It’s one of the most anticipated seasons of the year for offshore anglers — American red snapper season is officially open in ...

Red snapper? Closing at the end of July ... If they stay down we might fish a heavier jig head or bottom rig,” said Krutzky. “You got to be ready to mix it up and try different things to ...

The red snapper fishing season in waters of the Atlantic ... a 40-pound gag grouper or a large shark. Bottom rigs: Two basic, easy-to-tie rigs will help you catch red snapper.

Red snapper mini-season is here and will be gone before you know it, so don't delay. Get those rigs ready and have ... steel circle hooks when bottom fishing. The idea behind the one fish, no ...

The most important thing is to never drop a baited rig all the way to the bottom and then wind it back halfway to the boat. This brings the white snapper and all the other smaller fish you don’t ...

On the calm days before this latest series of fronts, bottom fishing was exceptional. We caught red grouper, mangrove snapper, white grunts, triggerfish (which will close in federal waters at 12: ...

A lot of hardcore offshore fishermen I know snub their noses at bottom ... sizes and/or rigs to target different species. But since you'll have three weekends to fish for red snapper this month ...

in addition to red snapper, will provide good action for gag and red grouper, amberjack, triggerfish, scamp and more. Most of these fish can be taken on traditional bottom rigs such as Carolina ...

A good general rig for snapper: Five to 10 feet of 30-pound ... Pay attention to the current. Bottom-fishing veterans know that moving into shallower water can be a must when the current is ...

This fisherman's photo shows fish floating near an oil rig in the Gulf ... Only upon reaching the bottom, the divers said, did they discover the bodies. Red snapper, amberjack, spadefish, cigar ...

Schmidt and Poveromo fished the Marquesas Keys for grouper and snapper ... hook (making this a "knocker rig"). New regulations for those seeking bottom fish in the Gulf of Mexico now require ...

Feeding Habits They are opportunistic bottom feeders that consume ... to those used for other reef fish) are effective, a favorite rig for large red snapper is a single 7/0 hook.