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Late Winter St. Augustine: Reds and Trout on the Move with Spring Tides
Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your St. Augustine fishing report.
We’ve got a classic late‑winter pattern shaping up. According to Tides4Fishing’s Matanzas Inlet chart for early March, we’re sitting on a **high tidal coefficient in the 70s**, so tides are still moving good water, just easing off those big moon swings. Matanzas shows **sunrise around 6:45–6:50 a.m. and sunset about 6:25–6:30 p.m.**, giving us plenty of light on the flats.
TidesChart’s Saint Johns County solunar table calls today an **excellent fishing day**, with **major feeding windows roughly 4–6 a.m. and 4–6 p.m., and minors around first light and again late afternoon**. That lines up nicely with your before‑work and after‑work missions.
Weather‑wise, the NWS marine forecast out of Jacksonville is calling for **light to moderate onshore flow with only isolated showers offshore**, so the **ICW and creeks will be very fishable** and the surf should be manageable for plugging troughs at first light.
Inshore, local captains working the Intracoastal from the Vilano Bridge down past the 206 bridge have been steady on **slot redfish, mixed trout, and a few sheepshead and black drum**. This past week, crews fishing deeper bends and oyster edges on the lower half of the outgoing have been boating **2–6 redfish a trip**, plus **a handful of legal trout** when they slide out of the shallows with the falling water.
Best producers right now:
- **Lures:** 3–4 inch **paddle‑tail soft plastics** in new penny or natural mullet on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads; **gold spoons** for covering water on the flats; and a **slow‑suspending hard jerkbait** over shell and potholes for trout.
- **Live bait:** **Mud minnows and live shrimp** are the MVPs. Fish them on a **slip float** or **Carolina rig** around dock pilings and oyster bars. Fiddler crabs are still scoring **sheepshead** on bridge and dock structure.
According to local surf and tide reports from Crescent and St. Augustine Beach, we’ve had **waist‑high surf with decent water movement at dawn**, which has helped the surf bite. Anglers soaking **fresh shrimp and Fishbites in the first and second trough** are picking up **whiting, smaller pompano, and an occasional slot red** on the last half of the incoming and first of the outgoing.
A couple hot spots to circle:
- **Matanzas Inlet / Crescent Beach Bridge:** Work the **ICW side bars and creek mouths** on the last of the outgoing for redfish. Slow‑roll a gold spoon or bounce a paddle‑tail along the drop‑offs; switch to live shrimp when the current really starts pushing.
- **Salt Run / Vilano Basin:** On the **first of the incoming**, look for clean water on the **east‑facing oyster edges**. Long casts with light jigheads and a natural‑colored soft plastic will find trout; ease a mud minnow along the bottom for reds.
Fish the **moving water during the solunar peaks**, keep your presentations slow and natural in the cooler morning temps, and bump up to brighter or noisier baits if the afternoon sun clears the water.
Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more local fishing talk.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
We’ve got a classic late‑winter pattern shaping up. According to Tides4Fishing’s Matanzas Inlet chart for early March, we’re sitting on a **high tidal coefficient in the 70s**, so tides are still moving good water, just easing off those big moon swings. Matanzas shows **sunrise around 6:45–6:50 a.m. and sunset about 6:25–6:30 p.m.**, giving us plenty of light on the flats.
TidesChart’s Saint Johns County solunar table calls today an **excellent fishing day**, with **major feeding windows roughly 4–6 a.m. and 4–6 p.m., and minors around first light and again late afternoon**. That lines up nicely with your before‑work and after‑work missions.
Weather‑wise, the NWS marine forecast out of Jacksonville is calling for **light to moderate onshore flow with only isolated showers offshore**, so the **ICW and creeks will be very fishable** and the surf should be manageable for plugging troughs at first light.
Inshore, local captains working the Intracoastal from the Vilano Bridge down past the 206 bridge have been steady on **slot redfish, mixed trout, and a few sheepshead and black drum**. This past week, crews fishing deeper bends and oyster edges on the lower half of the outgoing have been boating **2–6 redfish a trip**, plus **a handful of legal trout** when they slide out of the shallows with the falling water.
Best producers right now:
- **Lures:** 3–4 inch **paddle‑tail soft plastics** in new penny or natural mullet on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads; **gold spoons** for covering water on the flats; and a **slow‑suspending hard jerkbait** over shell and potholes for trout.
- **Live bait:** **Mud minnows and live shrimp** are the MVPs. Fish them on a **slip float** or **Carolina rig** around dock pilings and oyster bars. Fiddler crabs are still scoring **sheepshead** on bridge and dock structure.
According to local surf and tide reports from Crescent and St. Augustine Beach, we’ve had **waist‑high surf with decent water movement at dawn**, which has helped the surf bite. Anglers soaking **fresh shrimp and Fishbites in the first and second trough** are picking up **whiting, smaller pompano, and an occasional slot red** on the last half of the incoming and first of the outgoing.
A couple hot spots to circle:
- **Matanzas Inlet / Crescent Beach Bridge:** Work the **ICW side bars and creek mouths** on the last of the outgoing for redfish. Slow‑roll a gold spoon or bounce a paddle‑tail along the drop‑offs; switch to live shrimp when the current really starts pushing.
- **Salt Run / Vilano Basin:** On the **first of the incoming**, look for clean water on the **east‑facing oyster edges**. Long casts with light jigheads and a natural‑colored soft plastic will find trout; ease a mud minnow along the bottom for reds.
Fish the **moving water during the solunar peaks**, keep your presentations slow and natural in the cooler morning temps, and bump up to brighter or noisier baits if the afternoon sun clears the water.
Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more local fishing talk.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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By Inception Point AiName’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your St. Augustine fishing report.
We’ve got a classic late‑winter pattern shaping up. According to Tides4Fishing’s Matanzas Inlet chart for early March, we’re sitting on a **high tidal coefficient in the 70s**, so tides are still moving good water, just easing off those big moon swings. Matanzas shows **sunrise around 6:45–6:50 a.m. and sunset about 6:25–6:30 p.m.**, giving us plenty of light on the flats.
TidesChart’s Saint Johns County solunar table calls today an **excellent fishing day**, with **major feeding windows roughly 4–6 a.m. and 4–6 p.m., and minors around first light and again late afternoon**. That lines up nicely with your before‑work and after‑work missions.
Weather‑wise, the NWS marine forecast out of Jacksonville is calling for **light to moderate onshore flow with only isolated showers offshore**, so the **ICW and creeks will be very fishable** and the surf should be manageable for plugging troughs at first light.
Inshore, local captains working the Intracoastal from the Vilano Bridge down past the 206 bridge have been steady on **slot redfish, mixed trout, and a few sheepshead and black drum**. This past week, crews fishing deeper bends and oyster edges on the lower half of the outgoing have been boating **2–6 redfish a trip**, plus **a handful of legal trout** when they slide out of the shallows with the falling water.
Best producers right now:
- **Lures:** 3–4 inch **paddle‑tail soft plastics** in new penny or natural mullet on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads; **gold spoons** for covering water on the flats; and a **slow‑suspending hard jerkbait** over shell and potholes for trout.
- **Live bait:** **Mud minnows and live shrimp** are the MVPs. Fish them on a **slip float** or **Carolina rig** around dock pilings and oyster bars. Fiddler crabs are still scoring **sheepshead** on bridge and dock structure.
According to local surf and tide reports from Crescent and St. Augustine Beach, we’ve had **waist‑high surf with decent water movement at dawn**, which has helped the surf bite. Anglers soaking **fresh shrimp and Fishbites in the first and second trough** are picking up **whiting, smaller pompano, and an occasional slot red** on the last half of the incoming and first of the outgoing.
A couple hot spots to circle:
- **Matanzas Inlet / Crescent Beach Bridge:** Work the **ICW side bars and creek mouths** on the last of the outgoing for redfish. Slow‑roll a gold spoon or bounce a paddle‑tail along the drop‑offs; switch to live shrimp when the current really starts pushing.
- **Salt Run / Vilano Basin:** On the **first of the incoming**, look for clean water on the **east‑facing oyster edges**. Long casts with light jigheads and a natural‑colored soft plastic will find trout; ease a mud minnow along the bottom for reds.
Fish the **moving water during the solunar peaks**, keep your presentations slow and natural in the cooler morning temps, and bump up to brighter or noisier baits if the afternoon sun clears the water.
Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more local fishing talk.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
We’ve got a classic late‑winter pattern shaping up. According to Tides4Fishing’s Matanzas Inlet chart for early March, we’re sitting on a **high tidal coefficient in the 70s**, so tides are still moving good water, just easing off those big moon swings. Matanzas shows **sunrise around 6:45–6:50 a.m. and sunset about 6:25–6:30 p.m.**, giving us plenty of light on the flats.
TidesChart’s Saint Johns County solunar table calls today an **excellent fishing day**, with **major feeding windows roughly 4–6 a.m. and 4–6 p.m., and minors around first light and again late afternoon**. That lines up nicely with your before‑work and after‑work missions.
Weather‑wise, the NWS marine forecast out of Jacksonville is calling for **light to moderate onshore flow with only isolated showers offshore**, so the **ICW and creeks will be very fishable** and the surf should be manageable for plugging troughs at first light.
Inshore, local captains working the Intracoastal from the Vilano Bridge down past the 206 bridge have been steady on **slot redfish, mixed trout, and a few sheepshead and black drum**. This past week, crews fishing deeper bends and oyster edges on the lower half of the outgoing have been boating **2–6 redfish a trip**, plus **a handful of legal trout** when they slide out of the shallows with the falling water.
Best producers right now:
- **Lures:** 3–4 inch **paddle‑tail soft plastics** in new penny or natural mullet on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads; **gold spoons** for covering water on the flats; and a **slow‑suspending hard jerkbait** over shell and potholes for trout.
- **Live bait:** **Mud minnows and live shrimp** are the MVPs. Fish them on a **slip float** or **Carolina rig** around dock pilings and oyster bars. Fiddler crabs are still scoring **sheepshead** on bridge and dock structure.
According to local surf and tide reports from Crescent and St. Augustine Beach, we’ve had **waist‑high surf with decent water movement at dawn**, which has helped the surf bite. Anglers soaking **fresh shrimp and Fishbites in the first and second trough** are picking up **whiting, smaller pompano, and an occasional slot red** on the last half of the incoming and first of the outgoing.
A couple hot spots to circle:
- **Matanzas Inlet / Crescent Beach Bridge:** Work the **ICW side bars and creek mouths** on the last of the outgoing for redfish. Slow‑roll a gold spoon or bounce a paddle‑tail along the drop‑offs; switch to live shrimp when the current really starts pushing.
- **Salt Run / Vilano Basin:** On the **first of the incoming**, look for clean water on the **east‑facing oyster edges**. Long casts with light jigheads and a natural‑colored soft plastic will find trout; ease a mud minnow along the bottom for reds.
Fish the **moving water during the solunar peaks**, keep your presentations slow and natural in the cooler morning temps, and bump up to brighter or noisier baits if the afternoon sun clears the water.
Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more local fishing talk.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI