Apalachee Bay Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Robert Mcclinnis
Crawfordville, Florida
Reported: 2 weeks ago

The redfish bite is very good, especially at higher tide stages. The baits of choice have been soft plastics on an eighth or sixteenth-ounce jig head. Look for schools of bait and start fishing there. The trout bite has been good as well—it’s a bit of a hunt-and-peck approach. The...

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Robert Mcclinnis Crawfordville, Florida Reported: 2 weeks ago

The redfish bite is very good, especially at higher tide stages. The baits of choice have been soft plastics on an eighth or sixteenth-ounce jig head. Look for schools of bait and start fishing there.

The trout bite has been good as well—it’s a bit of a hunt-and-peck approach. The same soft plastics are working, with colors like Golden Glow, Watermelon Red Glitter, and Kitchen Sink. Use eighth- to quarter-ounce jig heads.

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Brock Shiver
Apalachicola, Florida
Reported: 2 weeks ago

Nearshore has been hot for sheep's head an grunt Triple tail have shown up as well

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Brock Shiver Apalachicola, Florida Reported: 2 weeks ago

Nearshore has been hot for sheep's head an grunt
Triple tail have shown up as well

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Bruce Williams
Apalachicola, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Fishing is good when winds allow!

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Bruce Williams Apalachicola, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Fishing is good when winds allow!

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Robert Mcclinnis
Crawfordville, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Fishing report for the weekend of Easter. We are catching a lot of red fish.Most of them overslot, there are some keepers mixed in.We are also catching a lot of speckled sea trout. Eight ounce red gold or pink jigheads with avocado red glitter watermelon, red glitter, golden glow or...

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Robert Mcclinnis Crawfordville, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Fishing report for the weekend of Easter. We are catching a lot of red fish.Most of them overslot, there are some keepers mixed in.We are also catching a lot of speckled sea trout.
Eight ounce red gold or pink jigheads with avocado red glitter watermelon, red glitter, golden glow or kitchen sink colors have been the best.
Shorelines with jumping, mullet and glass meadows are the places to work any place. There's a hole urgency or a little bit of structure.You want it to work it double time.
As always, if you wanna see firsthand give us a call and and book and trip and we'll show you

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Robert Mcclinnis
Crawfordville, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

The beautiful weather this time here is great for getting offshore. Closer to shore, the seeps had bite is on 🔥. The minimum amount of weight to get to the bottom with a number 1 or 1/0 hook and live shrimp, sand fleas or fiddlers. Remember less is more smaller...

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Robert Mcclinnis Crawfordville, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

The beautiful weather this time here is great for getting offshore.
Closer to shore, the seeps had bite is on 🔥.
The minimum amount of weight to get to the bottom with a number 1 or 1/0 hook and live shrimp, sand fleas or fiddlers.
Remember less is more smaller shrimp and fiddler's work just as good.If not even better than the big select shrimp.
Offshore, the fish are starting to feed good.The red grouper bite has been very good in forty to sixty feet of water.
To throw in a good time, we're catching a handful of big gags and red snapper.
Live bates.Work really good, but so do frozen sardines and thread.Fin herring.
And while you're out there, small pieces of squid will fill your cooler with grunts lane.Snapper and other tasty bottomfish.
If you want to experience this firsthand give us a call.We have a few dates left around the easter.But we're filling up quick

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Brian Klein
Eastpoint, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Just kicked off before this cold weather hit. Looks like it's starting early!!!

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Brian Klein Eastpoint, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Just kicked off before this cold weather hit. Looks like it's starting early!!!

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Rudy Gay
Apalachicola, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

The Bull reds are running on the other beach / sholes! Book your charters now, and some nice sheeps head 😊

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Rudy Gay Apalachicola, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

The Bull reds are running on the other beach / sholes!
Book your charters now, and some nice sheeps head 😊

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Robert Mcclinnis
Crawfordville, Florida
Reported: 2 months ago

This time of the year, the fish are transitioning from creeks to the flats. Best thing to catch them is find mullet or bait. If you find comorants diving there is most likely bait there.Try matching the hatch shrimp.Not necessarily big, small, pinfish, or cut baits We're catching red fish...

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Robert Mcclinnis Crawfordville, Florida Reported: 2 months ago

This time of the year, the fish are transitioning from creeks to the flats.
Best thing to catch them is find mullet or bait.
If you find comorants diving there is most likely bait there.Try matching the hatch shrimp.Not necessarily big, small, pinfish, or cut baits
We're catching red fish trout flounder and sheepshead

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