{"id":408598,"date":"2026-09-23T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408598\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:44:09","slug":"florida-adds-eight-days-to-2026-gulf-private-recreational-red-snapper-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408598\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida adds eight days to 2026 Gulf private recreational red snapper season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  &#8211; Florida anglers will have more chances to reel in Gulf red snapper during the 2026 private recreational season, with eight additional harvest days added in October.<\/p>\n<p>The added days will keep harvest open continuously from Oct. 9 through Oct. 22. The additional days are intended to align recreational red snapper fishing opportunities across Florida\u2019s Gulf and Atlantic coasts.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the season remains as previously announced, with scheduled weekends and holidays throughout the year. The updated schedule for the remaining 2026 season is:<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 23 \u2013 Oct. 4 (consecutive)<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 9\u201322 (consecutive)<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 23\u201325<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 30 \u2013 Nov. 1<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 7\u20138, 14\u201315, 21\u201322<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 26\u201329 (Thanksgiving weekend)<\/p>\n<p>Dec. 5\u20136, 12\u201313, 19\u201320<\/p>\n<p>Dec. 25\u201327 (Christmas weekend)<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 1\u20134, 2027<\/p>\n<p>The Gulf private recreational red snapper season applies to recreational anglers fishing from private vessels in Florida Gulf state and federal waters.<\/p>\n<p>It also applies to charter for-hire vessels that do not have a federal permit, though those vessels are limited to fishing in Florida Gulf state waters only.<\/p>\n<p>More information on Gulf red snapper regulations and the 2026 season is available at MyFWC.com\/Marine by clicking \u201cRecreational Regulations,\u201d \u201cReef Fish\u201d and \u201cSnapper.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8211; Florida anglers will have more chances to reel in Gulf red snapper during the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-408598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}