Perdido Key State Park Fishing Reports (May 2026)

James Callahan
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 4 months ago

Inshore: Flounder are being found around inlets, sandy cuts, docks, bridge pilings, and along channel edges. Mud minnows or finger mullet on a jighead or Carolina rig are producing best. Work the bait slowly along the bottom with short hops and pauses. Sheepshead and black drum are holding tight to...

James Callahan Pensacola, Florida Reported: 4 months ago

Inshore: Flounder are being found around inlets, sandy cuts, docks, bridge pilings, and along channel edges. Mud minnows or finger mullet on a jighead or Carolina rig are producing best. Work the bait slowly along the bottom with short hops and pauses. Sheepshead and black drum are holding tight to structure, especially piers, bridges, rock jetties, and barnacle-covered docks. Offshore: Snapper and grouper (season-dependent) are stacked on structure such as natural bottom, ledges, and wrecks. Live pinfish, vermilion, squid strips, and cut bait are all effective—be mindful of current and use enough weight to stay on bottom. Pelagics like mahi, wahoo, and tuna (season-dependent) are showing along rips, temperature breaks, weed lines, and color changes. Rigged ballyhoo and skirted trolling lures are working well; if fish are up, topwater action can be hot. Troll the edges and circle back to thoroughly work any floating debris.

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Matthew Miller
Pensacola Beach, Florida
Reported: 4 months ago

Bottom fishing has been hot for Nov & Dec . We have a good consistent black fin run every fall to spring or so here in the panhandle. For the last 5 or 6 years, anyway. This year, some 100-150# yellowfins came in with the blackfins, 2 were landed on...

Matthew Miller Pensacola Beach, Florida Reported: 4 months ago

Bottom fishing has been hot for Nov & Dec .
We have a good consistent black fin run every fall to spring or so here in the panhandle. For the last 5 or 6 years, anyway.
This year, some 100-150# yellowfins came in with the blackfins, 2 were landed on Pensacola pier. About 10 or so were hooked on the pier, fought for 3 to 5 hours on spinning gear, and lost at the pier.

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Craig Mick
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 8 months ago

We had a good run on back snapper along with the red snapper. Out of Pensacola pass lots of large vermillion snapper. Good catches of Amber jacks for a fun fight and release.

Craig Mick Pensacola, Florida Reported: 8 months ago

We had a good run on back snapper along with the red snapper. Out of Pensacola pass lots of large vermillion snapper. Good catches of Amber jacks for a fun fight and release.

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Doug Pacitti
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

The Vermillion snapper and Spanish mackerel have been on fire the last couple of days!

Doug Pacitti Pensacola, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

The Vermillion snapper and Spanish mackerel have been on fire the last couple of days!

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Craig Mick
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Sheepshead have still been biting and redfish are as well. Mix bag last trip out pompano black drum mangrove and sheepshead.

Craig Mick Pensacola, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Sheepshead have still been biting and redfish are as well. Mix bag last trip out pompano black drum mangrove and sheepshead.

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Lance Powers
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 1 year 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!

Lance Powers Pensacola, Florida Reported: 1 year 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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Pasco Gibson
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 1 year ago

Big winter time redfish! Scamp grouper are always a good offshore target! Along with big Red Snapper. Swordfish is another specialty fish we target. We love catching big Wahoo!

Pasco Gibson Pensacola, Florida Reported: 1 year ago

Big winter time redfish! Scamp grouper are always a good offshore target! Along with big Red Snapper. Swordfish is another specialty fish we target. We love catching big Wahoo!