The continuing saga that is red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico took another strange, but expected turn last Wednesday when fisheries managers from states and federal agencies announced a renewal of opportunity for recreational anglers in federal waters.
With June’s arrival, Mississippi sportsmen face a close of one season and an opening of another. […]
By mid-May, the cobia head to the oil rigs, wrecks and man-made reefs south of the barrier islands, where both mangrove snapper and cobia can be found in the same place. […]
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has announced regulations regarding Mississippi boats catching red snapper during Louisiana’s state season. […]
Every summer when July and August roll around, Tommy Vidrine heads offshore in pursuit of mangrove snapper. […]
Thanks to Tropical Storm Colin — and not the hordes of snapper in the Gulf — the 2016 federal red snapper season has been extended for two days. […]
With the announcement this week of a red snapper season in Mississippi’s territorial waters by the state’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR), the question arose about a definition of the area of the Gulf of Mexico included in the term “territorial waters.” […]
As expected, officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources have announced a red snapper season for its territorial waters of the Gulf of Mexico. […]
Red snapper fishermen will get nine days and just one weekend to fish in the federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the shortest season ever set by federal officials who manage the fishery. […]
Mississippi fishermen planning on taking advantage of Louisiana’s red snapper season that opens today will need to meet certain requirements, according to the state Department of Marine Resources. […]
The heaviest tuna I ever landed was a roughly 115-pound yellowfin. But the meanest one was a 90-pounder that almost killed me. I mean the danged thing just refused to give up, and I almost threw the rod, reel and stand-up belt overboard in capitulation. […]
Capt. Tommy Pellegrin firmly believes snelling circle hooks offshore has a direct correlation to the number of fish coming over his gunnels. […]
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