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Note: In Florida, there are a wide range of places to fish and we could not possibly list them all. Fish move and behave differently based on various factors such as weather, temperature, tide, moon phase, salinity, time of year and more. In addition to using the resources on this page, we encourage anglers to contact people with local expertise in areas they want to fish (such as bait and tackle shops, marinas, charter fishing businesses, fishing clubs and online fishing groups).

Numbers 1-6: Northwest Region

Fishing Information for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties:

Includes Escambia Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Escambia

  • Big Lagoon State Park
  • Fort Pickens fishing pier & beaches
  • Johnson’s Beach at Gulf Islands National Seashore
  • Old 3 mile bridge fishing pier
  • Oriskany Artificial Reef (22.5 nautical miles southeast of Pensacola Pass)
  • Palafox Pier
  • Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier

 

Santa Rosa

  • Archie Glover boat ramp
  • Bal Alex boat ramp
  • Dickerson City boat ramp
  • Escribano Point WMA
  • Floridatown Park
  • Garcon Point boat ramp
  • Naval Live Oaks beach at Gulf Islands National Seashore
  • Navarre Beach Fishing Pier
  • Navarre beach marine park
  • Navarre causeway (except during shorebird nesting season)
  • Opal Beach at Gulf Islands National Seashore
  • Oriole beach boat ramp
  • Shoreline boat ramp
  • Simpson River fishing pier
  • Woodlawn beach boat ramp

Interactive Boating and Angling Guide for this Area

Habitats: Oyster bars, mudflats, seagrasses, bridges, wetlands in the north eastern portion of Santa Rosa

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Cobia: Spring
  • Flounder: Spring, fall
  • Ladyfish: Summer
  • Pompano: Spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Red snapper**: Year-round
  • Sailfish: Summer, fall
  • Sheepshead: Late winter, spring
  • Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring, early fall
  • Spotted seatrout**: Spring, early winter
  • Tarpon: Summer

Offshore:

  • Amberjack**: Year-round
  • Blackfin tuna: late summer, early winter
  • Dolphinfish: Summer
  • Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
  • Groupers**: Fall, spring
  • Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring, early fall, peak May-Oct.
  • Marlin: Summer, fall
  • Porgy: Year-round
  • Red snapper**: Year-round
  • Sailfish: Summer, fall
  • Tuna: August-September
  • Vermilion snapper: Year-round
  • Wahoo: Summer, fall

 

Fishing Information for Okaloosa and Walton counties:

map of fishing locations in Choctawatchee Bay

Includes Choctawhatchee Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Okaloosa

  • Destin Bridge
  • Destin East and West Jetty
  • Joe’s Bayou
  • Liza Jackson Park
  • Marler Park
  • Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier
  • Rocky Bayou State Park
  • Shalimar Bridge
  • Valparaiso Fishing Pier
  • White Point on Eglin WMA

Walton

  • Thomas Pilcher Park

Choctawhatchee Bay Boating and Angling guide 

Habitats: Wetlands, oyster bars, seasgrasses

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Black drum: Spring-summer
  • Cobia: Spring-fall
  • Flounder: May, fall
  • Ladyfish: Summer
  • Pompano: Spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sailfish: Summer-fall
  • Sheepshead: Late winter-early spring
  • Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring-early fall
  • Spotted seatrout**: Spring, early winter
  • Tarpon: Summer

Offshore:

  • Blackfin tuna: Late summer–early winter
  • Dolphinfish: Summer
  • Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
  • Greater amberjack**: Year-round
  • Grouper**: Fall–spring
  • King mackerel: late spring-early fall
  • Marlin: Summer-fall
  • Porgy: Year-round
  • Red snapper**: Year-round
  • Sailfish: Summer-fall
  • Tuna: Late summer
  • Vermilion snapper: Year-round
  • Wahoo: Summer-fall

 

Fishing Information for Bay County:

Map of fishing locations in Bay County

Includes St. Andrews Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

  • M.B. Miller County Pier
  • Russel-Fields Pier
  • Powell Lake
  • St. Andrews State Park

