Black Seabass Fishing Reports

Fishing report from Tim K. in Pensacola, Florida

Fishing report from Robbie B. in Jacksonville, Florida

    Weather permitting the bottom fishing has been good seabass, triggerfish, beeliners and the cobia are starting to show up. Pogies are on the beach so the kingfish should show up soon. Inshore hfishing for reds,trout,sheepshead and black drum is good too.

Fishing report from Scott H. in Virginia Beach, Virginia

    Seabass & Tilefish

Fishing report from Bill P. in Jacksonville, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Bill here.

Fishing report from Bob U. in Charleston, South Carolina. Book a trip with Captain Bob here.

    Red drum , amber jacks. Black drum

Fishing report from James W. in St. Marys, Georgia. Book a trip with Captain James here.

    Black Seabass and Trigger fish are chewing and other species are showing up as the water temperature rises.
    Black Seabass and Trigger fish are chewing and other species are showing up as the water temperature rises.

Fishing report from James W. in St. Marys, Georgia. Book a trip with Captain James here.

    Bottom fishing is on fire with Black Seabass and Trigger fish at the top of the list. Other species are showing up as we continue to warm up.
    Bottom fishing is on fire with Black Seabass and Trigger fish at the top of the list. Other species are showing up as we continue to warm up.

Fishing report from Jack F. in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Book a trip with Captain Jack here.

Fishing report from Jason G. in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Book a trip with Captain Jason here.

Fishing report from Dave W. in Wilmington, North Carolina

    Weather's been fair and when we can get out the sea bass fishing has been outstanding. Limit out in an hour. All bigger than average fish.
    Weather's been fair and when we can get out the sea bass fishing has been outstanding. Limit out in an hour. All bigger than average fish.

Fishing report from Chris A. in Charleston, South Carolina. Book a trip with Captain Chris here.

Fishing report from Robbie B. in Jacksonville, Florida

    The fishing has been good nice seabass, beeliners and some nice triggerfish. Even had a nice 28 inch gag grouper and of course they are closed right now. Weather just won't cooperate for much offshore fishing right now. Made a couple of trips recently and one was real good the other got shortened due to 3 cases of the sea flu.
    The fishing has been good nice seabass, beeliners and some nice triggerfish. Even had a nice 28 inch gag grouper and of course they are closed right now. Weather just won't cooperate for much offshore fishing right now. Made a couple of trips recently and one was real good the other got shortened due to 3 cases of the sea flu.

Fishing report from Adrian J. in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Book a trip with Captain Adrian here.

    Fishing has been great to kick off the year. The reds are schooled up inshore and the sheepshead have began to move out to the nearshore reefs. Offshore has never slowed down for bottom fishing. Black Sea bass are thick.
    Fishing has been great to kick off the year. The reds are schooled up inshore and the sheepshead have began to move out to the nearshore reefs. Offshore has never slowed down for bottom fishing. Black Sea bass are thick.

Fishing report from Jason G. in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Book a trip with Captain Jason here.

    Still on the grind for white sturgeon on the Sacramento River! With high river flows more sturgeon are showing up every day! I suspect February and March are going to be 'Off the hook!
    Fishing has been great when you can get out. Have been out twice this month and filled the boat cooler with plenty of huge seabass, porgy and trigger fish.

Fishing report from Joe C. in Jacksonville, Florida

    Week of 1/15 has been a great one. Lots of black seabass and ringtail porgies on the 4 hour trips. Recently the shallow triggers and beeliners haven't been cooperating but nothing to be mad about as Black Sea bass offer world class eating! For the 6/8 hour offshore trips cobia fishing was world class with one 6 hour trip boasting double digit fish including a tagged 30+ pounder. The fish was originally caught in South Carolina at 32" overall in 2019 and recaptured 1200 days and nearly 300 miles away at 42" fork length. Inshore the fish have been steady with some days better than others. On the low tide mid day trips sightfishing has been the name of the game. With a low tide in the morning targeting holes has been the money. Winter fishing is in full swing! Let's goooo fishin!
    Week of 1/15 has been a great one. Lots of black seabass and ringtail porgies on the 4 hour trips. Recently the shallow triggers and beeliners haven't been cooperating but nothing to be mad about as Black Sea bass offer world class eating! For the 6/8 hour offshore trips cobia fishing was world class with one 6 hour trip boasting double digit fish including a tagged 30+ pounder. The fish was originally caught in South Carolina at 32" overall in 2019 and recaptured 1200 days and nearly 300 miles away at 42" fork length. Inshore the fish have been steady with some days better than others. On the low tide mid day trips sightfishing has been the name of the game. With a low tide in the morning targeting holes has been the money. Winter fishing is in full swing! Let's goooo fishin!

