Palm Coast Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Billy Pettigrew
Port Orange, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Speck/Crappie bite is on fire in the St. John's river. Been using minnows and small jigs. Catching up to 100 per day. Halifax River are producing sheephead, redfish, black drum and the pompano are just starting to show up.

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Billy Pettigrew Port Orange, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Speck/Crappie bite is on fire in the St. John's river. Been using minnows and small jigs. Catching up to 100 per day.
Halifax River are producing sheephead, redfish, black drum and the pompano are just starting to show up.

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Mike May
Hollister, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Tis the season for trout. The water temperature has cooled off enough to trigger the bite. The trout have been stacked up in the creeks and are hungry. Target them in the creek corners and oyster bars on a popping cork or freeline a mudminnow for the best action. Redfish...

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Mike May Hollister, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Tis the season for trout. The water temperature has cooled off enough to trigger the bite. The trout have been stacked up in the creeks and are hungry. Target them in the creek corners and oyster bars on a popping cork or freeline a mudminnow for the best action.
Redfish are also stacked up in the creeks using the same tactics and bait. Numbers are sufficient to make for an exciting day on the water but most are under slot.
The big flounder are in and ready to eat. Target them along the ICW as well as creek holes using a mudminnows on a jig head. Work it slowly on the bottom until you feel that bump and wait just a few seconds before setting the hook. You won’t be disappointed.

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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...

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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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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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Mike May
Hollister, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Hey Hannah, the redfish bite is still steady. With the flood tides target grass lines with a popping cork and a live mullet or shrimp on a 1/0 circle hook. For the bull reds target the inlets with either live mullet, blue crab or cut bait on a 3/0 hook...

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Mike May Hollister, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Hey Hannah, the redfish bite is still steady. With the flood tides target grass lines with a popping cork and a live mullet or shrimp on a 1/0 circle hook. For the bull reds target the inlets with either live mullet, blue crab or cut bait on a 3/0 hook with minimal weight. Slack tides will produce the best fishing. Flounder, same ole story. Target creek mouths, bends and sandbars. The snook bite is the best it's been in a couple of weeks. Target most of the same area's as the smaller refs and flounder with live shrimp or finger mullet on a 1/0 to a 3/0 hook with a split shot or under a popping cork.
In the St. John's River the everything is still keyed in on shrimp as they thin out. Use a slip cork rig with a 1/0 to 3/0 hook and pitch up close to natural shoreline and hold on. You can expect to catch everything from largemouth, striped bass, red fish and catfish. Currently we are experiencing higher than usual flood tides so the fishing is tough but once you find them the bite is pretty good.

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

The Mullet migration is here and so are the big redfish!

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

The Mullet migration is here and so are the big redfish!

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Mike May
Hollister, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The red fish bite is still good despite them being spread out a little in the creeks and flats. Most are staging in the inlets for the mullet run and spawning. Flounder and drum bite is still good. Look for both in creek corners and creek mouths for the flounder....

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Mike May Hollister, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The red fish bite is still good despite them being spread out a little in the creeks and flats. Most are staging in the inlets for the mullet run and spawning.
Flounder and drum bite is still good. Look for both in creek corners and creek mouths for the flounder.
The water temperature will start to drop in the next few weeks so we can expect to start seeing some triple tail more often and the trout bite will get better.
We’re also picking up snook in residential canals and creeks on the falling tide.
Tarpon are on the beach along with big jacks and Spanish mackerel. Target the pogy pods just off the beach or in the surf.

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Kevin Hart
St. Augustine, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Reds are starting to run good now. Mullet run is beginning. Still picking up a few good flounder and a few good snook. All in all a good bite right now

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Kevin Hart St. Augustine, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Reds are starting to run good now. Mullet run is beginning. Still picking up a few good flounder and a few good snook. All in all a good bite right now

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