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 |
