Meanwhile, Oak Hill's famous shrimp are gathering steam. Crappie are still biting in the St. Johns. The Tomoka River is delivering, too.

Yikes. The ban would include any fish from the snapper-grouper family caught with trolling gear. Their design is to replenish the deep-dwelling fish population, particularly the beloved red snapper.

Will said he thought it was a dog snapper. He pulled out the fish rules app and said that’s 100% a dog snapper. It was 26 inches.” Scattered around the tropical waters of the Gulf, southern ...