Stock Island Weather Forecast
Fishing reports straight from our guides in Stock Island
This time of year with the colder weather we have been targeting Speckled sea trout and pompano in the basin's. My last few trip we had a great bite with the trout including the photo of a 21" trout. A few pompano have been caught as well. Hopefully that bite will improve after this most recent cold front, also catching some big barracuda up on the flats which is typical for cooler winter days.
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Tunas showed back up when the blue water came back in. There have been some kings around and a sailfish here and there. Had some beautiful dolphin and grouper at the end of last month.
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Big news is our wahoo are here!! Lots of of very good patch reef fishing, with Muttons and Lane snapper filling coolers. Our temperatures have remained mild even into January and we were having comfortable dive troops getting lots of lobsters and lionfish. We can even split your half day lobster trip when our lobster in one hour patch reef fishing to get your lobsters and lane snappers.
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Yellow Jack fishing has been very consistent over the past few weeks. Live bait such as pinfish or pilchards has been producing best, but anglers are also catching them on bucktail jigs and topwater lures. These hard-fighting jacks put up a great battle and are excellent table fare.
The inshore snapper bite is red hot right now. Using live or cut bait, anglers are catching plenty of legal snapper in the shallow waters.
A few cobia have started to show up, but the large numbers we’ve seen in recent years haven’t arrived just yet.
The inshore snapper bite is red hot right now. Using live or cut bait, anglers are catching plenty of legal snapper in the shallow waters.
A few cobia have started to show up, but the large numbers we’ve seen in recent years haven’t arrived just yet.
The inshore snapper bite is red hot right now. Using live or cut bait, anglers are catching plenty of legal snapper in the shallow waters.
A few cobia have started to show up, but the large numbers we’ve seen in recent years haven’t arrived just yet.
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The Fishing has been amazing lately! With nonstop Cobia action in the gulf and fishing behind the shrimp boats for blackfin tuna and Bonitas as well as Fishing the Rex for mangrove, snappers, mutton, snappers and lane snappers. Lately the cobia’s have been good size. With the largest so far being 54 pounds.
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End of 2025 fishing report
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Reef and inshore bite have been steady with consistent action fighting mangrove and yellowtail snapper with the occasional grouper. We have a great time the past two weeks fishing for dinner with these families!
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We are still getting some warm dive conditions, getting lots of lobsters and lionfish! Patch reefs are good with mutton snappers lane snappers red groupers as it gets a little bit colder we'll see more tunas and wahoo
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It's been pretty windy down here so been doing a lot of inshore trips
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Target Species
- Get it while it's HOT!
- This species is in play.
- You might get lucky (as long as things are in-season).
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