Dick Emmons, Senior Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education (CARE) Instructor and well known local fishing enthusiast sent me his "IT'S SNAPPER TIME" instruction sheet. The information he provides is ...

(CN) – Decades before artificial reef building was a scientific exercise carried out with public-private partnerships, local charter boat captains in Orange Beach, Alabama would haul chicken coops, ...

If you're headed to the Alabama coast for a little deep sea fishing you're going to find more big red snapper than ever before. Catching the truly trophy fish usually entails a little more than luck.

This year the typical 5-7 inch snappers are mixed in with some 12-inch harbor blues, which may add some unanticipated excitement to your outing. The easiest way to catch snappers is by using bait.

A good topwater smash is one of the greatest experiences in fishing. Dozens of surface lures on the market can make them happen, but few are more popular or user-friendly than a popper. They come in ...

So far, we could easily call this the summer of snapper. Since the snapper bite began in earnest in March, the snapper bite offshore has been glorious. Mutton snapper, mangrove snapper, lane snapper ...

If you don’t know how to fish with poppers and get the most from these lures, now’s the perfect time to learn, as the topwater bite is in full swing and will stay good through summer and into fall.

Late summer on Long Island has long been synonymous with snapper fishing among the angling set. The juvenile bluefish arrive in our waters earlier in the season, but it takes until late July or August ...