An African red (cubera) snapper this size might seem astonishing but it’s still well short of the IGFA world record! Angler Judy Langerhoven landed this one fishing Angola waters. Judy Langeroven Let’s start with the biggest snappers, as a group. That honor would fall to the three cuberas. (I know what you’re thinking, but that’s […]
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The 9.26-pound vermilion snapper, also known as a beeliner, caught by Jacob Felts is the pending world record. Jacob Felts When Brian Stone and seven friends headed out of Keaton Beach, Florida, long before dawn on Oct. 7, the plan was ambitious. They were going to run for a few hours to deep water to […]
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Mangrove snapper are undoubtedly among the most common game fish encountered by anglers in Florida. From shallow backwaters to offshore structure, these fish seem to thrive in a variety of conditions and habitats. However, perhaps because of how common they are, mangrove snapper aren’t targeted with the same fervor as other, more glamorous bottom fish. […]
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When Jason Arnold isn’t holding a camera, he’ll pick up a fishing rod with the goal of catching another new species of snapper, as he is doing here in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. Jim Hendricks More than 100 species of snapper swim in waters around the world, and few people have caught more of them […]
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Braden Sherron’s cubera snapper is one for the record books. Braden Sherron Braden Sherron’s introduction to free-diving came in a somewhat unusual setting. “I was in middle school when my science teacher showed us a free-diving video,” Sherron recalled. “I became fascinated.” That fascination morphed into a hobby, eventually a popular YouTube channel, and now […]
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