Apalachee Bay Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Robert Mcclinnis
Crawfordville, Florida
Reported: 4 months ago

When the weather is warm, the trout and redfish are on the bars.Just outside of the mouth of the river, or in the mouths of deep creeks. My preferred method is shrimp on a jighead. We're soft plastics call jighead. We're also getting bonus sheepshead black drum and flounder. Offshore,...

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Robert Mcclinnis Crawfordville, Florida Reported: 4 months ago

When the weather is warm, the trout and redfish are on the bars.Just outside of the mouth of the river, or in the mouths of deep creeks. My preferred method is shrimp on a jighead.
We're soft plastics call jighead.
We're also getting bonus sheepshead black drum and flounder.
Offshore, we have one more weekend of red. Snapper, open until june.The bite has been decent.
Live sardines and thread, fin herring work best, but frozen will get the job done.

Merry christmas!

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Bruce Williams
Apalachicola, Florida
Reported: 4 months ago

Preciate it. Got one trip this year off captain experiences. Not a lot. Merry Christmas Fall bite is good and will continue thru the new year.

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Bruce Williams Apalachicola, Florida Reported: 4 months ago

Preciate it. Got one trip this year off captain experiences. Not a lot. Merry Christmas

Fall bite is good and will continue thru the new year.

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Robert Mcclinnis
Crawfordville, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

The big trout are leaving the creeks and fattening up for the spawn. Lots of things work pinfish, mud minnows, shrimp. But the go to is a eighth ounce jig head red or pink works best with a soft plastic in is gold and glow, golden brim or watermelon regulator....

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Robert Mcclinnis Crawfordville, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

The big trout are leaving the creeks and fattening up for the spawn. Lots of things work pinfish, mud minnows, shrimp. But the go to is a eighth ounce jig head red or pink works best with a soft plastic in is gold and glow, golden brim or watermelon regulator. Is work those in deeper troughs and creeks mouths.

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TJ Saunders
Apalachicola, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Exciting time here along the forgotten coast. There's chrome in the water. In the last week, things have really turned around. Our weather patterns have gotten their act together, the water has warmed up and the early season tarpon are showing up. We are getting them dialed in and launching...

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TJ Saunders Apalachicola, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Exciting time here along the forgotten coast. There's chrome in the water. In the last week, things have really turned around. Our weather patterns have gotten their act together, the water has warmed up and the early season tarpon are showing up. We are getting them dialed in and launching silver king rockets every chance we can. Fishing tarpon around the correct tide allows for some fun days fishing redfish then changing gears and chasing tarpon.

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TJ Saunders
Apalachicola, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

The weather is starting to break here on the Forgotten Coast. Just in time for spring break, redfish are invading the flats, and oh boy, are they hungry? Fish have been seen cruising the outside bars and chasing the tide up to the shoreline. A well-placed fly, soft plastic, or...

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TJ Saunders Apalachicola, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

The weather is starting to break here on the Forgotten Coast. Just in time for spring break, redfish are invading the flats, and oh boy, are they hungry? Fish have been seen cruising the outside bars and chasing the tide up to the shoreline. A well-placed fly, soft plastic, or gold spoon has been getting the job done. Take a trip south to Apalachicola and let me introduce you to our hot inshore fishery.

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Robert Mcclinnis
Crawfordville, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

It's time to start herding sheepshead. We look for them on structure in 25 yo 50 feet of water. A Crustacean of your choice, With a enough lead to hold it down and a small hook. I prefer eagle claw Style 85, they are good and sharp right out of...

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Robert Mcclinnis Crawfordville, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

It's time to start herding sheepshead. We look for them on structure in 25 yo 50 feet of water. A Crustacean of your choice, With a enough lead to hold it down and a small hook. I prefer eagle claw Style 85, they are good and sharp right out of the package and cheap, easy enough to cut off and retire. Moose has a very respectable fish

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TJ Saunders
Apalachicola, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

This stud 31 pound redfish ate a soft plastic bounced on the bottom at a special spot we refer to as Jurassic Park.

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TJ Saunders Apalachicola, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

This stud 31 pound redfish ate a soft plastic bounced on the bottom at a special spot we refer to as Jurassic Park.

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Robert Mcclinnis
Crawfordville, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

With the temperature fluctuating so much the fish like to find deeper holes, many different baits are working. Jigheads are the best, I prefer soft plastics like the saltwater assassin, as far as color I can't nail one down. Shrimp also work well, 1/4 Jighead moved painfully slow. We have...

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Robert Mcclinnis Crawfordville, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

With the temperature fluctuating so much the fish like to find deeper holes, many different baits are working. Jigheads are the best, I prefer soft plastics like the saltwater assassin, as far as color I can't nail one down. Shrimp also work well, 1/4 Jighead moved painfully slow. We have a wide open calendar.

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