Interactive Boating and Angling Map for this area

Habitats: Salt and freshwater marshes, oyster bars, seasgrasses, mudflats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Cobia: Spring-fall
  • Flounder: May, fall
  • Ladyfish: Summer
  • Pompano: Spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sailfish: Summer-fall
  • Sheepshead: Late winter-early spring
  • Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring-early fall
  • Spotted seatrout**: Spring-early winter
  • Tarpon: Summer

Offshore:

  • Amberjack**: Year-round
  • Blackfin tuna: Late summer-early winter
  • Dolphinfish: Summer
  • Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
  • Grouper**: Fall–spring
  • King mackerel: Late spring – early fall
  • Marlin: Late summer
  • Porgy: Year-round
  • Red snapper**: Year-round
  • Sailfish: Summer-fall
  • Tuna: Late summer
  • Vermilion snapper: Year-round

 

Fishing Information for Gulf County:

Map of fishing locations in St. Joseph Bay

Includes St. Joseph Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

  • Frank Pate Park
  • St. Joseph Bay
  • St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

St. Joseph's Bay Boating and Angling Guide 

Habitats: Seagrasses, salt and freshwater marshes

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
  • Black drum: Spring-summer
  • Cobia: Spring-fall
  • Pompano: Spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Late winter-early spring
  • Spanish mackerel: Late spring-early fall
  • Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
  • Tarpon: Summer-fall

Offshore:

  • Blackfin tuna: Late summer-early winter
  • Dolphinfish: Late spring-mid fall
  • Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
  • Greater amberjack**: Year-round
  • Groupers**: Fall-spring
  • Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring-early fall
  • Red snapper**: Year-round
  • Porgy: Year-round
  • Vermilion snapper: Year-round

 

Fishing Information for Franklin County:

map of fishing locations in Apalachicola Bay

Includes Apalachicola Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

  • Alligator Harbor
  • Alligator Point
  • Apalachicola River
  • Battery Park
  • Carrabelle Beach
  • Carrabelle River
  • Eastpoint fishing pier
  • Lombardi’s boat ramp and fishing pier Apalachicola
  • Ochlockonee River
  • St. George Island Bridge
  • St. George Island Pier
  • St George Island State Park
  • St. Vincent Island 

Apalachicola Bay Boating and Angling guide for this area

Habitats: River basin, estuary, wetlands, barrier islands, oyster bars, sandflats, seagrasses, beaches

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed seasons):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
  • Black drum: Spring-summer
  • Flounder: Year-round
  • Pompano: Spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Winter
  • Spanish mackerel: Late spring-summer
  • Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
  • Tarpon: Summer-fall
  • Tripletail: Summer-fall

Offshore:

  • Amberjack**: Year-round
  • Dolphinfish: June
  • Grouper**: Year-round
  • Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
  • Porgy: Year-round
  • Red snapper**: Year-round 

 

Fishing Information for Wakulla and Jefferson counties:

Includes Apalachee Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Wakulla

  • Alligator Point/Bald Point State Park
  • Big Bend Saltwater Paddling Trail
  • Bottoms road boat ramp
  • Levy Bay boat ramp
  • Mashes Sands beach
  • Shell point Beach and boat ramp
  • St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
  • Wakulla Beach

Apalachee Bay Boating and Angling Guide

Habitats: Seagrasses, salt and freshwater marshes, mudflats, oyster bars

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
  • Cobia: Spring-fall
  • Pompano: Spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Winter
  • Spotted seatrout**: Not summer
  • Tripletail: Late summer, fall

Offshore:

  • Dolphinfish: June
  • Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
  • Groupers**: Year-round
  • Red snapper**: Year-round
  • Tuna: Late summer

 

Numbers 7-9: Central West Region

Fishing Information for Taylor and Dixie counties:

Map of fishing locations in Nature Coast

Popular Fishing Locations:

Taylor

  • Big Bend Saltwater Paddling Trail
  • Econfina River State Park

Dixie

  • Butler-Douglas Memorial Park in Horseshoe Beach

Nature Coast Boating and Angling Guide

Habitats: Seagrasses, salt and freshwater marshes

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
  • Bluefish: Fall-winter, early summer
  • Cobia: Spring-early summer
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Fall-spring
  • Spanish mackerel: Late winter-early spring, October
  • Spotted seatrout**: Spring-summer, January

Offshore:

  • Groupers**: Summer

Fishing Information for Levy and Citrus counties:

Map of fishing locations in Citrus County

Popular Fishing Locations:

Levy

  • Shell Mound Park

Citrus

  • Fort Island Gulf Beach
  • Ozello Community Park

Citrus County Boating and Angling Guide

Habitats: Hardbottom, seagrasses, salt marshes, mangroves

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal

  • Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
  • Bluefish: Fall-winter, early summer
  • Cobia: Spring-early summer
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Fall-spring
  • Snook: Early summer
  • Spotted seatrout**: Spring-summer, January

Offshore:

  • Groupers**: Summer

Fishing Information for Hernando and Pasco counties:

Map of fishing locations in Hernando and Pasco counties

Popular Fishing Locations:

Hernando

  • Bayport Park
  • Weeki Wachee Spring

Pasco

  • Anclote Keys
  • R.J. Strickland Memorial Park

Boating and Angling Guide for this area 

Habitats: Seagrasses, mangroves, oyster bars, marshes and mudflats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Bay scallops**: Pasco County when open to harvest
  • Bluefish: Fall-winter, early summer
  • Cobia: Spring-summer
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Fall-spring
  • Spanish mackerel: Late winter-spring
  • Spotted seatrout**: Spring-summer, January

Offshore:

  • Groupers**: Summer

Numbers 10-12: Southwest Region

Fishing Information for Pinellas and Hillsborough counties:

Map of fishing locations in Tampa Bay

Includes Tampa Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Pinellas

  • Anclote Keys
  • Bay Vista Recreation Center
  • Belleair Causeway
  • Boca Ciega Bay
  • Coffee Pot Park
  • Egan Park
  • Ft. De Soto
  • John's Pass
  • Sand Key Park
  • Skyway Fishing Pier State Park - North
  • Weedon Island

Hillsborough

  • Cockroach Bay
  • EG Simmons Regional Park
  • Picnic Island Park

Interactive Tampa Bay Boating and Angling Guide 

Habitats: Oyster bars, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, seagrass flats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal

  • Black drum: Fall-spring
  • Cobia: Spring-fall
  • Gray (mangrove) snapper: Year-round but best bite in late spring-early fall
  • Gulf flounder: Fall-spring
  • Ladyfish: Fall-early winter
  • Pompano: Winter-spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Fall-spring
  • Snook**: Spring-late summer
  • Spanish mackerel: Winter-summer
  • Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
  • Tarpon: Spring-summer

Offshore:

  • Groupers**: Winter, late summer-early fall
  • Hogfish**: Winter-spring
  • King mackerel: Fall-winter
  • Snappers**: Summer

Fishing information for Manatee and Sarasota counties:

Map of fishing locations in Manatee and Sarasota counties

Popular Fishing Locations:

Manatee

  • Anna Maria Island
  • Bishop Harbor
  • Bradenton Beach City Pier
  • Green Bridge Fishing Pier (Manatee River)
  • Longboat Pass
  • Skyway Fishing Pier State Park - South
  • Terra Ceia Bay

Sarasota

  • Caspersen Beach Park
  • Indian Mound Park and Boat Ramp
  • Ken Thompson Park
  • Lemon Bay Park and Environmental Center
  • Turtle Beach
  • Venice Fishing Pier
  • Venice Inlet

Boating and Angling guide for Sarasota County

Habitats: Oyster bars, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, seagrasses

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Cobia: Spring-early fall
  • Gulf flounder: Fall-spring
  • Ladyfish: Fall-early winter
  • Mullet: Fall-early winter
  • Pompano: Fall-spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Fall-early spring
  • Snook**: Spring-summer
  • Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
  • Tarpon: Spring-early summer

Offshore

  • Groupers**: Fall-spring
  • Hogfish**: Winter-spring
  • King mackerel: Fall-early winter
  • Snappers**: Summer

 

Fishing Information for Charlotte and Lee counties:

Map of fishing locations of Charlotte harbor

Includes Charlotte Harbor

Popular Fishing Locations:

