Summerdale Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Chris Ward with Fins and Family Fishing
Orange Beach, Alabama
Reported: 4 months ago

Winter fishing continues to be strong. The slot redfish continue to be active and the sheepshead bite has picked up. While the total fish counts are less than summer, the caught fish are larger and frequently keeper size.

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Chris Ward with Fins and Family Fishing Orange Beach, Alabama Reported: 4 months ago

Winter fishing continues to be strong. The slot redfish continue to be active and the sheepshead bite has picked up. While the total fish counts are less than summer, the caught fish are larger and frequently keeper size.

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James Callahan
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 4 months ago

Inshore: Flounder are being found around inlets, sandy cuts, docks, bridge pilings, and along channel edges. Mud minnows or finger mullet on a jighead or Carolina rig are producing best. Work the bait slowly along the bottom with short hops and pauses. Sheepshead and black drum are holding tight to...

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James Callahan Pensacola, Florida Reported: 4 months ago

Inshore: Flounder are being found around inlets, sandy cuts, docks, bridge pilings, and along channel edges. Mud minnows or finger mullet on a jighead or Carolina rig are producing best. Work the bait slowly along the bottom with short hops and pauses. Sheepshead and black drum are holding tight to structure, especially piers, bridges, rock jetties, and barnacle-covered docks. Offshore: Snapper and grouper (season-dependent) are stacked on structure such as natural bottom, ledges, and wrecks. Live pinfish, vermilion, squid strips, and cut bait are all effective—be mindful of current and use enough weight to stay on bottom. Pelagics like mahi, wahoo, and tuna (season-dependent) are showing along rips, temperature breaks, weed lines, and color changes. Rigged ballyhoo and skirted trolling lures are working well; if fish are up, topwater action can be hot. Troll the edges and circle back to thoroughly work any floating debris.

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Matthew Miller
Pensacola Beach, Florida
Reported: 4 months ago

Bottom fishing has been hot for Nov & Dec . We have a good consistent black fin run every fall to spring or so here in the panhandle. For the last 5 or 6 years, anyway. This year, some 100-150# yellowfins came in with the blackfins, 2 were landed on...

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Matthew Miller Pensacola Beach, Florida Reported: 4 months ago

Bottom fishing has been hot for Nov & Dec .
We have a good consistent black fin run every fall to spring or so here in the panhandle. For the last 5 or 6 years, anyway.
This year, some 100-150# yellowfins came in with the blackfins, 2 were landed on Pensacola pier. About 10 or so were hooked on the pier, fought for 3 to 5 hours on spinning gear, and lost at the pier.

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Brooks Moore
Orange Beach, Alabama
Reported: 4 months ago

Working on the Reef barge, about to drop some spots.

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Brooks Moore Orange Beach, Alabama Reported: 4 months ago

Working on the Reef barge, about to drop some spots.

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Shawn Slattery
Bon Secour, Alabama
Reported: 4 months ago

Redfish bite has been really good with white trout

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Shawn Slattery Bon Secour, Alabama Reported: 4 months ago

Redfish bite has been really good with white trout

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Zach Wilkerson
Orange Beach, Alabama
Reported: 4 months ago

Running sheepshead and drum trips

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Zach Wilkerson Orange Beach, Alabama Reported: 4 months ago

Running sheepshead and drum trips

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Craig Mick
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 8 months ago

We had a good run on back snapper along with the red snapper. Out of Pensacola pass lots of large vermillion snapper. Good catches of Amber jacks for a fun fight and release.

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Craig Mick Pensacola, Florida Reported: 8 months ago

We had a good run on back snapper along with the red snapper. Out of Pensacola pass lots of large vermillion snapper. Good catches of Amber jacks for a fun fight and release.

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Jerry Bazzel
Gulf Shores, Alabama
Reported: 9 months ago

Spanish mackerel continue to be red hot with the snapper bite in the morning being great as well also a few triple tail showing up here and there.

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Jerry Bazzel Gulf Shores, Alabama Reported: 9 months ago

Spanish mackerel continue to be red hot with the snapper bite in the morning being great as well also a few triple tail showing up here and there.

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