Green Cove Springs Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Mike May
Hollister, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The water has cooled off a bit so that means the trout bite is starting to pick up. You can target them on drop offs in most areas ranging from the flats, creeks and along the ICW on the shell banks. The reds are beginning to to school up better...

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Mike May Hollister, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The water has cooled off a bit so that means the trout bite is starting to pick up. You can target them on drop offs in most areas ranging from the flats, creeks and along the ICW on the shell banks.
The reds are beginning to to school up better coming off of the spawn but with the high water it’s been difficult to find good slots but using a live mullet on a popping cork will work. Target them along the grass and oyster bars.
The black drum are bitting steady near the inlets and deep holes in the creeks. Shrimp is always your best bait to entice them.
The flounder bite has been decent still and the big girls have moved in to the ICW. Target them by using a 1/4oz jighead or smaller depending on the current with a live finger mullet, mud minnow or shrimp. Just be patient and you’ll hook up with some really nice flatties.

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Joe Curtis
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Sheepshead bite has remained world class the last couple weeks. Limits in less than a few hours on this weeks trip. Overall I expect the bite to stay good through November until water temps drop below 65ish. With some nasty wind coming next week it looks like downtime for the...

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Joe Curtis Jacksonville Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Sheepshead bite has remained world class the last couple weeks. Limits in less than a few hours on this weeks trip.
Overall I expect the bite to stay good through November until water temps drop below 65ish.
With some nasty wind coming next week it looks like downtime for the fleet but after the blow expect shallow water redfish to start their winter time chew.
Offshore expect cobia to fire up on the wrecks as the water temps get into the happy low 70s.
All day 10/12 hour trips should yeild plenty of Triggerfish, vermillion snapper, mutton snapper, mangrove snapper and many many more.

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Chip Wingo
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Been hunting this guy waiting for him to make a mistake.

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Chip Wingo Jacksonville Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Been hunting this guy waiting for him to make a mistake.

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Chip Wingo
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

In telfair county jacksonville Georgia

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Chip Wingo Jacksonville Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

In telfair county jacksonville Georgia

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Robbie Bishop
Jacksonville, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The bull reds are still here and lots of sheepshead are being caught. When you can get offshore, bottom fishing is still good- lots of red snapper, triggerfish, jacks and some black seabass showing up. I made one trip offshore catching mostly red snapper, lots of seabass (mostly shorts) and...

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Robbie Bishop Jacksonville, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The bull reds are still here and lots of sheepshead are being caught. When you can get offshore, bottom fishing is still good- lots of red snapper, triggerfish, jacks and some black seabass showing up. I made one trip offshore catching mostly red snapper, lots of seabass (mostly shorts) and a few ring tail porgie. They had a great time bending the rods!

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Chris Holleman
Jacksonville, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Fall fishing is in full swing here. Cooler temp have the fish fired up here on the crystal coast!!! I've been target false albacore a lot this month but started to switch over to speckled trout which is starting to pick up!

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Chris Holleman Jacksonville, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Fall fishing is in full swing here. Cooler temp have the fish fired up here on the crystal coast!!! I've been target false albacore a lot this month but started to switch over to speckled trout which is starting to pick up!

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Chris Holleman
Jacksonville, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

September and October were fabulous months out there. We had a very hot tarpon bite on the St. Johns River. We also had fair action on spotted seatrout, sandtrout and mangrove snapper. We caught a hand full of redfish and black bass in the brackish waters and we caught a...

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Chris Holleman Jacksonville, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

September and October were fabulous months out there. We had a very hot tarpon bite on the St. Johns River. We also had fair action on spotted seatrout, sandtrout and mangrove snapper. We caught a hand full of redfish and black bass in the brackish waters and we caught a couple of Bull Reds as well. Hurricane Ian wasn't severe in Jacksonville but we got a significant amount of rain which muddied the St. Johns River and slowed things down. The water should be cleared up any day now. As temperatures drop, I am expecting the snook to turn on in some of the river tributaries and redfish and spotted seatrout action should take off in the ICW. Sometimes the juvenile tarpon fishing can be good as well the water first cools.

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Clay Philips
St. Augustine, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The Redfish are still in and biting good around the bridges and the inlet, and now the drum and sheepshead are biting as well.

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Clay Philips St. Augustine, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The Redfish are still in and biting good around the bridges and the inlet, and now the drum and sheepshead are biting as well.

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