Mangrove snapper can be caught all year in South Florida, but now is the best time to target what saltwater fishing authority George Poveromo called “one of the most delicious snappers to eat.” The ...

In the Gulf of Mexico, there are a variety of shallow-water snapper species frequently caught by anglers. Mangrove, lane, red, vermillion and yellowtail are the most common along Florida’s west coast.

It should be a decent weekend Saturday and Sunday to fish for whatever you want to target. Offshore, dolphin, mutton snapper, a few cobia and blackfin tuna have been showing up on catch reports.

1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, good numbers of mangrove snapper and Spanish mackerel have been caught every day this past week. Other catches of note include white grunts, a few speckled trout and a ...