Head a little farther west into the Gulf of Mexico and you can fish wrecks and rock piles for grouper, mangrove snapper ... We switched to a bottom rig, with a hook above a weight that kept ...

But the oil wasn’t coming from a leak or some other failure of the rig ... northern red snapper, is one of the most frequently caught species in the Gulf’s recreational fishing industry.

consisting of a snapper lead at the bottom of the line and hooks on droppers above it, is effective for some species such as pearl perch. I like to use luminous tubing on the droppers of these rigs ...

Red snapper? Closing at the end of July ... If they stay down we might fish a heavier jig head or bottom rig,” said Krutzky. “You got to be ready to mix it up and try different things to ...

Red Snapper is the most prominent catch on offshore bottom fishing charters, where you can easily hook into a twenty-pounder." They also note the waters in the area get deep quickly, so you can ...

So thick were the snapper that the line went slack, indicating fish hookup, long before reaching the ... tried and true way is to anchor over a reef and send your bait to the bottom on a two-hook ...

If you fish in more than five feet of water on bare bottom or around sparse cover, a Ned rig is almost guaranteed to get a bite. One of these flat, lightweight jigheads paired with a mini soft ...

Bass, snapper, tripletail and bluefish are in ... Snook, drum and flounder are available on bottom fishing rigs with live croaker or mullet. Bluefish, Spanish mackerel and jacks can be caught ...

For example, when fishing for different types of bottom-dwelling fish like flounder and ... feeding near structures more effectively. In pursuit of snapper, we find that the high low rig can be used ...