Fishing Reports by Capt. Bob Cosby

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - Inshore fishing report The water temperature is ranging from 58 to 60 degrees. The sheephead are biting fairly well on both fiddlers and live shrimp fished on 1/8 0z. jigheads along the jetty rocks. Some are good size and all are excellent table f more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - Inshore fishing report Inshore fishing report Merry Christmas to all and a happy new year! Not too much has changed on the fishing scene since my last report. In between the weather fronts the fishing is quite good. The water temperatures are more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - NE Florida inshore fishing report Speckled trout are in high gear in our area right now. You can target them with lipped diving lures, DOA shrimp, Gulp shrimp, or the real thing(live shrimp) with a good chance of success. Use a sliding float rig w more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - NE Florida inshore fishing report Speckled trout are in high gear in our area right now. You can target them with lipped diving lures, DOA shrimp, Gulp shrimp, or the real thing with a good chance of success. The water temperature is around 55-60 more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - Fishing report Jacksonville area waters In between northeasters the fishing has been really good. The water temperature starts out in the low 60's in the morning and usually gets up to mid or high 60's by the afternoon.The really cold weather isn' more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - Northeast Florida inshore/nearshore report It is mid-November and the water temperatures are hovering in the upper 60's. The fishing has been good between the fronts which come through this time of year. Redfish are in the creeks and can often more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - This has been a Strange Fall As I write this, there are still large shrimp far up the river and plenty of finger mullet in the creeks. The bull reds are still in the river and haven't moved in any numbers to the sand flats outside the jetties. Som more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - We are in a transition period now between summer and fall, and a northeaster is blowing as I write this. The water temperatures are starting to drop a little and were 77 to 79 degrees yesterday. The bull reds are staging way up the St Johns River more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - September inshore/nearshore fishing report for Jacksonville and St. Augustine area waters I have to apologize for not posting a report in August, however, I was in Nova Scotia, Canada, fly fishing for Atlantic salmon most of the month and didn't h more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

Fernandina to Saint Augustine & St. Johns River - July inshore and near-shore fishing report for Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra, St. Augustine area waters Summer seems to be flying by as I write this on the 4th of July. Where did June go? The fishing continues to be good. The king mackerel are on the b more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville