper? Closed. Gag grouper? Only opening for the beginning half of September. Red snapper? Closing at ...

The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries has certified a new state record for mangrove snapper on Wednesday. The 15 pound, 3.2 ounce fish was boated by 19-year-old angler Adrian Faircloth of ...

Captain Chase Krutzky shared a photo of his mangrove snapper and mackerel catch fishing Tampa Bay this week. When the 2025 Gulf recreational red snapper season was announced, most offshore anglers ...

The Gulf of Mexico is loaded with more monster red snapper than avid offshore angler Todd Black has ever seen. Black had to hop from platform to platform Memorial Day Weekend to find one that was ...

With all of the species on the catch and release list these days, there are precious few fish for-fish-for-dinner folks to target. While I'm a solid proponent of the catch and release of game fish, ...