Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of red snapper from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Alabama officials are preparing to pour $22.5 million into new fish habitat across inshore, nearshore and offshore waters, though one of the most eye-catching pieces of the plan – adding…
Mobile's long-running First Light Marathon will run in January 2019 under a new name, The ServisFirst Bank Mobile Marathon presented by Infirmary Health, benefiting L'Arche Mobile.
Alabama's 2018 red snapper season will end six weeks earlier than planned after anglers landed bigger fish in bigger numbers, pushing the state past its self-imposed harvest quota ahead of…
A federal cap limiting recreational red snapper fishing to just three days this year has triggered resolutions from Orange Beach, the Baldwin County Commission and Dauphin Island, with local officials,…
Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election drew mixed reactions across Alabama, and in Mobile the response played out on the streets as well as in the corridors…
Mobile saw a weekend rally against Donald Trump's election even as local leaders eyed economic gains for Austal and the Interstate 10 bridge, while Baldwin County posted record voter turnout…
The 83rd Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo returns to Dauphin Island July 14-17, adding a catch-and-release redfish division and bigger live weigh-in prizes as organizers aim to grow on the…
NOAA has set another nine-day federal recreational red snapper season for 2016, drawing criticism from U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, even as Alabama's own state waters will stay open to anglers…
Congress passed a bill shifting red snapper management authority toward Gulf states, a change welcomed by Alabama fishing officials and coastal lawmakers.
Rep. Bradley Byrne opposed a federal gas tax hike even as funding questions loom over the proposed new I-10 bridge crossing Mobile Bay near Mobile.