Fishing report from Robbie B. in Jacksonville, Florida

Fishing report from Joe C. in Jacksonville, Florida

    Inshore fishing has been awesome in the skiff. With cooling water fish have been stacked up in their usual winter time haunts. Black drum now moving with the schools of reds too for some bonus catches. Offshore black seabass fishing is off the chain on the short 4/6 hour trips. Mixed with vermillion snapper and triggerfish. On the extended 10/12 hour trips trigger fish is the name of the game for meat haul. If the goal is hero or 0 lots of big wahoos have been hitting the deck with the cold weather. As always plenty of mutton snappers and usual suspects to compliment the box. Let's go fishin!

Fishing report from Bill P. in Jacksonville, Florida. Book a trip with Captain Bill here.

    The seas have been calm and the bite is on! The seas have been calm and the bite is on!

Fishing report from Frank B. in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Book a trip with Captain Frank here.

Fishing report from Tj D. in North Charleston, South Carolina

Fishing report from Scott H. in Virginia Beach, Virginia

    wordfish, Tilefish & Seabass is in full swing in Va Beach now through the end of December. Then Striper & Bluefin Tuna from Dec-March

Fishing report from Kenny H. in Montauk, New York. Book a trip with Captain Kenny here.

    It was a beautiful day on the water for the Ken Kane charter today! We had a boat limit of sea bass, along with some nice tog and jumbo scup! Enjoy the fresh Montauk seafood bounty!!

Fishing report from Frank B. in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Book a trip with Captain Frank here.

    Not really doing a whole lot at this time with school back in session. We were out this past Saturday and mugged up on nice flounder. We were throwing back over sized fish, which was painful. The key was making short drifts over the structure and working it hard. When the bite stops, hit the next piece. The fluke have turned on just in time for them to go out of season on the 27th. The back bays are alive with peanut bunker, spearing, and some mullet. When you can get anything to actually bite there are stripers and weakies around. Small blues too. But the bite is very spotty with all the bait. But worth the effort. Fun times are ahead. Sea bass will be opening soon. And tog is just around the corner. As are the stripers. Come on Fall!

Fishing report from John A. in Wanchese, North Carolina. Book a trip with Captain John here.

    Been a bit since last report, ran a few offshore trips before I left for Ohio. Had Wounded Warrior Project bring 10 vets down and ran them on 3 boats. Great day, lots of enjoyment but the troll bite was slow, we had a blast swimming and horse assin around at the end of the day. Next day ran offshore, trolled up 37 small blackfin, landed 2 out of 3 wahoo as well. Also had a trip we did some sea bass and amberjack fishing, it's all a blur so not sure what day was what, but it's been fun!!! The drum fishing has been great at night as well and that should stay solid through Sept into Oct.

Fishing report from Peter S. in Montauk, New York. Book a trip with Captain Peter here.

    The inshore as well as the offshore fishing has picked up dramatically in the last two and three weeks... The fluke, Seabass, and bluefish have been hitting well in the usual locations in the bay and just on the reef outside. The offshore has also taken a dramatic uptick. Last week we had a 77 pound wahoo along with bluefin tuna. The canyons have opened up with yellow fin, blue marlin, and white Marlin... Not to mention great mahi mahi fishing
    The inshore as well as the offshore fishing has picked up dramatically in the last two and three weeks... The fluke, Seabass, and bluefish have been hitting well in the usual locations in the bay and just on the reef outside. The offshore has also taken a dramatic uptick. Last week we had a 77 pound wahoo along with bluefin tuna. The canyons have opened up with yellow fin, blue marlin, and white Marlin... Not to mention great mahi mahi fishing
    Everything fishing wise is starting to come together in a big way. The inshore fishing has steadily improved with Fluke up to 7 pounds Seabass up to 4 pounds. Offshore fishing has started to explode... Yellow fin blue fin bigeye are all there for the taking yesterday we had a 77 pound wahoo. It looks like going into September is going to be out-of-Control.
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