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Situated on the Atlantic coastline, Jacksonville is the most populous city in all of Florida. It was one of the first cities settled along the coast thanks to its deep-water port access. The city has been built around St. Johns River, which means that this is the ideal location for both saltwater and freshwater fishing. There are few other places that can match the range of Jacksonville fishing.
While there is plenty of variety for your Jacksonville fishing ventures, the area is best known for king mackerel. In fact, Jacksonville is actually the location of the biggest kingfish tournament in the entire region. The reason why is pretty obvious when you reel in your first fish. The waters around Jacksonville are full of mackerel. With such a robust population, many of the fish grow to be full-sized adults. Moreover, they feed quite prolifically. This makes a mackerel fishing adventure especially exhilarating. Mackerel are most often found on the many reefs and wrecks just off the shore in the Atlantic.
Beyond mackerel, there are many other options for Jacksonville fishing. The local population of cobia is plentiful, and many people like to snag a memorable red snapper. There are also many species of grouper and snapper that are caught nearshore. If you are looking for inshore fishing options, Jacksonville does not disappoint with black drum, flounder, sheepshead, spotted sea trout (speckled trout), and redfish as the prime targets.
Offshore of Jacksonville, anglers can encounter billfish such as blue marlin, sailfish, swordfish, and white marlin. Wahoo and the many dolphinfish (Mahi-mahi) that frequent these waters provide plenty of actions as well. In the deep on bottom there is also lots of tilefish and rosefish that keep anglers busy.
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There is a 19.31% catch rate for Spotted Seatrout, based on 3905 Spotted Seatrout counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE SPOTTED SEATROUT COUNTS CHART
There is a 13.7% catch rate for Red Drum, based on 2770 Red Drum counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE RED DRUM COUNTS CHART
There is a 13.6% catch rate for Black Sea Bass, based on 2751 Black Sea Bass counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE BLACK SEA BASS COUNTS CHART
There is a 9.23% catch rate for Sheepshead, based on 1866 Sheepshead counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE SHEEPSHEAD COUNTS CHART
There is a 4.47% catch rate for Whiting, based on 904 Whiting counted.
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There is a 4.11% catch rate for Weakfish, based on 832 Weakfish counted.
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There is a 3.98% catch rate for Atlantic Croaker, based on 805 Atlantic Croaker counted.
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There is a 3.81% catch rate for Red Snapper, based on 770 Red Snapper counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE RED SNAPPER COUNTS CHART
There is a 3.46% catch rate for Bluefish, based on 700 Bluefish counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE BLUEFISH COUNTS CHART
There is a 2.97% catch rate for Black Drum, based on 601 Black Drum counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE BLACK DRUM COUNTS CHART
*** PLEASE NOTE *** Please check local, state/province, and federal laws before fishing for any species found on this site. All data is based on historical data found for this area, and in some cases as far back as the year 1600.
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The Top 10 Fishing Spots for Jacksonville are the following:
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SEAMAP Nearshore Hard Bottom
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Reddie Point Preserve Fishing Pier
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Last One Before Thanksgiving! I fished yesterday morning with Jim Russell and his dad Doug meeting them up down at the decrepit Sawpit Creek boat ramp. There was a front passing thru and the forecast ca
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Casting and Catching I fished yesterday afternoon and even though the rain had passed us by we had a bit of wind to deal with. But Chris Bremer and his grandson Matteo were game to go fishing! W
From The Start Boy what a nasty start to a morning yesterday it was! It rained on me getting the boat ready picking up the bait and launching and was still raining when Dennis Adams and hi
Weakfish Made It A Slam Thanksgiving week and back to fishing! I met Joey and Tanya Vasquez up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early on a tide that still had about an hour of going out t
From Roasting Oysters to Oyster Plates - we love our oysters! We finally got to kick back and roast our first batch of oysters last week...and a sneak look at my wife's Oyster Plate collection...
First and Last (spots) Hallelujah! The bad weather finally let up and we were able to get out and do some fishing today! I met Jason Ash and his buddy Tom up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat
Third Spot Pays Off Oh what a beautiful morning! If you've wondered where the reports have been my two trips from last week got canceled due to the high winds. But we were back at it today when
Bulldawgs Come To Town I fished with some of those Georgia Bulldogs who have come town - long time customers Bob and William Blalock and Bob's brother-in-law Tommy. We were scheduled to fish yeste
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