Ponce de Leon Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Brandon Simon
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The water is heating up which means the fish are following. Surf fishing for pompano is starting to turn on and redfish and trout in the bay are moving to shallower water to feed. Trout just opened March 1st so time to get after them!

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Brandon Simon Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The water is heating up which means the fish are following. Surf fishing for pompano is starting to turn on and redfish and trout in the bay are moving to shallower water to feed. Trout just opened March 1st so time to get after them!

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Nathan Stow
Panama City, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Beeliner bite is on fire!

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Nathan Stow Panama City, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Beeliner bite is on fire!

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Conner Cline
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The flounder bite has picked up on the offshore wrecks along with a good amount of sheepshead on the bridge pilings. Still a few red fish hanging around the grass flats

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Conner Cline Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The flounder bite has picked up on the offshore wrecks along with a good amount of sheepshead on the bridge pilings. Still a few red fish hanging around the grass flats

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Conner Cline
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The trout bite has decided picked up over the last few weeks. Still a good amount of slot reds running the flats as well. Spanish bite was good but definitely started to slow down. Founder opens back up today so we will start targeting them the next couple months

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Conner Cline Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The trout bite has decided picked up over the last few weeks. Still a good amount of slot reds running the flats as well. Spanish bite was good but definitely started to slow down. Founder opens back up today so we will start targeting them the next couple months

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Trey Senterfitt
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Managed to venture out a couple times within the past two weeks. This past Tuesday, the bite was hot... caught fish on everything we threw.... popping corks and Carolina rigs tipped with live shrimp, plus artificial lures. They’re still biting good... little warm front has then fired up!

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Trey Senterfitt DeFuniak Springs, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Managed to venture out a couple times within the past two weeks. This past Tuesday, the bite was hot... caught fish on everything we threw.... popping corks and Carolina rigs tipped with live shrimp, plus artificial lures. They’re still biting good... little warm front has then fired up!

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Nick Tate
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

30a offshore. We have wrapped up the October fall snapper dates. We continue to find quality fish despite the high winds and big seas. Everything from big red snapper, scamp grouper, big trash can lid triggerfish, bull vermillion, even rainbow runners. The cold front that has came through has sparked...

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Nick Tate Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

30a offshore.
We have wrapped up the October fall snapper dates. We continue to find quality fish despite the high winds and big seas. Everything from big red snapper, scamp grouper, big trash can lid triggerfish, bull vermillion, even rainbow runners.
The cold front that has came through has sparked off the kings also. Still waiting for the big run of the fall blackfin tuna.
30a inshore.
We are seeing the bull redfish still pretty consistently. Some days are better than others but they're still around. We are catching slots around docks and some of the drop offs. Flats in the morning for them and later in the evening. Still catching a few trout also. Hopefully in the next few weeks the sheepshead bite will pick up for us here in the Choctawhatchee.

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Wayne Alexander
Niceville, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The bite has still been good in October. We have the weekends open for red snapper but it has been hard to catch some of the bigger ones closer to shore. We have been catching other species though. Wahoo and blackfin tuna are supposed to venture in closer to shore...

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Wayne Alexander Niceville, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The bite has still been good in October. We have the weekends open for red snapper but it has been hard to catch some of the bigger ones closer to shore. We have been catching other species though. Wahoo and blackfin tuna are supposed to venture in closer to shore this time of year. A few wahoo have been caught by some of my friends just 5-15 miles from the shore.
The Destin rodeo is going on through October and many fish have been caught including a giant 300 lb Warsaw grouper!
Large schools of bull redfish are starting to gather in the back bay areas. We came up on a school of bull reds crashing the top water and hooked into a 20 pound redfish the other day.

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Trey Senterfitt
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Bite continues to improve some.

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Trey Senterfitt DeFuniak Springs, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Bite continues to improve some.

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