St. Pete Beach Fishing Reports (May 2026)

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Fishing reports straight from our guides in St. Pete Beach

Joe Masi
Bay Pines, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Inshore, bite lots of trout, pompano redfish, a couple keeper snook, and plenty of little sharks for kids. Nearshore tripletail and gag grouper Greg snapper and permit an kingfish are starting to show up plenty of eaters. Tarpon permit kingfish and Spanish mackerel big focus next couple months.

Joe Masi Bay Pines, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

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Nick Kuhn
Bradenton, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Tons of snook, redfish, and trout. Fishing has been great in between these cold fronts. The drag-screaming kingfish should be showing up right around the corner! Tarpon season will be coming quick!

Nick Kuhn Bradenton, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Tons of snook, redfish, and trout. Fishing has been great in between these cold fronts. The drag-screaming kingfish should be showing up right around the corner! Tarpon season will be coming quick!

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George Hastick
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Live bait and artificial sea shads by Saltwater Assassin are getting it done on the trout, snook and redfish, and fiddler crabs are nailing the sheepshead.

George Hastick St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Live bait and artificial sea shads by Saltwater Assassin are getting it done on the trout, snook and redfish, and fiddler crabs are nailing the sheepshead.

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Robert Denbo
Trinity, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Trout bite had been on fire!

Robert Denbo Trinity, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Trout bite had been on fire!

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Matt Fueyo with Reel Tight Fishing Charters
Sarasota, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

We've been back and forth between snook/redfish and snapper/sheepshead fishing. The cold front shut down the white bait, but the shrimp eaters remain hungry! If you're ready to jump on board and have some fun with us today!

Matt Fueyo with Reel Tight Fishing Charters Sarasota, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

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Scott Flinn
Bradenton, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Snook season is open.

Scott Flinn Bradenton, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Snook season is open.

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George Hastick
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Boy has been on fire for me, filler crabs for the sheepshead and live white bait for snook, redfish, and trout.

George Hastick St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Boy has been on fire for me, filler crabs for the sheepshead and live white bait for snook, redfish, and trout.

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Jim Vanderbeck
Clearwater, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Red grouper bite has been solid in 100 feet. Silver trout are out of control on the beaches, as well as redfish!

Jim Vanderbeck Clearwater, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Red grouper bite has been solid in 100 feet. Silver trout are out of control on the beaches, as well as redfish!

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★★★★★
Awesome experience. Captain Brad and Ben were fantastic. Caught lots of fish. His experience was invaluable. Can’t wait to book him again.
Patrick F. | April 30, 2026

Trip: Clearwater Nearshore - 22’ Dusky
★★★★★
Nick is a great host. Very friendly and willing to share info to help us understand the fish and the waters we were fishing. Helped us have an awesome experience.
Kim J. | April 30, 2026

Trip: Tampa Bay Fishing - 22’ Aguasport
★★★★★
Kick ass time with Captain Nick and first mate Adam! 38 fish caught on a deep fish. They prepped the meat after and I’m still eating it every other night. Had a blast highly recommend
Daniel R. | April 30, 2026

Trip: Bottom Fishing
★★★★★
Nice trip and experience. Jim
James G. | April 28, 2026

Trip: In Or Near Shore Experience
★★★★★
We had a great time!! Very knowledgeable captain in the waters of Tampa Bay! I highly recommend for anyone.
Joe J. | April 28, 2026

Trip: Tampa Bay Inshore Rodeo
★★★★★
Great was Great ! Aiden was also very good! We had a Great time and caught some Nice fish! Great boat too!
Bryan K. | April 27, 2026

Trip: St. Pete Offshore Experience
★★★★★
Captain Phil was great and we all enjoyed the trip. The fish didn't cooperate at first, but Captain Phil moved us to another spot and we got better action. We had a miscommunication with the booking but Trey at Captain Experience was very helpful and we got everything worked out. Thanks Guys! I would book here again.
Andrew R. | April 24, 2026

Trip: Tampa Bay Shark Hunt
★★★★★
Captain Randall is the Reel deal! Put us on the Fish and was a wealth of knowledge of the area !
David F. | April 24, 2026

Trip: Anna Maria Inshore And Nearshore
★★★★★
Marc was a great Captain we had a terrific day on the water, we caught many different species of fish and brought back 6 keepers, Marc also recommended a local restaurant that cooks your catch, it was delicious. We will definitely book with Marc again for our future trips when we get back down to Florida again, thank you Marc
Michelle R. | April 23, 2026

Trip: St Pete Inshore/Nearshore
★★★★★
Capt Andy was great. We had a keeper on board 10 seconds after the first cast!!! Just one of more to come! My son and I had a great time. Capt Andy was very friendly and knowledgeable. Extremely helpful with changing baits, etc.
Ron | April 21, 2026

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