Charlotte

  • Anger (also known as Ainger) Fishing Pier Park
  • Bayshore Live Oak Park
  • Boca Grande Fishing Pier
  • El Jobean Fishing Pier
  • Laishley Park
  • Placida Fishing Pier
  • Ponce De Leon Park (Punta Gorda)
  • Port Charlotte Beach Park
  • Spring Lake Park

Lee

  • Boca Grande Pass (tarpon fishing)
  • Cape Coral Yacht Club Park Fishing Pier
  • Horton Park and boat ramp
  • Lovers Key State Park
  • Matlacha Community Park
  • Matlacha Pass Bridge
  • Sanibel Pier

 Boating and Fishing locations for Charlotte County

Habitats: Oyster bars, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, seagrass flats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Black drum: Winter-spring
  • Cobia: Spring-fall
  • Gulf flounder: Fall-spring
  • Ladyfish: Fall-early winter
  • Mangrove snapper: Summer
  • Pompano: Fall-spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Winter
  • Snook**: Year-round
  • Spanish mackerel: Winter-early summer
  • Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
  • Tarpon: Spring-mid-summer

Offshore:

  • Groupers**: Winter and late summer-early fall
  • King mackerel: Fall-winter
  • Snappers**: Summer

 

Numbers 13-17: South Region

Fishing Information for Collier County:

Popular Fishing Locations:

  • Caxambas Park
  • Cocohatchee River Park Marina,
  • Collier-Seminole State Park
  • Naples Beach Pier
  • Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Boating and Angling guide for Collier County 

Habitat: Oyster bars, mudflats, mangroves, seagrass flats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Red drum: Summer-fall
  • Sheepshead: Fall-spring
  • Snook**: Year-round
  • Tarpon: Spring-early summer

Offshore:

  • Permit**: Spring-fall

 

Fishing Information for Monroe County:

Includes Everglades National Park and the Florida Keys

Popular Fishing Locations:

  • Bahia Honda State Park (Lower Keys)
  • Everglades National Park
  • John Pennekamp State Park
  • Duck Key (Middle Keys)
  • Long Key State Park (Middle Keys)
  • Western Dry Rocks (Lower Keys)

Interactive Boating and Angling Guide of the Florida Keys

Habitats: Coral reef, hardbottom, seagrasses, mangroves

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Bonefish: Fall
  • Cobia: Fall-spring
  • Hogfish**: Summer-fall
  • Mangrove snapper: Summer
  • Mutton snapper: Spring-early summer
  • Pompano: Winter-early spring
  • Spiny lobster**: Summer – spring
  • Spotted seatrout: Winter – spring
  • Tarpon: Spring-early summer

Offshore:

  • Blackfin tuna: Fall-spring
  • Dolphinfish: Spring-summer
  • Groupers**: Fall-spring
  • Permit**: Spring-early summer
  • Sailfish: Fall-spring
  • Sharks: Year–round
  • Yellowtail snapper: Spring-early summer

 

Map of fishing locations for Miami-Dade and Broward counties:

Includes Biscayne Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Broward

  • Deerfield Pier
  • Hillsboro Inlet Park

Miami-Dade

  • Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
  • Homestead Bayfront Park 
  • Oleta River State Park
  • Pacific Reef Channel 

Biscayne Bay Boating and Angling Guide 

Habitats: Coral reef, hardbottom, seagrasses, mangroves

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Bonefish: Early summer
  • Catfish: Year-round
  • Mangrove snapper: Year-round
  • Red drum: Summer-fall
  • Sheepshead: Year-round
  • Snook**: Mid to late summer

Offshore:

  • Dolphinfish: Early summer
  • King mackerel: Winter-summer
  • Permit**: Spring-fall
  • Sailfish: Late summer-fall
  • Snappers**: Late winter-fall

 

Fishing Information for Palm Beach County:

Map of fishing locations in Lake Worth/ Palm Beach

Includes Lake Worth

Popular Fishing Locations:

  • Bingham Island
  • Boynton Canal
  • Boynton Inlet Pier
  • Bryant Park
  • Juno Beach Pier
  • Jupiter Inlet
  • Peanut Island Park
  • Phil Foster Park
  • Palm Beach Jetty
  • William O. Lockhard Municipal Pier

