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July 11, 2025
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amberjack

Columns

Butter Garlic Fish

June 17, 2024 Jason Thornton

This Butter Garlic Fish recipe incorporates the light flavors of butter, the savory aspects of garlic, and the spiciness of red pepper flakes.[…]

Features

A living fish chart

June 23, 2023 John N. Felsher

The fertile gulf waters deliver intense action for many offshore species. A red snapper limit in the box doesn’t mean quitting time.[…]

Features

Amberjack fishing is not for the faint of heart

April 22, 2022 John N. Felsher

Nicknamed “reef donkeys” for their size and power, amberjack like to stay around any hard structure in water at least 150 feet deep.[…]

Columns

Species spotlight: Greater amberjack

February 21, 2022 Brian Cope

Most catches of amberjack are incidental catches by anglers targeting snapper and grouper while bottom fishing with cut bait.[…]

Fishing Reports

Ethan’s amberjack

August 26, 2021 mdefelice2@cox.net

Ethan Defelice made a trip with his uncle, Brett Adams, to the SMI blocks and caught this amberjack.

Fishing Reports

Birthday amberjack

August 12, 2021 Field Reporter

Every year to celebrate my birthday, my dad takes me out for an overnight trip. We had a great night and caught a box full of yellowfin! After fishing for tuna all night, we stopped

Fishing Reports

Mallory O’Brien’s Port Fourchon amberjack

June 4, 2021 Field Reporter

Amberjack on light tackle A great Memorial Day weekend out of Port Fourchon in our 32” Gaudet Catamaran. I landed all of these fish on lighter tackle – a Penn 5000 spinning reel with 65lb

Fishing Reports

Jenna Whitmer’s big catch

June 4, 2021 Field Reporter

Jenna Whitmer 5/28/2021 Venice, La

Newsletters

The amberjack bite is on

May 4, 2021 Will Martin

Despite rough seas over the weekend, Capt. Gary Long of Go Long Charters was able to work some offshore magic on the amberjack out of Venice.[…]

Fishing Hotspots

Offshore action out of Cocodrie should be great

August 27, 2020 Dora Lambert

Offshore is going to be the main focus in September at Cocodrie, according to Todd Black, a charter captain and owner of Fish Heads LA.[…]

Field Reports

Amberjack Season Now Open

May 2, 2020 louisianasportsman

Amberjack season kicked off in Louisiana Friday May 1 and professional bass angler Gerald Spohrer wasted no time getting after them.[…]

Offshore Fishing

Rigging for amberjack

August 6, 2019 louisianasportsman

It’s amberjack season, and we’ve got Superior Bait & Tackle’s tips to get you rigged up and ready to go. Get a refresher on how to snell a hook.[…]

News Breaker

Amberjack season in state waters set to close March 30

March 27, 2017 From News Reports

Less than a week after the NOAA Fisheries shut down amberjack season in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the recreational season will also close in state waters on March 30.[…]

News Breaker

Gulf recreational amberjack season to close March 24

March 20, 2017 From News Reports

The recreational amberjack season in the Gulf of Mexico will close in federal waters at 12:01 a.m. on March 24, and will remain closed until Jan. 1, 2018, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. […]

News Breaker

Pending state record amberjack caught out of Venice

February 1, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Capt. Eric Newman was on a fun trip with friends Tuesday in search of yellowfin tuna out of Venice — and for a few minutes around 1 p.m., everyone onboard thought they were hooked up with a good one.[…]

News Breaker

Recreational amberjack season in Gulf will not reopen in 2016

July 22, 2016 From News Reports

If you were planning on making an amberjack trip in the Gulf of Mexico when the season reopened on Aug. 1, make other plans.[…]

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