200-pound grouper
Inshore

200-pound grouper

Abby Kelly is fortunate she did not need the use of her arms much on Wednesday after the workout she put them through Tuesday. The recent Page High graduate hauled in an estimated 200-pound Goliath […]

NOAA Online Species Guide
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NOAA Online Species Guide Is Now Available

NOAA Online Species Guide – NOAA Fisheries currently manages red snapper, ten grouper and three tilefish species under the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper and Grouper-Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) programs. An online IFQ species […]

Targeting Piers and Jetties
Inshore

Targeting Piers and Jetties

We have the longest fishing pier in the state with the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge that’s now been turned into a fishing pier across Tampa Bay. The Skyway Bridge stretches from Manatee County to Pinellas […]

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Red Tide Fish Kill

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has confirmed a large-scale offshore fish kill in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. Citizens have reported observations of thousands of dead and dying bottom-dwelling reef fish, including […]

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Inshore

Delta Delights

While most tourists consider a visit to New Orleans the highlight of any trip to Louisiana, if fishing is your passion aim your sights a little further south to the famed Mississippi Delta and the […]

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Georgia DNR Deploys Artificial Reef

The Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources recently (Wednesday February 19, 2014) deployed a donated barge as the latest addition to Artificial Reef SAV – located 6 nautical miles southeast […]

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Who Is SAFMC

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council currently manages eight fisheries.  These fisheries include: coastal migratory pelagics, coral and live bottom habitat, dolphin and wahoo, golden crab, shrimp, snapper, grouper, spiny lobster, and Sargassum. Of these […]

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Inshore

IGFA “What Fish Is This?”

It’s time to test your fish IQ with another IGFA species ID challenge! On a recent college research expedition to Kiribati, IGFA Representative and Lifetime Achiever Martini Arostegui found the time to target some of […]