Pensacola Weather Forecast

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Austin Shults
Austin S.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
October is a beautiful time to be out on the water here in the panhandle. The inshore bite is definitely awesome this time a year. You can pick off a lot of variety by pounding the banks with live shrimp, plastics, and twitch baits. Deep dropping or trolling offshore is still going strong. Just pick the right day to get out there as these northern winds start blowing pretty steady.
Austin Shults
Austin S. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
October is a beautiful time to be out on the water here in the panhandle. The inshore bite is definitely awesome this time a year. You can pick off a lot of variety by pounding the banks with live shrimp, plastics, and twitch baits. Deep dropping or trolling offshore is still going strong. Just pick the right day to get out there as these northern winds start blowing pretty steady.
Bluefish, Florida Pompano Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Bluefish, Florida Pompano Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Bluefish, Florida Pompano Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Jake Durant
Jake D.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
And got lucky right on beach last week
Jake Durant
Jake D. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
And got lucky right on beach last week
Sailfish Fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Jake Durant
Jake D.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
The fishing here has been pretty steady this past month. Redfish, black snapper, flounder, trout and mackerel have been plentiful. Offshore fishing has been great whenever we can get out there!
Jake Durant
Jake D. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
The fishing here has been pretty steady this past month. Redfish, black snapper, flounder, trout and mackerel have been plentiful. Offshore fishing has been great whenever we can get out there!
Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Tim King
Tim K.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
The spanish mackerel , jack crevalle, and mangrove snapper have been caught inshore and a slight cool front just cooled the Temps down for us. We've caught big amberjack, mingos and Spanish mackerel offshore as well!
Tim King
Tim K. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
The spanish mackerel , jack crevalle, and mangrove snapper have been caught inshore and a slight cool front just cooled the Temps down for us. We've caught big amberjack, mingos and Spanish mackerel offshore as well!
Amberjack, Red Snapper fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Austin Shults
Austin S.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
It's fall time and the inshore bite is heating up. In the bays we are still catching some great Spanish mackerel floating live shrimp with about a 1/2 ounce Carolina rig.
Inshore, the trout and redfish are hitting suspending jerk-baits and plastics such as paddle tails or curly tails.
Offshore, it's game on for big schools of skipjacks and Bonita boiling up. Look for any type of floating cover and you'll find schools of Mahi and triple tails swimming around it.
Now is the time to get those trolling plugs out and search for those trophy fish such as Mahi,...
Austin Shults
Austin S. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
It's fall time and the inshore bite is heating up. In the bays we are still catching some great Spanish mackerel floating live shrimp with about a 1/2 ounce Carolina rig.
Inshore, the trout and redfish are hitting suspending jerk-baits and plastics such as paddle tails or curly tails.
Offshore, it's game on for big schools of skipjacks and Bonita boiling up. Look for any type of floating cover and you'll find schools of Mahi and triple tails swimming around it.
Now is the time to get those trolling plugs out and search for those trophy fish such as Mahi,
wahoo, sails, and swords!
Speckled Trout / Spotted Seatrout fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Jake Durant
Jake D.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
Hey man, the inshore fishing has been heating up as the water cools down. A lot of redfish, mangrove snapper, and a few flounder mixed in. The offshore bite has stayed consistent through the past few weeks with triggerfish, vermillion snapper, and amberjack
Jake Durant
Jake D. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
Hey man, the inshore fishing has been heating up as the water cools down. A lot of redfish, mangrove snapper, and a few flounder mixed in. The offshore bite has stayed consistent through the past few weeks with triggerfish, vermillion snapper, and amberjack
Flounder, Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Flounder, Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Flounder, Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Flounder, Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Flounder, Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Flounder, Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Flounder, Redfish fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Austin Shults
Austin S.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
Late summer/early fall fishing is starting to heat up. Getting a weather window to make the trip out has been a challenge. However, when able to get offshore, we are catching a variety of species with the second half of trigger fish season open and now Amberjack opening back, I expect a lot of great offshore catches over the next few weeks. Deep drop fishing for vermillion snapper, porgies, and various grouper species has been on fire. For those who like our top water action, the waters have been boiling with skipjacks and Mahi. Now is the time to get...
Austin Shults
Austin S. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
Late summer/early fall fishing is starting to heat up. Getting a weather window to make the trip out has been a challenge. However, when able to get offshore, we are catching a variety of species with the second half of trigger fish season open and now Amberjack opening back, I expect a lot of great offshore catches over the next few weeks. Deep drop fishing for vermillion snapper, porgies, and various grouper species has been on fire. For those who like our top water action, the waters have been boiling with skipjacks and Mahi. Now is the time to get out there and catch them up before they move out to their winter waters.
Amberjack, Grunt, Little Tunny / False Albacore fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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Tim King
Tim K.
Pensacola, Florida
Reported 3 years ago
Redfish, specks, jack crevalle, and mingos have been a good success lately
Tim King
Tim K. Pensacola, Florida Reported 3 years ago
Redfish, specks, jack crevalle, and mingos have been a good success lately
Jack Crevalle, Mangrove Snapper, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Jack Crevalle, Mangrove Snapper, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Jack Crevalle, Mangrove Snapper, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Pensacola, Florida
Jack Crevalle, Mangrove Snapper, Spanish Mackerel fishing in Pensacola, Florida
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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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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
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