Once on location, it was time to rig up. Red snapper aren ... Look for rocky bottom or reef structures, and watch for that telltale “Christmas tree” shape on your fish finder — it usually ...

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper ...

Head a little farther west into the Gulf of Mexico and you can fish wrecks and rock piles for grouper, mangrove snapper ... We switched to a bottom rig, with a hook above a weight that kept ...

The nighttime mangrove snapper bite is starting to heat up. Spawning mangrove snappers are beginning to stage over parts of ...

Around 200 New Zealand fishers and fisher-adjacent people gathered in Christchurch this week for the NZ Federation of Commercial Fishermen ...

“The bigger snapper don’t need bottom structure for safety ... When a chum slick forms, drop hooks baited with whole pogies, squid or fish chunks. “We use a knocker rig with a 2-ounce weight that ...

They are required by law when fishing for snapper, grouper and reef fish in ... This means you should rig your release gear before dropping a bait down if you are bottom fishing at or beyond this ...

The reefs are in top shape this week for those chasing bottom fish according to the team at Tackle World Bundaberg.

NOAA was considering an annual three-month ban on 55 species of reef fish. After public comment (and a change in federal ...