A new world-record grouper caught off the Florida coast was just made official by the International Game Fish Association. Benny Ortiz caught the big gag grouper, which measured 98 centimeters (or ...

SARASOTA BAY, Fla. (WFLA) — New fish homes will make a rather big splash in Sarasota Bay on Tuesday. This is great news for the ecosystem and also for recreational fishermen. The new artificial reefs ...

Typical for November, several frontal passages have provided a myriad of conditions for anglers prospecting both shallow and deep. While fishing on days of wind and weather have been challenging, ...

It's going to be another few days of Chamber of Commerce weather to get offshore and engage with a grouper. Grouper fishing off the Space Coast has been excellent. Gag grouper catches have been steady ...

A few months back, we talked about something called a Secretarial Amendment and NOAA’s fishery folks, and it was worthy of attention since the secretary of whom we spoke is the United States Secretary ...

Grouper season opened Wednesday in Atlantic waters, including the Treasure Coast. But this won't be like any grouper season before it. Gag grouper harvest will be cut short on June 15. It won't ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Recreational anglers in South Carolina can now fish for all 55 species in the red snapper-grouper complex, year-round, within 3 miles of state waters. Gov. Henry McMaster ...

In June, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council announced that 2024’s recreational gag grouper season would open Sept. 1 and close Sept. 16. The disclosure of only 15 days for one of the Gulf’s ...

In 2022, red grouper season came to an abrupt halt on Aug. 30. This caused grief to anglers, and particularly charter captains, who use red grouper as a meat fish to fill the box during offshore ...

The proposed rule seeks to recover highly coveted red snapper off the coast of Florida by reducing the number of discarded dead fish from recreational boats. NOAA Fisheries wants to impose seasonal ...

A fishing lottery and video cameras keeping watch might be the best that regulators can do to let a few anglers keep catching on the bottom offshore and still save the imperiled red snapper. South ...