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Join the Trash Free Seas Movement to Keep Our Gulf Healthy

For those of us living in coastal Alabama, the Dog River watershed is a prime example. After one of Mobile’s typical heavy summer rains, the scenic river is turned into a trash pile of floating debris that eventually makes its way to Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

Florida east coast anglers can help FWC collect red snapper data

Recreational red snapper season is open Aug. 23 through Aug. 25 in south Atlantic federal waters. Photo credit: MyFWCmedia. NEWS …

NOAA Fisheries is Implementing Actions for Yellowtail Snapper and Shallow-Water Groupers in the South Atlantic

August 13, 2013     Small Entity Compliance Guide NOAA Fisheries is implementing management measures in Regulatory Amendment 15 to the Fishery …

NOAA Fisheries Announces Sea Turtle Release Gear Workshops for Snapper-Grouper Permitted Vessels in the South Atlantic

August 12, 2013 NOAA Fisheries will conduct outreach workshops to review required sea turtle release gear for federal South Atlantic …

It’s More Than the Catch

As recreational anglers, we have all probably heard (and read) about it a million times. Search the internet and you are likely to find thousands of articles documenting “best practices” for releasing fish.

Fall Snapper Season, Really?

As many of you know, the Gulf Council has recently voted to have a fall red snapper season. Good news, eh? Yeah, I think so, but it could have been better. There are lots of moving parts involved in this, and I think it would be worthwhile to check them out, because in the next few months and years, these parts will still be moving, and more (and perhaps better) decisions will depend on them. First a quick summary of what went into creating the extended season.

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Bonefish 101

The bonefish, considered one of the most often sought after saltwater game fish, is elusive, spooky, and fast, a ghost like fish that poses a real challenge to fly fisherman. It makes its home in some of the most beautiful tropic locations worldwide.

Hot Action on Eight-Day Trip Aboard the American Angler

The anglers who headed out in mid-October aboard the 90-foot American Angler, out of Point Loma Sportfishing in San Diego, with Captain Ray Lopez at the helm, experienced multi-species Nirvana on an eight-day Penn Fishing University excursion. This October eight-day trip is known as the Fall Variety Special, and it more than lived up to its billing, with 27 different species of game fish caught.

Adventures South Of the Border: In Search of Monster Roosterfish

My son Charles and I are always looking for giant roosterfish— one of my favorite fish of all. It has a dorsal fin that kind of looks like the tail feathers of a rooster, thus giving it the name roosterfish. It is a member of the jack family and fights as hard as any jack does.

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Owen’s First Wahoo

41”snook

20 inch sheepshead

ELLE with a snook