May 29, 2026

This week’s Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report covers a wide-open early summer bite across the Alabama Gulf Coast, from trout and redfish in the Mississippi Sound to surf fishing around Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, plus a strong red snapper opener nearshore. Butch Thierry is joined in studio by Capt. Branden Collier of...

May 29, 2026

Fishing is heating up across the Alabama Gulf Coast, and this week’s episode covers both sides of that summer kickoff: crowded holiday-weekend inshore waters and a serious offshore swordfish bite. Capt. Ben Knight of Great Southern Fishing Charters checks in from the Orange Beach and Gulf Shores area with a...

May 21, 2026

Memorial Day weekend is here, summer patterns are starting to settle in, and the Alabama Gulf Coast fishery is wide open from the surf to the pier to Mobile Bay and the offshore tournament scene. This week, Butch Thierry checks in with Angelo DePaola of The Coastal Connection for an update on Orange Beach real estate,...

May 14, 2026

Fishing is heating up across the Alabama Gulf Coast, and this week’s report has a little bit of everything, from nearshore reef fish to Eastern Shore trout to surf-zone fly fishing. Capt. Spencer Kight with D.I. Reef Monster breaks down the strong vermilion snapper bite, how he is fishing efficiently with fuel prices...

May 8, 2026

This week on the Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report, Butch Thierry is joined by Riley Ludlam, Captain Richard Rutland of Cold Blooded Fishing, and Captain Tanner Deas of Dauphin Island Fishing Charters. Riley kicks things off with a beach report from Dauphin Island, where low early water made the usual spots too shallow,...