Curious About What’s Biting?

Curious About What’s Biting?

Whether you’ve been fishing for years or throwing out a line for the first time, it’s still helpful to know what’s biting! The information organized below will provide the species, best time of year to catch it and our recommendations for the bait to use for the one that keeps getting away.

Inshore Fishing

Species Peak Season (or Months)

Comments

Red Drum Spring to Fall

Early mornings and evening topwaters have been the best time; Carolina rig with live bait (mud minnows), dead shrimp, cut bait, 1/4 ounce Bluewater Candy Jig Head unpainted with Berkley Gulp shrimp or Z Man Jerkshads with Mullet Pro Cure

Speckled Trout
Spring & Fall
Green Grubs, MirrOLures, Plastic shrimp, Live shrimp, Mud minnows, Plastic baits (Zoom)
Spot
May to November
Shrimp, Bloodworms, Fishbites

 

Nearshore Fishing (Off the Beach)

 Species
Peak Seasons (or Months)
Comments
Black Drum
Spring to Winter
2 Hook Bottom Rig, Shrimp, Sand Fleas or Crabs
Blowfish
Spring & Fall
2 Hook Bottom Rig, Shrimp
Bluefish
Spring to Fall
Gotcha plug, Live Bait, Cut Bait on Fireball Rig
Croaker
Spring to Fall
2 Hook Bottom Rig, Shrimp, Squid, Bloodworms
Flounder
Summer to Fall
Carolina Rig, Live mullet or Strips, Mud minnow, Live shrimp
Pompano
April to September
2 Hook Bottom Rig, Shrimp, Sand Fleas, Gold Hooks
Red Drum
Spring to Fall
Early mornings and evening topwaters have been the best time; Carolina rig with live bait (mud minnows), dead shrimp, cut bait, 1/4 ounce Bluewater Candy Jig Head unpainted with Berkley Gulp shrimp or Z Man Jerkshads with Mullet Pro Cure
Sea Mullet
Spring to Fall
2 Hook Bottom Rig, Shrimp, Sand Fleas

 

Offshore Fishing

 Species
Peak Seasons (or Months)
Comments
Albacore
Spring & Fall
Gotcha Plugs, Stingsilvers, Spoons
Barracuda
July to September
Live fish, Bluefish, Menhaden
Blue Fin Tuna
Feb and March
Live Shad, Islanders
Blue Marlin
June to October
Islanders, Fathom Lures
Cobia
May to July
Live fish, Bluefish, Menhaden, Spot, Croaker
Gray Trout
Spring to Fall
Shrimp on Speck rig, Metal jig (Stingsilver)
Jack Crevalle
Summer
Live bait (blue, menhaden, shad)
King Mackerel 
September to November
Live Bait, Drone Spoons
Mahi Mahi
May to October
Trolling Lures, Ballyhoos
Sailfish
July to September
Trolling Lures, Ballyhoos
Spanish Mackerel
May to October
Live mullet, shad, on a cork, Gotcha Plug, Gold hook rigs
Tarpon
July to September
Live bluefish, menhaden, pinfish
Wahoo
Mid April to Nov
Trolling Lures, Ballyhoos
Yellow Fin Tuna
Mid April to Nov
Trolling Lures, Ballyhoos
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