Snapper

Open year-round. If landings reach the stock ACL, harvest will be prohibited for the remainder of the fishing year. Open year-round. What is the season… Read More »Is Yellowtail Snapper In Season?

For hooks, you want a #4 bronze colored hook for just drifting the bait back in the current. But when there’s a lot of current… Read More »What Size Hooks For Yellowtail Snapper?

the Florida Keys. Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus) is found widely all over the Florida Keys. For some unknown reason Marathon, Florida seems to have some… Read More »Where Can I Find Yellowtail Snapper In Florida?

The yellowtail snapper is similar to red snapper, and it has a mild flavor and firm flesh. The flavor of the fish is also similar… Read More »Is Yellowtail Snapper Fishy?

Adult yellowtail snappers are nocturnal predators. They feed on benthic organisms including crabs, shrimp, cephalopods, worms, and fish. Juveniles, living primarily among seagrasses, feed on… Read More »What Does A Yellowtail Snapper Eat?

Small pilchards, chunks of bonito, or silversides are the best baits but just about anything will work if they are chummed up. If there is… Read More »What Is The Best Bait For Yellowtail Snapper?

Yellowtail snapper in the US South Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico have maintained a healthy biomass and a sustainable level of fishing pressure. Is… Read More »Is Yellowtail Snapper Sustainable?

Scales: The scales are medium size with moderate adhesion, so they scrape off fairly easily with moderate flying about. Unlike most fish, a fair amount… Read More »Does Yellowtail Snapper Have Scales?

One thing that makes the Yellowtail great to catch is that has no teeth. That makes it super easy to get the hook out of… Read More »Do Yellowtail Snapper Have Teeth?

The term whippersnapper is derived from the terms snipper-snapper and whip-snapper. A whip-snapper was a seventeenth-century term for a young man with nothing better to… Read More »Where Does The Expression Whippersnapper Come From?