Snook
Live mullet, pilchards, or low-light soft plastics
70–82°F preferred water6 mapped regions
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Florida Pompano
Peeled shrimp, sand fleas, Fish Gum/Fishbites
63–77°F preferred water6 mapped regions
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Whiting
Shrimp pieces, sand fleas, or Fishbites tipped with shrimp
60–75°F preferred water4 mapped regions
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Black Drum
Shrimp, clams, or sand fleas
58–75°F preferred water4 mapped regions
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Sheepshead
Shrimp, fiddler crabs, or barnacles
60–76°F preferred water6 mapped regions
JanFebMarAprDec
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Redfish
Live shrimp, mullet chunks, or soft plastics in the seam
62–82°F preferred water7 mapped regions
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Spotted Seatrout
Live shrimp under popping cork, or soft plastics in natural colors
58–78°F preferred water3 mapped regions
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Tarpon
Live mullet, crabs, or threadfin herring; fly anglers use tarpon toads and black death patterns
74–88°F preferred water5 mapped regions
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Mangrove Snapper
Live shrimp, pilchards, or small pieces of cut bait. Chum helps.
65–85°F preferred water6 mapped regions
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Jack Crevalle
Topwater poppers, spoons, or live mullet when jacks are blitzing bait
60–85°F preferred water7 mapped regions
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Flounder
Live finger mullet or mudminnows dragged slowly across sandy bottom
55–72°F preferred water4 mapped regions
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Spanish Mackerel
Gotcha plugs, Clark spoons, or live pilchards and greenbacks under a float
68–84°F preferred water7 mapped regions
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Cobia
Live eels, crabs, or large jigs pitched to sight-fished cobia near rays and buoys
68–80°F preferred water3 mapped regions
MarAprMayJun
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Tripletail
Live shrimp free-lined or on light jighead, pitched to structure-holding fish
70–85°F preferred water1 mapped region
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