{"id":11735,"date":"2020-06-12T19:14:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T19:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11735"},"modified":"2020-06-12T19:14:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T19:14:50","slug":"red-snapper-season-gets-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11735","title":{"rendered":"Red snapper season gets underway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Red-snapper-photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Red-snapper-photo-1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Red-snapper-photo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Red-snapper-photo-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Bayview resident Beto Arteaga poses with one of the two red snappers he caught during a recent fishing trip. <\/em><\/strong>Photos: Tony Vindell \/ LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By TONY VINDELL<br><\/strong>LFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOUTH PADRE ISLAND &#8211; The 2020 red snapper season has begun in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico and anglers have until Aug. 3 to catch the tasty fish that is sought after by people who enjoy eating this salt water fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two head boat companies anchored in South Padre Island have been making offshore trips since the first day of the season started on June 1 and will continue doing so every day until the season ends, weather permitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The limit for red snapper in federal waters is two fish per day, per angler, with a minimum of 16 inches in length. For-hire boats are given 62 days to fish and 63 days for recreational anglers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the first and second days of the season, anglers aboard Captain Murphy\u2019s Fishing Charters have been returning with their limits of two fish each during each of the company\u2019s two daily trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Red-snapper-photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Red-snapper-photo-2.jpg 980w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Red-snapper-photo-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Red-snapper-photo-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Anglers aboard Captain Murphy\u2019s Fishing Charters hook red snapper. The red snapper fishing season continues through Aug. 3.<\/em><\/strong> Photos: Tony Vindell \/ LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among them was Bayview resident Remberto \u201cBeto\u201d Arteaga, Gil Bristol of SPI and John Phillips of Blue Springs, Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a fantastic trip,\u201d Arteaga said. \u201cWe all caught our limit in less than one hour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bristol and Phillips agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Missouri resident said this was his third off-shore trip in as many years and he was extremely pleased with catching two good-sized snappers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides Murphy, Osprey Fishing Trips also makes two daily trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Osprey\u2019s eight-hour trips leave at 7 a.m. and the five-hour one at 3 p.m.<br>For more information call Osprey Charters at 956-761-6655 or Murphy\u2019s at 956-761-2764.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By TONY VINDELLLFN SOUTH PADRE ISLAND &#8211; The 2020 red snapper season has begun in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico and anglers have until Aug. 3 to catch the tasty fish that is sought after by people who enjoy eating this salt water fish. 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