Boating and Angling guide to Lake Worth Lagoon 

Habitats: Seagrasses, mudflats, oyster bars, mangroves, coral reefs, hardbottom

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Black drum: Winter-early spring
  • Catfish: Year-round
  • Crevalle jack: Spring-summer
  • Mangrove snapper: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Year-round
  • Snook**: Spring-mid summer
  • Tarpon: Spring-summer

Offshore:

  • Bonefish: Spring-mid summer
  • Dolphinfish: Early summer
  • Kingfish: Fall-spring
  • Permit**: Spring-fall
  • Sailfish: Late summer-fall

 

 

Fishing Information for Martin County

Popular Fishing Locations:

  • Indian Riverside Park
  • Jensen Beach Causeway
  • Peck's Lake
  • Sandsprit Park

Boating and Angling Guide for Martin County

Habitats: Seagrasses, mangroves, marshes and mud flats, hardbottom, some coral reefs

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Jack crevalle: Spring-summer
  • King mackerel: Winter-spring
  • Pompano: Winter-spring
  • Red drum: Year-round
  • Snook**: Summer
  • Spotted seatrout**: Fall
  • Tarpon: Summer
  • Wahoo: Late winter

Offshore:

  • Bluefish: Winter
  • Cobia: Spring
  • Groupers**: Year-round
  • Dolphinfish: Early to mid summer
  • King mackerel: Winter
  • Pompano: Mid summer
  • Sailfish: Winter
  • Snappers**: Year-round

 

Numbers 18-21 Central East Region

Fishing information for St. Lucie and Indian River counties:

Fishing Locations in Indian River Lagoon

Includes Indian River Lagoon

Popular Fishing Locations:

Indian River:

  • Pier under Merrill P. Barber Bridge
  • Sebastian Inlet State Park
  • Wabasso Causeway

St. Lucie: 

  • Fort Pierce Inlet State Park
  • Melody Lane Fishing Pier
  • South A1A

Habitats: Seagrasses, mangroves, marshes and mud flats, hardbottom

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Black drum: Winter-spring
  • Red drum: Year-round except late summer
  • Snook**: Summer and fall
  • Spotted seatrout**: Spring-summer

Offshore: 

  • Groupers**: Winter-summer
  • Pompano: Winter-spring
  • Snappers**: Winter-summer

 

Fishing Information for Brevard County:

Popular Fishing Locations:

  • Banana River
  • Canaveral National Seashore
  • Constitution Bicentennial Park
  • Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • Jetty Park
  • Parrish Park
  • Pine Island Conservation Area
  • Sebastian Inlet State Park
  • South Mosquito Lagoon

Boating and Angling guide for Brevard County 

Habitat: Saltmarsh, mudflats, oyster bars, mangroves, seagrass meadows

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Black drum: Winter-spring 
  • Blue runner: Winter-spring
  • Cobia: Winter-summer
  • Flounder: Winter-spring
  • Mangrove snapper: Winter-spring and fall
  • Pompano: Winter-spring
  • Red drum: Winter-spring and late fall
  • Sheepshead: Year-round
  • Snook**: Winter-early spring and late fall
  • Spotted seatrout**: Winter-early summer
  • Tarpon: Winter-early spring and fall
  • Tripletail: Winter-summer
  • Whiting: Winter-spring

Offshore:

  • Amberjack**: Winter-spring
  • Blackfin tuna: Winter-spring and fall
  • Cobia: Winter-summer
  • Dolphinfish: Winter-spring and summer
  • Gray triggerfish**: Winter-summer
  • Groupers*: Year-round, for some species highest catch winter-spring
  • Grunt: Year-round
  • King mackerel: Spring and late fall-early winter
  • Marlin: Spring-fall
  • Snappers**: Year-round
  • Spanish mackerel: Spring and fall-early winter
  • Wahoo: Winter and late spring-early summer
  • Yellowfin tuna: Winter-spring and fall

 

Fishing Information for Volusia County:

Fishing locations for Volusia County

Popular Fishing Locations:

