Louisiana Sportsman

November 10, 2025

The author (third from right) and some friends caught their limits of vermilion snapper while fishing with Capt. Paul Guidroz in May.

Plan Beeliner

July 29, 2019 Todd Masson

Vermilion snapper, known as beeliners, make excellent table fare and don’t tear up your gear as much as red snapper or mangrove snapper do.[…]

NOAA announces new bag limit for vermilion snapper, elimination of reef fish venting tool requirement

August 5, 2013 From News Reports

With recreational landings increasing and the possibility that the population is declining, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries has announced a bag limit of ten vermilion snapper within the 20-fish aggregate reef fish bag limit, according to a press release from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.[…]