Florida Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Lance Powers
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 7 months ago

The sheepshead bite has slowed down a little but the Spanish Mackerel and speckled trout has picked up along with some redfish and flounder mixed in!

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Lance Powers Pensacola, Florida Reported: 7 months ago

The sheepshead bite has slowed down a little but the Spanish Mackerel and speckled trout has picked up along with some redfish and flounder mixed in!

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Frank Cole
Jacksonville, Florida
Reported: 7 months ago

Sheepshead have started to show-- finally. Mostly in the river. Jetties is hit and miss. Some good speckled trout catches on live shrimp. Bonus bull reds while float rig fishing and Sheepshead fishing.

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Frank Cole Jacksonville, Florida Reported: 7 months ago

Sheepshead have started to show-- finally. Mostly in the river. Jetties is hit and miss. Some good speckled trout catches on live shrimp. Bonus bull reds while float rig fishing and Sheepshead fishing.

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Ray Culver
Seminole, Florida
Reported: 7 months ago

The redfish bite in Tampa Bay right now is absolutely on fire—arguably the best it’s been in the last three years. Anglers are reporting strong numbers of slot-sized reds, and even some overslot bruisers showing up around the mangroves, oyster bars, and grass flats. The water temps have warmed just...

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Ray Culver Seminole, Florida Reported: 7 months ago

The redfish bite in Tampa Bay right now is absolutely on fire—arguably the best it’s been in the last three years. Anglers are reporting strong numbers of slot-sized reds, and even some overslot bruisers showing up around the mangroves, oyster bars, and grass flats. The water temps have warmed just enough to get them feeding aggressively, especially on moving tides. What’s really exciting is the consistency. It’s not just a few hot spots—it’s bay-wide. From the flats near Weedon Island to the mangroves of Cockroach Bay and the spoil islands around Fort De Soto, redfish are cruising in solid schools again. Live bait like pinfish and greenbacks are working well, but artificials like gold spoons, paddletails, and topwaters early morning are getting crushed too. This kind of action hasn’t been seen since before some of the red tide issues, so local anglers are pumped. It’s a good sign for the health of the fishery and definitely a moment worth taking advantage of if you’re fishing Tampa Bay right now.

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Jordan Smith
Mary Esther, Florida
Reported: 7 months ago

Catch n release amberjack!

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Jordan Smith Mary Esther, Florida Reported: 7 months ago

Catch n release amberjack!

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Perry Bedell with On a Mission Fishing Charters
Naples, Florida
Reported: 8 months ago

Hot, sunny and south wind. The days we wait all year for are here. Inshore or Offshore this is the best time of the year for sport fishing. The bait bite in the backcountry has been stellar with all the species cooperating nicely. Snook, Redfish and juvenile Tarpon have been...

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Perry Bedell with On a Mission Fishing Charters Naples, Florida Reported: 8 months ago

Hot, sunny and south wind. The days we wait all year for are here. Inshore or Offshore this is the best time of the year for sport fishing. The bait bite in the backcountry has been stellar with all the species cooperating nicely. Snook, Redfish and juvenile Tarpon have been steady. Just awaiting the big strings of migrating Tarpon to show up out front. Will be any day now. Things have been epic offshore with massive schools of Permit, swarms of Amberjacks and plenty of barracudas to pull on. Were sight fishing all of these species and catching a lot of Amberjacks on the fly which has been a lot of fun. There’s also some enormous Mangroves chewing for anyone who wants some fish to eat in between the sport fishing craziness. We will be serving up bucket list Permit and Tarpon trips all Spring and Summer. We’re filling numerous trips daily for April and May. Please reach out to any of our Captains with any questions you may have. Looking forward to an epic Spring with you all!

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Bryan Maffei
Miami Beach, Florida
Reported: 8 months ago

There have been Sailfish around on the blue green color change. We have been catching random Mahi in 300'. Tuna and Kingfish have pushed into shallow water. The Mutton Snapper have been chewing on live bait. The Shark bite is solid on big live baits. Yesterday we released and tagged...

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Bryan Maffei Miami Beach, Florida Reported: 8 months ago

There have been Sailfish around on the blue green color change. We have been catching random Mahi in 300'. Tuna and Kingfish have pushed into shallow water. The Mutton Snapper have been chewing on live bait. The Shark bite is solid on big live baits. Yesterday we released and tagged 2 Bull Sharks between 400-500 pounds.

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Billy Pettigrew
Port Orange, Florida
Reported: 8 months ago

The redfish bite is hot right now in Port Orange to Flagler Beach. The fish are moving up chasing mullet and other small bait fish on the oysterbars. Water keeps getting warmer, and the snappers are heating up with it. I am starting to see small Spanish mackerel and ladyfish...

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Billy Pettigrew Port Orange, Florida Reported: 8 months ago

The redfish bite is hot right now in Port Orange to Flagler Beach. The fish are moving up chasing mullet and other small bait fish on the oysterbars. Water keeps getting warmer, and the snappers are heating up with it. I am starting to see small Spanish mackerel and ladyfish in the river and around ponce. Spring is definitely in the air.

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Dillon Arsenault
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 8 months ago

Groupers have been chewing consistently, and they are eating everything right now—cut bait, live bait, and artificials. Speckled trout have made a comeback in the bay area, and we are seeing a lot of overslots more consistently every day! Good eating meat in the box! They are eating live pinfish,...

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Dillon Arsenault St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 8 months ago

Groupers have been chewing consistently, and they are eating everything right now—cut bait, live bait, and artificials. Speckled trout have made a comeback in the bay area, and we are seeing a lot of overslots more consistently every day! Good eating meat in the box! They are eating live pinfish, shrimp, and white bait like they have never seen them before. Big black drums are showing up in good numbers on the bridges, and they are slamming the artificial and cut crabs. The snook and redfish are getting back to their normal spring patterns of eating cut bait, white bait, and pinfish! the bite at night is just as good, if not better, then the daytime bite when it starts to warm up 🎣

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