The area in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores are continuing to improve by the day since the oil spill. All of the state waters are now open and the federal government is opening more and more waters by the week for us to fish. We have been running a lot of short trips lately that fit the bill for the open waters and the fishing has been good. We will run our first 3 day fishing trip next week since June and I for one am ready to get back offshore. It is apparent by Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council that there is going to be a fall Red Snapper season for our area. At this time, it is looking like it will be a weekend fishery with Friday, Saturday and Sunday being the only three days that you can land the fish on. I personally think that this is a wonderful idea and will surely help the local economy. A full day trips is ideal to catch a good mess of fish and have some fun as most of the common fishing area have not been fished on in months.
For all of my overnight guys, I am not sure that the waters surrounding all of the normally fished oil rigs will be reopened this year or not but with the Grouper going on the chopping block for next year in an attempt to reduce harvest. So, if you want to catch any Gag or Red Groupers then you had better get down here this fall. We are open and fishing; please come on down and let’s go!
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