Orange Beach, AL Fishing Charter

You can always enjoy catch and release with any of the fish  on an Orange Beach AL fishing charter. If you want to keep your catch then here are seasons on many of the species of fish in the Gulf of Mexico. These regulations can change often. I will do my best to keep the recent updates listed on my website. There are seasons on several species of fish that have not been announced yet. See the Orange Beach / Gulf of Mexico fishing seasons listed below.

Orange Beach/ Gulf of Mexico Fishing Season List 

Red snapper season 2024 June 1st – August 27th. (7 Days a Week) for federally permitted charter boats.  All of our boats are federally permitted.  

Vermillion snapper Open year round

Black (grey) snapper Open year round

Lane snapper   Open year round

Amberjack   Check with captain

Triggerfish Opens March 1st and closes May 31st. Opens again August 1st closes TBD

White snapper (red porgy) Open year round

Scamp grouper Open year round except for February 1st through March 31st

Gag grouper Check with captain

Red grouper Check with captain

King mackerel Open year round

Spanish mackerel Open year round

Wahoo Open year round

Mahi mahi Open year round. Usually caught June through September. A few mahi mahi are caught within 30 miles some years and some years we do not see many.

All of the fish listed below are deepwater fish and may be kept year round. These fish are caught on our deep drop fishing trips

Warsaw grouper

Cusk

Rosefish

Longtail seabass

Yellowedge grouper

Snowy grouper

Blueline Tilefish

Golden Tilefish