  • Daytona Beach Pier
  • Highbridge Park
  • Light House Point Park
  • Michael Crotty Bicentennial Park
  • Mosquito Lagoon
  • Ponce Inlet Jetty
  • Port Orange Causeway Park
  • Sunrise Park
  • Tomoka State Park

Boating and Angling Guide for Volusia County 

Habitats: Marshes, mudflats, oyster bars, mangroves

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Black drum: Winter-early summer
  • Cobia: Winter-summer
  • Flounder: Winter-spring
  • Mangrove snapper: Year-round
  • Pompano: Late winter and fall
  • Red drum: Late spring-early summer and fall
  • Sheepshead: Year-round
  • Spotted seatrout**: Winter-early summer
  • Tarpon: Early spring and fall-early winter
  • Tripletail: Winter-summer
  • Whiting: Winter-spring

Offshore:

  • Amberjack**: Summer-fall
  • Blackfin tuna: Winter-spring and fall
  • Cobia: Winter-spring
  • Dolphinfish: Summer and fall
  • Groupers**: Spring and fall
  • King mackerel: Summer-fall
  • Marlin: Summer
  • Sailfish: Summer-early fall
  • Snappers**: Winter-spring and fall
  • Wahoo: Late winter-early spring

 

 

Fishing Information for St. Johns and Flagler counties:

Fishing Locations for St. Johns and Flagler Counties

Popular Fishing Locations:

St. Johns:

  • Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
  • Marineland
  • Matanzas Inlet
  • Moses Creek Conservation Area
  • Rattlesnake island
  • Vilano Beach

Flagler:

  • Flagler Beach Fishing Pier
  • Herschel King Park
  • Waterfront Park

Boating Guide to St.Johns and Flagler Counties 

Habitat: Rock shorelines, oyster bars, mud flats, sand bars, marshes, hardbottom

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Black drum: Fall-spring
  • Bluefish: Winter
  • Crevalle jack: Spring-fall
  • Croaker: Fall
  • Flounder: Fall and spring
  • Ladyfish: Late summer
  • Pompano: Spring-fall
  • Red drum: Fall-winter
  • Sharks: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Fall-winter
  • Spanish mackerel: Fall-spring
  • Spotted seatrout**: Fall-winter
  • Tarpon: Summer
  • Whiting: Year-round

Offshore:

  • Cobia: Winter-spring
  • Dolphinfish: Late spring-early summer
  • Flounder: Winter
  • Groupers**: Fall-winter
  • Sheepshead: Winter-spring
  • Snappers**: Year-round
  • Tripletail: Late spring-fall
  • Wahoo: Winter

 

Number 22: Northeast Region

Fishing Information for Nassau and Duval counties:

Popular Fishing Locations:

Nassau

  • Amelia Island
  • Fort Clinch State Park
  • George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park 
  • Goffinsville Park
  • Nassau Sound
  • Saint Mary’s Jetty

Duval

  • Bert Maxwell boat ramp and fishing pier
  • Blue Cypress Park
  • Fort George Island
  • Halfmoon Island Park
  • Jacksonville Beach Pier
  • Jim King Fishing Pier
  • Little Talbot Island
  • Lonnie Wurn Park
  • Reddie Point Preserve
  • Riverfront Park
  • Stockton Park

Interactive Boating and Angling Guide for this Area 

Habitat: Rock shorelines, oyster bars, mud flats, sand bars, marshes, hardbottom

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

  • Black drum: Fall-spring
  • Bluefish: Winter
  • Crevalle jack: Spring-fall
  • Croaker: Late summer-fall
  • Flounder: Fall and spring
  • Ladyfish: Summer
  • Pompano: Spring-fall
  • Red drum: Fall-late winter
  • Sharks: Year-round
  • Sheepshead: Fall-winter
  • Spanish mackerel: Fall-spring
  • Spotted seatrout**: Spring and fall-winter
  • Tarpon: Summer
  • Weakfish: Winter-spring
  • Whiting: Year-round

Offshore:

  • Cobia: Winter-spring
  • Dolphinfish: Late spring-early summer
  • Flounder: Winter
  • Groupers**: Fall-winter
  • King mackerel: Late spring-early fall 
  • Sailfish: Early summer
  • Snappers**: Year-round
  • Tripletail: Late spring-fall