SEPTEMBER, 2012 The weather begins cooling down this month with more northeasterly breezes blowing in for several days at a time. We also have to keep an eye out for the occasional tropical storm or hurricane. These conditions stimulate all kinds of marine life activity, including the famous mullet ...

AUGUST, 2012 August potentially has the warmest water and provides the best chance to catch a leaping hundred pound class tarpon. These fish migrate north along our coast each summer following the bait pods. Sometimes they can be seen behind the surf crashing into mullet or pogie schools. Other time...

JULY, 2012 Summer is in full swing now that July has settled in. The kingfish tournaments are cranking up,and the kingfish are arriving in the nick of time. Later in the month the Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament will take place with hundreds of boats vying for the many prizes. It's the larg...

People on shore are sweltering in 95-100 degree heat, while we fishermen ply our trade atop 76 degree water. That's as close as you can get to outdoor air conditioning in Florida. The king mackerel have been biting better recently, which is good news for the many local fishermen who love to fish for...

Florida Fishing Report for: Intracoastal Waterway, St Johns River and Nearshore Waters from Fernandina to Saint Augustine Updated: September 11, 2007. Inshore/nearshore report Jacksonville area waters The water is cooling slightly with the recent northeaster. The shrimp and mullet should be flowing ...

Florida Fishing Report for: Intracoastal Waterway, St Johns River and Nearshore Waters from Fernandina to Saint Augustine Updated: July 14, 2007. Inshore/nearshore report Jacksonville area waters We are definitely in our summer weather pattern with fishing early, dodge storms in the afternoon, and m...

Florida Fishing Report for: Intracoastal Waterway, St Johns River and Nearshore Waters from Fernandina to Saint Augustine Updated: June 21, 2007. Inshore/nearshore report NE Florida I'm seeing more tarpon around the Mayport jetties, which is encouraging. The pogies are scattered, but you can catch "...

Finally, we have had some SE breezes that won't peel your eyelids back. Hopefully, the strong east winds will give us a break.The local kingfish tournaments began this past weekend with the Kingbuster out of St. Augustine. Pogies are on the beach, and I saw several tarpon today at the jetty tips. Th...

Inshore/nearshore report for NE Florida May has seemed more like March with all the strong winds and cooler temperatures. Some days we've had gusts above 40kts! I don't know what I would do with a calm day. The fishing has actually been pretty good when you can get out. The water temperatures are ra...

Florida Fishing Report for: Intracoastal Waterway, St Johns River and Nearshore Waters from Fernandina to Saint Augustine Updated: April 27, 2007. There are reports of pogies on the beach near St. Augustine. The big reds and possibly cobia should be under some of these pods. I'm regularly having inc...

Florida Fishing Report for: Intracoastal Waterway, St Johns River and Nearshore Waters from Fernandina to Saint Augustine Updated: April 09, 2007. Inshore/nearshore report I thought the cold weather was done and then we were hit with a record cold snap with temperatures in the 30's. Hopefully, that ...

Florida Fishing Report for: Intracoastal Waterway, St Johns River and Nearshore Waters from Fernandina to Saint Augustine Updated: March 14, 2007. NE Florida inshore nearshore report March, the transition month, is here and we'll be steadily moving from our winter fishing patterns into spring. In fa...

Florida Fishing Report for: Intracoastal Waterway, St Johns River and Nearshore Waters from Fernandina to Saint Augustine Updated: March 2, 2007. Inshore report Recently, we've had a break from the cold weather. In the last few days the water temperature has approached 65 degrees in the shallow cree...

Florida Fishing Report for: Intracoastal Waterway, St Johns River and Nearshore Waters from Fernandina to Saint Augustine Updated: February 13, 2007. Inshore report Jacksonville area waters Speckled trout are closed in our waters this month, so naturally, they are biting fairly well. Since they are ...

Inshore report The cold, windy, and sometimes rainy weather recently has had a "chilling" effect on fishing. The flip side is the boat ramps are less crowded! On the few days in between fronts it is still worthwhile to wet a line. Sheephead and spawning ringtail porgies are available at the jetties....