Although many reef anglers say they are catching more small gag grouper than at any time in the past 20 years, state and federal fishery managers have confirmed a plan to reduce the bag limit on the popular reef species to one per person per day as part of an aggregate bag of five groupers of all species. Formerly, Gulf anglers could take up to five gags daily. ...more

December 21, 2008

TREASURE ISLAND Until about 10 a.m., you wouldn't have known there was a Spanish mackerel within 100 miles of captain Sam Maisano's big Donzi. We were catching plenty of bottom fish, to be sure, but the mackerel that had been everywhere a few weeks earlier seemed to have been washed away with the chilly rain of the night before. ...more

November 9, 2008

GO FISHING is a look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Bill Miller. ...more

November 9, 2008

Reef anglers, already concerned because of a threatened reduction in gag grouper harvest, are likely to see their opportunities further reduced when the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meets Feb. 6-7 in Panama City. On the agenda is a rule that would match state regulations to pending federal rules on red snapper harvest. ...more

January 23, 2008