On March 24, 2017, amberjack season came to an abrupt halt as the Gulf Council determined the fish had reached its yearly poundage quota for recreational anglers. When seasonal changes were delayed ...

Fishing buddies Jim Carroll and Gordon Jobe left South Carolina’s Murrells Inlet around dawn on May 23 to chase dolphin and wahoo offshore. They were aboard Jobe’s 32-foot Edgewater boat, Liberty Call ...

Deep in the Gulf of Mexico Troy von Blankenburg is comfortable with minimal gear in the extreme sport of free diving. “I don’t even own scuba gear. Almost everything we do is free diving, and we ...

The federal government's move to end the commercial amberjack season in the Gulf has reignited a longstanding dispute with Louisiana over the management of popular fish species. Following the federal ...

The 2023 recreational fishing season for greater amberjack is drawing to a close in the Gulf of Mexico as catch limits for the fishery have been met, federal regulators said Thursday During the ...

What's hot: Amberjack are plentiful on most of the wrecks in depths exceeding 70 feet. Of course, the bigger ones are farther from shore. Wrecks and springs in excess of 120 feet are holding amberjack ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With many popular offshore fish closed for harvest, the greater amberjack is a perfect fish to target for the next few days. The season is short but is open through the end of the ...

Amberjacks don’t get much respect from South Florida anglers, but they should. They’ll bite throughout the spring when other species won’t. Getting amberjacks to the boat is challenging because they ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WKRG) — Calling all fishermen: officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced that the beginning of greater amberjack recreational fishing season starts in May.

Gulf Coast fishermen heard bad news this spring as the scheduled greater amberjack May season closed before it ever started by decree from federal officials. 2018 estimates state that amberjack’s ...