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04/17/2018

Good news!
Red Snapper will open June 11, thru July 21.
State and Federal waters.

The federally permitted for-hire season will be open June 1 - July 21. NOAA Fisheries has issued exempted fishing permits which allow each of the five Gulf States to set their own season for private recreational red snapper fishing in state and federal waters during 2018 and 2019.
o Florida, please call 850-487-0554
o Alabama, please go to http://www.outdooralabama.com/saltwater-fishing/exempted-fishing-permit
o Mississippi, please call 228-374-5000 or go to http://dmr.ms.gov/index.php/component/content/category/159-snapper-tails-n-scales
o Louisiana, please call 504-284-2032
o Texas, please call 512-389-4620 or email [email protected]

10/26/2017

08/20/2017

Mollie weighs in with a 354.1 # swordy White Marlin Shootout

08/12/2017

The dates for Gulf of Mexico state waters will be Sept. 1-4, Sept. 9-10, Oct. 7-8 and Oct. 14-15 for recreational harvest.

07/31/2017

Between jet skis, pontoon boats, porpoise watching boats, boats that drag people up in the air in parachutethings, pirate ships, go-fast boats— even contraptions that shoot you up in the air on a jet stream of water—most boating activity in Destin inv

07/26/2017

Major changes could be made to the strict and controversial regulations on Atlantic red snapper that would allow anglers to harvest the popular game fish, driven by biologists’ belief the species is recovering from overfishing much faster than previously thought.

07/19/2017

Only one port is hailed as the Luckiest Fishing Village in the World. And that port belongs to Destin, Florida, as it is now home to a Triple Crown winner. 

07/14/2017

Here is the CE's Blue Marlin caught by Junior Angler Ryan Cooper! Going to weigh it at 7:00AM tomorrow (Friday) morning! First time ever for a morning weigh-in at The Wharf

06/14/2017

"The new rule announced today will re-open the 2017 Federal recreational season for red snapper by the private angling component on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from June 16, 2017, through Labor Day, September 4, 2017. During this time, the season will be closed Monday through Thursday with the exception of July 3, July 4, and September 4. Correspondingly, the five Gulf States will bring their state red snapper water seasons into alignment with the Federal water season for the rest of the summer.

The Departments rule does not change the quota or season length for the federally permitted for-hire component of the recreational fishery or the commercial individual fishing quota program and the 2017 commercial quota."

The Federal Private Recreational Red Snapper Season has been extended. The season will reopen for 39 weekend days (including Fridays) and holidays from June 16th through September 4. More details: https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2017/06/department-commerce-announces-changes-2017-gulf-mexico-red-snapper

06/14/2017

Weekend recreational fishing is meant to be a fix for the shortest federal snapper season on record.

06/11/2017

Congrats team Pay Dirt...242.54lb Swordy

Team "Pay Dirt" and Nick Stanczyk earned the motherload of swordfish payouts....$376,075 and a Nissan Titan!