St Pete Beach Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Jake Oliphant
Indian Rocks Beach, Florida
Reported: 2 months ago

It's been cold and windy but the dis have still been biting!

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Jake Oliphant Indian Rocks Beach, Florida Reported: 2 months ago

It's been cold and windy but the dis have still been biting!

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George Hastick
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 2 months ago

Larger sheepshead have moved into Tampa Bay shrimp and fiddler crabs are the bait of choice. Speckled trout in the deeper canals and drop offs. Rock piles are holding sheepshead, key west grunts and some mangrove snapper

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George Hastick St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 2 months ago

Larger sheepshead have moved into Tampa Bay shrimp and fiddler crabs are the bait of choice. Speckled trout in the deeper canals and drop offs. Rock piles are holding sheepshead, key west grunts and some mangrove snapper

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Joe Masi
Bay Pines, Florida
Reported: 3 months ago

Bottom fishing when weather conditions have been good has been great plenty of hogfish porgies mangrove snapper an all the grouper you want ! Inshore has been solid with redfish sheepshead trout and sheepshead few black drum mixed in

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Joe Masi Bay Pines, Florida Reported: 3 months ago

Bottom fishing when weather conditions have been good has been great plenty of hogfish porgies mangrove snapper an all the grouper you want ! Inshore has been solid with redfish sheepshead trout and sheepshead few black drum mixed in

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Phil Pegley
Ruskin, Florida
Reported: 3 months ago

January fishing in Tampa Bay Fishing between cold fronts has really been excellent As the front approach, the in shore bite goes from normal to red hot there's been a solid red fish bite, especially on the afternoon high tides And when the north wind. Pushes the morning, low tides,...

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Phil Pegley Ruskin, Florida Reported: 3 months ago

January fishing in Tampa Bay
Fishing between cold fronts has really been excellent
As the front approach, the in shore bite goes from normal to red hot there's been a solid red fish bite, especially on the afternoon high tides
And when the north wind. Pushes the morning, low tides, even lower than they are forecasted to be set up for some excellent site fishing as it comes back in good numbers on cobia this year and. The numbers of coastal sharks and bull sharks are strong as usual
The big temp drop we're having this week will trigger a Sheepshead spawn that should last through the month of February and as the moon's approach the mangrove snapper will be a welcome addition to the Sheepshead bite

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Dillon Arsenault
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 3 months ago

Near shore bite is on fire and the gag bite inshore is insane lol

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Dillon Arsenault St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 3 months ago

Near shore bite is on fire and the gag bite inshore is insane lol

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Steven Swindal
Apollo Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 months ago

Shark bite is pretty good Inshore shark evening trips

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Steven Swindal Apollo Beach, Florida Reported: 3 months ago

Shark bite is pretty good
Inshore shark evening trips

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Robert Denbo
Trinity, Florida
Reported: 3 months ago

Awesome trout and sheep's head bite!

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Robert Denbo Trinity, Florida Reported: 3 months ago

Awesome trout and sheep's head bite!

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Tyson Wallerstein
Clearwater, Florida
Reported: 3 months ago

Shallow water fishing has been excellent in Clearwater this winter. Huge trout and big redfish are the targets. Top water action early in the day has brought several trout in the plus 20 inch class to the net. Rapala skitter v's worked through the mullet schools will not only attract...

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Tyson Wallerstein Clearwater, Florida Reported: 3 months ago

Shallow water fishing has been excellent in Clearwater this winter. Huge trout and big redfish are the targets. Top water action early in the day has brought several trout in the plus 20 inch class to the net. Rapala skitter v's worked through the mullet schools will not only attract the attention of the trout but also the redfish. This is the time of year that the big trout move into the super shallows and this year is the best we've seen in many years.

Tailing redfish have been spooky but catchable during the first half of the incoming tide. Soft plastic baits like the Z-man jerk shadz tipped with pro- cure scent are working well with the right cast and the right approach.

Lots of schoolie trout can be caught in the slightly deeper water just off the shallow flats. 1/8 ounce jig heads with a Z-man jerk shadz catch em all day long. Making them easy targets in the 25' sea hunt if you have a larger crew.

Redfish have also been caught in the sea hunt this month. Top of the tide is the time to soak some fresh baits for redfish hanging in the mullet schools.

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