Features
A living fish chart
The fertile gulf waters deliver intense action for many offshore species. A red snapper limit in the box doesn’t mean quitting time.[…]
amberjack
Features
Amberjack fishing is not for the faint of heart
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
Most catches of amberjack are incidental catches by anglers targeting snapper and grouper while bottom fishing with cut bait.[…]
Fishing Reports
Ethan’s amberjack
Ethan Defelice made a trip with his uncle, Brett Adams, to the SMI blocks and caught this amberjack.
Fishing Reports
Birthday amberjack
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
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
Jenna Whitmer 5/28/2021 Venice, La
Newsletters
The amberjack bite is on
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
If you were planning on making an amberjack trip in the Gulf of Mexico when the season reopened on Aug. 1, make other plans.[…]
News Breaker
Gulf of Mexico recreational amberjack season to close Sept. 28
The recreational amberjack season in the Gulf of Mexico is scheduled to close at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, when landings data indicate the 1.13 million pound annual catch target will be harvested.[…]