Crystal River Fishing Reports (April 2025)

Leon Hampton with Reel Time Outfitters
Hernando, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Speckled sea trout The trout bite has been on fire the past couple weeks. We have been catching them in shallow and deep water. We have been using Paul Brown fat boy lures and 1/4 oz Jighead with shrimp and lil Jon lures. The key is to go slow with...

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Leon Hampton with Reel Time Outfitters Hernando, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Speckled sea trout The trout bite has been on fire the past couple weeks. We have been catching them in shallow and deep water. We have been using Paul Brown fat boy lures and 1/4 oz Jighead with shrimp and lil Jon lures. The key is to go slow with the cooler water temperature and cast around until you get that first bite and keep casting into the same spot until they stop biting. When you are in the shallow water, fish around the oyster bars, and we have found them on the deeper grass flats and rock jetties.

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Justin Rolph
Crystal River, Florida
Reported: 4 months ago

Fishing is on fire

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Justin Rolph Crystal River, Florida Reported: 4 months ago

Fishing is on fire

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Mark Reeves
Crystal River, Florida
Reported: 5 months ago

Water is cooling off and the fishing is getting hot.

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Mark Reeves Crystal River, Florida Reported: 5 months ago

Water is cooling off and the fishing is getting hot.

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Justin Rolph
Crystal River, Florida
Reported: 5 months ago

Redfish and trout are fired up. Good snook. Inspire rocks are loaded with grouper

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Justin Rolph Crystal River, Florida Reported: 5 months ago

Redfish and trout are fired up. Good snook. Inspire rocks are loaded with grouper

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Leon Hampton with Reel Time Outfitters
Hernando, Florida
Reported: 5 months ago

Trout bite The trout are moving around on the flats in 2ft to 4ft of water and there are a few out in the 8ft to 9ft of water still. Use a popping cork for the trout on the flats with a 1/4oz or 1/8oz Jighead with a shrimp or...

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Leon Hampton with Reel Time Outfitters Hernando, Florida Reported: 5 months ago

Trout bite The trout are moving around on the flats in 2ft to 4ft of water and there are a few out in the 8ft to 9ft of water still. Use a popping cork for the trout on the flats with a 1/4oz or 1/8oz Jighead with a shrimp or artificial and use a MirrOdine XL to trigger them big trout to bite. When you are fishing them deeper trout use a 1/4oz Jighead with a shrimp or artificial lure.

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Jayson Porter
Cedar Key, Florida
Reported: 10 months ago

Black drums and reds are chewing

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Jayson Porter Cedar Key, Florida Reported: 10 months ago

Black drums and reds are chewing

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Robert Mcclinnis
Crawfordville, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

It can be windy and tough, but if you find a place to tuck up where there's a depot, you can catch trout pompano and other fish with a shrimp on a jig head suspended under a cork.

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Robert Mcclinnis Crawfordville, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

It can be windy and tough, but if you find a place to tuck up where there's a depot, you can catch trout pompano and other fish with a shrimp on a jig head suspended under a cork.

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Leon Hampton with Reel Time Outfitters
Hernando, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Redfish, trout and Black drum With the cooler weather moving in the fish are moving into the rivers and creeks. We are using artificial and shrimp to catch them in the deeper holes as the weather keeps getting colder the fish will keep moving into the deep holes and you...

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Leon Hampton with Reel Time Outfitters Hernando, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Redfish, trout and Black drum
With the cooler weather moving in the fish are moving into the rivers and creeks. We are using artificial and shrimp to catch them in the deeper holes as the weather keeps getting colder the fish will keep moving into the deep holes and you can sit in one hole and catch everything.

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