Wherever it was, Nguyen’s catch highlighted the powerful allure of fishing near the untold number of offshore oil rigs in the Gulf ... Chris Gray is Chron's Gulf Coast Reporter, covering ...

"Anyone know any good oil rigs to catch red snapper at this time ... Chris Gray is Chron's Gulf Coast Reporter, covering tourism and tourists, energy and the environment, overachievers and ne ...

We spoke with a handful of Gulf Coast billfish experts to ... “Around the rigs, on a really great day, you can have three or four shots on blues in a day. But late in the summer, fishing natural ...

Anglers along Florida's Gulf Coast are enjoying a mixed bag of fishing opportunities this week ... Live or frozen bait on bottom rigs near reefs and wrecks is the go-to strategy.

It was the most common expression across the southeast Louisiana fishing community this week as the river of oil from a blown-out rig on the Gulf of Mexico began flowing onto the coast in what ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- It could take hours or it could take months to stop a 42,000-gallon-a-day oil leak polluting the Gulf ... oil rig sank Thursday about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, but ...

Over two days last February, the seventeen guests and crew members on board the Dolphin Express charter fishing boat ... In the Gulf, they often congregate near oil rigs, which provide a habitat ...

Speckled with oil rigs, fishing boats and beach visitors year ... And now, behind keyboards and within day-to-day conversations, Gulf Coast residents from Louisiana to Florida debate a question ...

It's been 14 years since the Gulf Coast was hit with the worst environmental disaster it's ever seen. The Deep Water Horizon explosion killed 11 workers on the oil rig and sent more than 8 million ...

Live baits or bottom rigs with squid or cut bait are ... and pilchards are all good choices. Overall, the fishing along Florida's Gulf Coast is decent, but anglers need to adapt to the summer ...