St. Augustine Weather Forecast

Fishing reports straight from our guides in St. Augustine

Joe Curtis
Joe C.
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...
Joe Curtis
Joe C. 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.
Sheepshead Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
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Robbie Bishop
Robbie B.
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!
Robbie Bishop
Robbie B. 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!
Red Snapper Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Red Snapper Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Red Snapper Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Red Snapper Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
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Chris H.
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!
Chris Holleman
Chris H. 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!
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Little Tunny / False Albacore Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
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Chris H.
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...
Chris Holleman
Chris H. 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.
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
Striped Bass Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
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Clay Philips
Clay P.
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.
Clay Philips
Clay P. 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.
Redfish, Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Redfish, Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
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Robbie Bishop
Robbie B.
Jacksonville, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
Inshore fishing has been good with flounder, sheepshead and a good bull redfish bite. Ian has offshore waters stirred up but the bite for bottom fishing has been good for snapper, beeliners, triggerfish and some seabass. As the water cleans up some striking
fish should show up like king mackerel, barracuda, and jacks. Here are pictures of most recent fish.
Robbie Bishop
Robbie B. Jacksonville, Florida Reported 3 years ago
Inshore fishing has been good with flounder, sheepshead and a good bull redfish bite. Ian has offshore waters stirred up but the bite for bottom fishing has been good for snapper, beeliners, triggerfish and some seabass. As the water cleans up some striking
fish should show up like king mackerel, barracuda, and jacks. Here are pictures of most recent fish.
King Mackerel / Kingfish Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
King Mackerel / Kingfish Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
King Mackerel / Kingfish Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
King Mackerel / Kingfish Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
King Mackerel / Kingfish Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
King Mackerel / Kingfish Fishing in Jacksonville, Florida
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Mike May
Mike M.
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...
Mike May
Mike M. 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.
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook Fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
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Clay Philips
Clay P.
St. Augustine, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
The Mullet migration is here and so are the big redfish!
Clay Philips
Clay P. St. Augustine, Florida Reported 3 years ago
The Mullet migration is here and so are the big redfish!
Redfish fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Redfish fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Redfish fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Redfish fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Redfish fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Redfish fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
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Mike May
Mike M.
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...
Mike May
Mike M. 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.
Snook fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Snook fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
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Kevin H.
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
Kevin Hart
Kevin H. 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
Flounder fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Flounder fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Flounder fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Flounder fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
Flounder fishing in St. Augustine, Florida
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