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Jacksonville Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Where the St. Johns meets the Atlantic: jetty redfish by the school, flounder in the creeks and a mullet run that turns the beach on.

3/5
Fair. Fish early or late.Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows.
Next tide
Low 9:23 PM
Air / High
85 / 87 F
Wind
ESE 11 mph

Sources: NOAA tides 8720218, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
4
September 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish early or late.Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows.

Jacksonville locks in another hot, bright day: the fish know the drill and so should you. Today brings cloud cover, wind ESE around 11 mph, rising pressure near 1015 hPa and a high of 87. Tides: high 2:21 AM and 3:06 PM, low 8:15 AM and 9:23 PM: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 85 F for the season (estimated). With the last quarter, the solunar majors run 5:39 AM-7:39 AM and 5:39 PM-7:39 PM: plan around them and beat the heat.

The plan, species by species

Redfish (red drum)Excellent

Dawn topwater over grass flats and shorelines, then follow them to deeper guts and channel edges with gold spoons and paddletails. Look for wakes and nervous bait.

BluefishExcellent

Dawn and dusk metal: cast spoons and poppers where bait shows. Midday fish slide deeper off the bars.

Speckled troutGood

First light topwater over grass and shell, then deeper: free-lined live shrimp or croaker over 4-8 ft structure. The bite dies with the sun; night lights fish well.

Tomorrow: Similar at 88 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Sep 5, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Water and weather

Live readings.

Tides

NOAA station 8720218 (Mayport). Fish the moving water either side of each change.

Fri
HIGH2:21 AM4.3 ft
LOW8:15 AM0.5 ft
HIGH3:06 PM5.2 ft
LOW9:23 PM1.0 ft
Sat
HIGH3:29 AM4.3 ft
LOW9:23 AM0.5 ft
HIGH4:17 PM5.3 ft
LOW10:28 PM1.0 ft

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp85 F
High / Low87 / 74 F
WindESE 11-16 mph
Pressure1014.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain100% cloud, 25%
Sunrise / Sunset07:04 / 19:45
MoonLast Quarter, 50%
Water temp (seasonal)~85 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Next 7 days

Tap a day for the detailed outlook.

Fri Sep 4 · Rain, 87/74 F, wind 14 mph, rain 25%

Fair or better. A 14 mph breeze puts a working chop on the banks it hits: fish the wind-blown side.

Species guide

The species that matter on Jacksonville: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Redfish (red drum) illustration

Redfish (red drum)

Best: Sep-Nov bull run

The copper-flanked king of the flats and surf: tailing in inches of water, schooling by the hundred in fall. Dawn topwater over grass flats and shorelines, then follow them to deeper guts and channel edges with gold spoons and paddletails. Look for wakes and nervous bait.

Speckled trout illustration

Speckled trout

Best: spring and fall

The Gulf coast's everyday obsession: soft mouths, violent topwater strikes and a fishery that lives by tide and bait. First light topwater over grass and shell, then deeper: free-lined live shrimp or croaker over 4-8 ft structure. The bite dies with the sun; night lights fish well.

Bluefish illustration

Bluefish

Best: Sep-Oct blitzes

The ocean's most honest fish: when blues blitz bait on the beach, everything with hooks gets bit. Dawn and dusk metal: cast spoons and poppers where bait shows. Midday fish slide deeper off the bars.

When to come: the Jacksonville calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Redfish (red drum)
Speckled trout
Bluefish
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 85 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovSep, ~85 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

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Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Sep 3

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 86 F, wind to 10 mph.

Wed, Sep 2

3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 86 F, wind to 14 mph.

Tue, Sep 1

3/5 Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows. Redfish (red drum) led the card at excellent. High of 88 F, wind to 11 mph.

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Before you go

License

Florida requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Florida saltwater license. Redfish: one per day in the NE zone slot: confirm FWC. Flounder: closed season in late fall per current rules.

Access

Huguenot Park (drive-on beach at the jetties), Mayport boat ramps, Hanna Park, and intracoastal kayak launches.

About this water

St. Johns River mouth and beaches, Duval County, FL. The Atlantic gateway of north Florida.

Fishing Jacksonville: the full guide

River mouth power

The St. Johns pours into the Atlantic through Mayport's big jetties: the north Florida fish magnet. Bull reds stack there every fall by the hundreds; flounder ambush the rocks and creek mouths; and the intracoastal's maze of spartina creeks fishes like Lowcountry water: tailing reds on flood tides, trout on the drops.

The fall show

September-October is the season: the mullet run pours down the beach with tarpon, sharks and jacks in tow, the jetty bulls peak, and "flounder pounder" season fills coolers at the rocks. Winter sight-fishing for reds in clear, cold creeks is the quiet-season reward.

The other Jacksonville game

Beyond the river reds, Jacksonville's jetty complex is northeast Florida's fish magnet: bull redfish stack the rocks Aug-Oct, sheepshead crowd the granite all winter, and tarpon shadow the shrimp boats off the beach in summer. Mayport's party-boat and charter fleet runs to live-bottom snapper grounds within sight of land: an hour's ride buys a Gulf-quality bottom box.

Common questions

What is a flood-tide redfish trip?

On the biggest tides, reds swim onto flooded spartina flats to hunt fiddler crabs: tails waving in inches of water. Sight-casting them on fly or soft plastics is north Florida's signature game.

When are the bull reds at the Jacksonville jetties?

August-October is the spawning stack: 20-40-lb fish on cut mullet and big jigs along the rocks. Release the giants quickly: they are the brood stock of the whole marsh.

Is fishing good at Jacksonville right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish early or late. Heat pins the bite to the dawn and dusk windows.

Nearby waters

St. Augustine38 miOrange Lake79 miSaint Johns River95 miSt. Johns River101 miLake Harris116 miMosquito Lagoon118 mi
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