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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 10.03% catch rate for Black Sea Bass, based on 2387 Black Sea Bass counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE BLACK SEA BASS COUNTS CHART
There is a 8.55% catch rate for Whiting, based on 2035 Whiting counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE WHITING COUNTS CHART
There is a 8.34% catch rate for Atlantic Croaker, based on 1986 Atlantic Croaker counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE ATLANTIC CROAKER COUNTS CHART
There is a 6.61% catch rate for Red Drum, based on 1573 Red Drum counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE RED DRUM COUNTS CHART
There is a 5.64% catch rate for Hardhead Catfish, based on 1343 Hardhead Catfish counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE HARDHEAD CATFISH COUNTS CHART
There is a 5.42% catch rate for Spotted Seatrout, based on 1291 Spotted Seatrout counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE SPOTTED SEATROUT COUNTS CHART
There is a 3.43% catch rate for Atlantic Menhaden, based on 817 Atlantic Menhaden counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE ATLANTIC MENHADEN COUNTS CHART
There is a 3.42% catch rate for Spot Croaker, based on 813 Spot Croaker counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE SPOT CROAKER COUNTS CHART
There is a 3.12% catch rate for Tomtate, based on 743 Tomtate counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE TOMTATE COUNTS CHART
There is a 2.75% catch rate for Red Snapper, based on 654 Red Snapper counted.
ENLARGE JACKSONVILLE RED SNAPPER 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:
Doctors Lake Park Fishing Pier ( Clay County )
Bunnies Web Reef Bunnies Web Reef has lots of artificial reefs in close proximity of here. There are 500 reef balls, varying from the size of a basketball to the size of a sedan were de
Bert Maxwell Fishing Pier
Fish Haven SA Fish Haven SA
SEAMAP Nearshore Hard Bottom
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NATURAL BOTTOM & DUMPSTERS 29.945666666667 -81.183
Reddie Point Preserve Fishing Pier
KBY 90ft Barge 2
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Slow Start Climax's with Big Fish! We switched it up today fishing out of Old Town Bait and Tackle ramp- The bite had been fairly slow down south the last couple of days so we decided to fish north. I met Ray
Water Like Glass I met Len Pelletier his son Scott and grandson Kevin down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning and as we cruised up the intercoastal the water was like glass it
Making Due With Bait Shortage There was as slight hiccup in the bait supply the last couple of days and luckily I got a text from AIBT last evening about there being no bait to buy this morning so I made
Shaking It Up We shook things up today and did something different - after meeting John Raker out at Goffinsville Park we headed east out to Nassau Sound and found some structure to fish
The Philosopher Fishes Another beautiful if not hot day of fishing today! Boy it got hot! I had met Beau Hopkins and his three kids Blakely Chandler and Brantley early up at Old Town Bait and Ta
Mangroves Make The Day We probably had the prettiest day today that we've had in the last two weeks! I had met Bart Mathews down at Sawpit Creek on a tide that was low and just starting in - we ha
Grandad and his Grandson It always makes my heart warm when I see a grandparent taking their grandchildren fishing and today was just such a day. I still have vague memories of fishing in Lake Sante
Jacks Rule We did our third windy day in a row today when I met John Cipriani and his brother David out at Goffinsville Park. The wind stayed in the 15-17mph range - I'm about over it!
Down To The Wire We've got some wind kicking here at Amelia Island! When I spoke to Andew Perrin last evening I warned him that we'd be bucking the wind today if they wanted to give it a tr
Limited By The Wind I know it's difficult to tell conditions when were at our homes - we see the flags flapping and the trees swaying and think this is such a nice day but when you get out o
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