Jacksonville Fishing Reports

Ladies Day... - Ladies day is what it was on a trip last Saturday Easter weekend. On what was beautiful weekend weather wise with a low tide early in the morning it was off to the creeks. One thing there was no shortage of was GNATS. And they were thick… It's t more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

The bite is on! - On a recent 1/2 day charter on 4/5/10, a party of two combined for 12 trout to 17 ,10 reds to 17 7/8 a 14 flounder with one slot fish broke off, unfortunately. more...
Capt. Scott Tait - Jacksonville

Inshore/nearshore report Jacksonville area waters - It seems the winter might finally be over. The water temp at the jetties yesterday was almost 68 degrees. The small bluefish have invaded the River and will quickly maul your expensive live shrimp and there's not much you can do about it. Just try to more...
Capt. Bob Cosby - Jacksonville

APRIL - JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA - reports - 4/2 - R&D for Easter Sunday. It's official, the lil' Bluefish have invaded the inlet. There's no way you can float-rig fish the rocks right now without handing every shrimp to a Blue on a bronze platter. I tried. So, it looks as if we complet more...
Capt. Dave Sipler - Jacksonville

Easter Week in Jacksonville Florida - Still a little cool in the mornings but the last few days have been beautiful. It's supposed to be great weather the next few days thru the Easter weekend. Along with the nice weather comes all the fair weather fisherman also. A word to the wise, more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

March 20th 2010 Jacksonville Florida - What a difference 6 degrees makes in the water temperature this time of year. With the water temperature getting close to 60 degrees for the first time in several months the fish responded last week. The Reds were really on the move and they were fee more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Jetty "snapper" - Sheepshead, sometimes referred to as, jetty snapper continues to be the story in the Mayport area holding around the rocks and docks. As water temp. continues to rise redfish are biting more frequently. Bomber long a's,bucktail jigs,soft plastic je more...
Capt. Scott Tait - Jacksonville

March Jacksonville Florida - It's been one long winter. But even though I've fished in the last few day in full fleece to a t-shirt and shorts. The thermometer is up and down, as usual this time of year. Water temps are up. Can't believe I'm excited to see 57-58 degrees on th more...
Capt. Dave Sipler - Jacksonville

Knowing When to Stay Put!!! - The fish in the areas I fished early this week were in the lock down mode. It wasn't a problem finding the Red fish but getting them to bite was almost impossible! One thing I have learned is this time of year if fish in one creek are not feeding the more...
Capt. James Howard - Jacksonville

Slow reds and fast sheepshead - We're finding nice concentrations of sheepshead in the river around rocks and docks adjacent to deeper water. Redfish continue to be slow to bite yet plentiful. However mudflats and incoming tide are a good combination.With either an artificial or li more...
Capt. Scott Tait - Jacksonville