Terry Lacos
For the News-Leader
Capt. Danny Flynn and son, Aiden, are pictured with two large Amelia Island red snapper caught just a few miles offshore of Amelia Island during the 2022 red snapper two-day season. Photo by Terry Lacoss/Special
During FWC’s two-day red snapper season last year, Glenda Crosby’s snapper bait, left, had barely reached the bottom before a large Amelia Island red snapper took her bait. Photo by Terry Lacoss/Special
Capt. David Hagins with D & R charters is pictured with a nice mutton snapper and gag grouper. Hagins guides fishing charters offshore of Amelia Island and believes red snapper are over-populating a variety of bottom game fish species. Photo by Terry Lacoss/Special
Capt. David Hagins guides his charter guests offshore of Amelia Island on a regular basis and has developed firsthand knowledge on the current status of hard-fighting and excellent-eating red snapper,…