Orange Beach Weather Forecast

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Jake Durant
Jake D.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
The inshore has been heating up lately! As water temperature cools off it seems like the bite has steadily picked up.
Offshore has been consistently good, typically coming home with our limits of triggerfish and vermillion snapper
Jake Durant
Jake D. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
The inshore has been heating up lately! As water temperature cools off it seems like the bite has steadily picked up.
Offshore has been consistently good, typically coming home with our limits of triggerfish and vermillion snapper
Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Tim Birell
Tim B.
Summerdale, Alabama
Reported 3 years ago
2 hour trip in the Gulf. Made it back just in time.
Tim Birell
Tim B. Summerdale, Alabama Reported 3 years ago
2 hour trip in the Gulf. Made it back just in time.
Spadefish, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Gulf Shores, Alabama
Spadefish, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Gulf Shores, Alabama
Spadefish, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Gulf Shores, Alabama
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Jake Durant
Jake D.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
The red snapper bite has been steady but you have to put up some effort to find the sizes you need for the box. Trigger fish has opened and are plentiful but lots of smalls mixed in which is normal but not so bad. The mahi's are crazy good at the moment and anything you find floating in the water is full of fish including triple tails. The vermilion snapper have come off their full moon spawn and are really biting well , squid or salted northern mackerel will do the trick. Kings are good this year and still going...
Jake Durant
Jake D. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
The red snapper bite has been steady but you have to put up some effort to find the sizes you need for the box. Trigger fish has opened and are plentiful but lots of smalls mixed in which is normal but not so bad. The mahi's are crazy good at the moment and anything you find floating in the water is full of fish including triple tails. The vermilion snapper have come off their full moon spawn and are really biting well , squid or salted northern mackerel will do the trick. Kings are good this year and still going . Amber jacks are closed so you know will catch them one after the other. There is no blue water very close here in our neck of the woods so the trolling is kind of slow.
Inshore is never great in August because of the heat but Captain Jake is catching some redfish and trout along with flounder and mangrove snapper. The Spanish mackerel are still good as long as the bait is here.
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Stephen Crews
Stephen C.
Foley, Alabama
Reported 3 years ago
This year has been an incredibly tough fishing year for red snapper. The water temps were what they typically are in August by the 1st of July. The marks are all there on the fishfinder. The fish got smarter, faster this year as their appetites were reduced by the temperature increase. We've also had more issues with sharks and dolphins eating our fish and bait off the hooks. We had to switch gears, work harder and try different methods to outsmart the fish. The deeper water fish were still biting well, but with the increase of fuel prices, going out...
Stephen Crews
Stephen C. Foley, Alabama Reported 3 years ago
This year has been an incredibly tough fishing year for red snapper. The water temps were what they typically are in August by the 1st of July. The marks are all there on the fishfinder. The fish got smarter, faster this year as their appetites were reduced by the temperature increase. We've also had more issues with sharks and dolphins eating our fish and bait off the hooks. We had to switch gears, work harder and try different methods to outsmart the fish. The deeper water fish were still biting well, but with the increase of fuel prices, going out 30 miles on a 6 hour trip was not a sustainable business practice. We finally decided to switch gears and go after vermilion snapper while targeting red snapper on the side. This has given our charters better experiences than before. We're still targeting red snapper until the end of the season but it's not our primary target. That takes the pressure off and makes fishing fun again.
Red Snapper fishing in Orange Beach, Alabama
Red Snapper fishing in Orange Beach, Alabama
Red Snapper fishing in Orange Beach, Alabama
Red Snapper fishing in Orange Beach, Alabama
Red Snapper fishing in Orange Beach, Alabama
Red Snapper fishing in Orange Beach, Alabama
Red Snapper fishing in Orange Beach, Alabama
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Jake Durant
Jake D.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
For the last several weeks the red snapper bite has been steady but not as good as it was earlier. We have been catching limits of snapper but you have to work thru smaller fish to get them. The offshore mangrove snapper fishing has been great all year and continues to be good. Cobia have been good as well with plenty of legal fish coming in. When the water is clean Wahoo are being caught closer to shore. Also grouper are still steady but you have to go deep to be consistent.
Jake Durant
Jake D. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
For the last several weeks the red snapper bite has been steady but not as good as it was earlier. We have been catching limits of snapper but you have to work thru smaller fish to get them. The offshore mangrove snapper fishing has been great all year and continues to be good. Cobia have been good as well with plenty of legal fish coming in. When the water is clean Wahoo are being caught closer to shore. Also grouper are still steady but you have to go deep to be consistent.
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Jacob Miller
Jacob M.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
Bottom
Fishing we are using a mix of bait and chum from menhaden to squid.
Kings usually eating live cigar minnows on a stinger rig.
Jacob Miller
Jacob M. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
Bottom
Fishing we are using a mix of bait and chum from menhaden to squid.
Kings usually eating live cigar minnows on a stinger rig.
Amberjack, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Amberjack, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Amberjack, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Amberjack, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Amberjack, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Amberjack, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Amberjack, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Amberjack, Mangrove Snapper, Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Tim Birell
Tim B.
Summerdale, Alabama
Reported 3 years ago
2 hour trip today
Tim Birell
Tim B. Summerdale, Alabama Reported 3 years ago
2 hour trip today
King Mackerel / Kingfish fishing in Gulf Shores, Alabama
King Mackerel / Kingfish fishing in Gulf Shores, Alabama
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Tim Birell
Tim B.
Summerdale, Alabama
Reported 3 years ago
Had to wait out the storm and deal with some rough water; but we goter done
Tim Birell
Tim B. Summerdale, Alabama Reported 3 years ago
Had to wait out the storm and deal with some rough water; but we goter done
King Mackerel / Kingfish, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Gulf Shores, Alabama
King Mackerel / Kingfish, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Gulf Shores, Alabama
King Mackerel / Kingfish, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Gulf Shores, Alabama
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Austin Shults
Austin S.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
I don't have a lot to talk up.
The snapper bite has been a tough one this year. Not sure if it's because water temps have been extremely high or the storm activity. However, we are catching some small snapper on the nearshore reefs and picking off a few big ones here and there. The trigger fish have been plentiful and the vermillion and mangrove bite has been pretty steady. There are still plenty of fun fish to catch on the troll, the skipjack, triple tail and a few peanut Mahi are hanging around floating debris if you find any...
Austin Shults
Austin S. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
I don't have a lot to talk up.
The snapper bite has been a tough one this year. Not sure if it's because water temps have been extremely high or the storm activity. However, we are catching some small snapper on the nearshore reefs and picking off a few big ones here and there. The trigger fish have been plentiful and the vermillion and mangrove bite has been pretty steady. There are still plenty of fun fish to catch on the troll, the skipjack, triple tail and a few peanut Mahi are hanging around floating debris if you find any
floating.
Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Austin Shults
Austin S.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 4 years ago
The snapper bite has been a little off kilter this season. However, if you put in the work there are still some monsters swimming around out there. The vermillion bite is still very solid. However, if you can get them to the boat before the dolphins snatch them off your line your doing good. The deep troll offshore from the edge outward has really been on fire lately. A lot of great catches being reported of Mahi, Wahoo, and some monster Cobia.
Austin Shults
Austin S. Pensacola, Florida Reported 4 years ago
The snapper bite has been a little off kilter this season. However, if you put in the work there are still some monsters swimming around out there. The vermillion bite is still very solid. However, if you can get them to the boat before the dolphins snatch them off your line your doing good. The deep troll offshore from the edge outward has really been on fire lately. A lot of great catches being reported of Mahi, Wahoo, and some monster Cobia.
Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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    Chris S. | July 6, 2026

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