Hogfish fishing has become a fall staple for nearshore fishermen off the Gulf Coast of Florida. In the last decade or so, the pursuit has become particularly popular on a stretch of Florida coast from ...

James Michaelin's hogfish weighed more than 20 pounds. Hogfish are also known as the "Captain's Fish" since charter boat captains rarely give them up. They are one of the best tasting fish that swim.

Josh Summerville, 42, has been diving and spearing fish for a decade and a half. And on his day off from working as a dive master and boat captain at Panama City Diving center, he did what some folks ...

Recreational anglers take note: the season for harvesting hogfish in the Atlantic and Florida Keys waters is drawing to a close. Effective November 1, 2025, the recreational harvest of hogfish will be ...

Logan Walters holds up the hogfish he caught while fishing near the Elbow in the Gulf of Mexico. Provided photo The world record hogfish caught on hook and line was a 21-pound, 11-ounce fish landed ...

Hogfish have become a Florida Keys delicacy but harvest of the snapper species may be sharply curtailed under rules proposed by a federal fishery council. Recreational fishermen could be limited to a ...

KEY WEST (AP) — In the Florida Keys, fishing for hogfish will soon be limited to taking one hogfish per day during a six-month season. The Keynoter reports the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Hogfish have become a Florida Keys delicacy, but harvest of the species may be sharply curtailed under rules proposed by a federal fishery council. Recreational fishermen could be limited to a ...