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St. Augustine Fishing Report: Hot Inshore & Nearshore Action to Start Summer
Good morning from St. Augustine—Artificial Lure here with your fishing report for Sunday, June 22nd, 2025.
Sunrise was right on the dot at 6:25 AM, and we’ll have daylight until sunset at 8:29 PM—plenty of time to wet a line and make some memories. Today’s tides are mighty favorable for inshore and nearshore action. High tides rolled in at 5:32 AM and come back strong this evening at 6:12 PM, with the low dropping at 11:47 AM according to Tide-Forecast.com and St. Augustine Beach tide charts. That early morning high means prime bait movement, so the bite should be hot right out of the gate.
Weather’s settled into a classic summer pattern—warm, a touch muggy, but with an inshore breeze keeping the worst of the heat at bay. That’s your cue to fish the dawn and dusk bite windows for the most action before things get steamy.
On the fishing front, the inshore scene is lively. Sheepshead are finally showing up in solid numbers in the river, with the jetties running hit-or-miss. Live shrimp on a jig head or fiddler crabs rigged tight to structure have been key. Speckled trout are being caught consistently on live shrimp, especially along channel edges and grassy drop-offs. Anglers have also been rewarded with bonus bull reds—don’t be surprised if a drag-screamer shows up when you least expect it, especially around the incoming tide.
If you’re heading to the beach, the surf and nearshore opportunities are on fire. Kingfish are running inside of five miles, and an early start is your best bet for locating bait pods and hungry kings. Live pogies and cigar minnows are the ticket, but an X-Rap or gotcha plug will draw strikes if you find them schooling on top. For the surf crew, snook, tarpon, and even a few sharks are making their presence known. Look for the cleanest water and concentrations of bait—live mullet or mojarra freelined behind the breakers is a proven winner. For sharks, a chunk of fresh cut bait on a stout leader does the trick.
Best baits this week: live shrimp, fiddler crabs, mullet, and pogies. For lures, top picks are paddle-tail soft plastics in natural colors, gold spoons, and suspending twitch baits in the backwater creeks.
Hot spots right now are the Vilano Bridge area for reds and trout, and the Matanzas Inlet rocks for sheepshead. If you prefer the sand, hit Porpoise Point or the beach south of the pier at dawn for your best shot at kingfish and tarpon.
Local guides from Captain Experiences have reported great trips with a variety of species, both big and small, caught across river, inlet, and beach waters. The consensus? The bite is on—just get out there with the right bait on the right tide and you’re set for a banner day.
Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Sunrise was right on the dot at 6:25 AM, and we’ll have daylight until sunset at 8:29 PM—plenty of time to wet a line and make some memories. Today’s tides are mighty favorable for inshore and nearshore action. High tides rolled in at 5:32 AM and come back strong this evening at 6:12 PM, with the low dropping at 11:47 AM according to Tide-Forecast.com and St. Augustine Beach tide charts. That early morning high means prime bait movement, so the bite should be hot right out of the gate.
Weather’s settled into a classic summer pattern—warm, a touch muggy, but with an inshore breeze keeping the worst of the heat at bay. That’s your cue to fish the dawn and dusk bite windows for the most action before things get steamy.
On the fishing front, the inshore scene is lively. Sheepshead are finally showing up in solid numbers in the river, with the jetties running hit-or-miss. Live shrimp on a jig head or fiddler crabs rigged tight to structure have been key. Speckled trout are being caught consistently on live shrimp, especially along channel edges and grassy drop-offs. Anglers have also been rewarded with bonus bull reds—don’t be surprised if a drag-screamer shows up when you least expect it, especially around the incoming tide.
If you’re heading to the beach, the surf and nearshore opportunities are on fire. Kingfish are running inside of five miles, and an early start is your best bet for locating bait pods and hungry kings. Live pogies and cigar minnows are the ticket, but an X-Rap or gotcha plug will draw strikes if you find them schooling on top. For the surf crew, snook, tarpon, and even a few sharks are making their presence known. Look for the cleanest water and concentrations of bait—live mullet or mojarra freelined behind the breakers is a proven winner. For sharks, a chunk of fresh cut bait on a stout leader does the trick.
Best baits this week: live shrimp, fiddler crabs, mullet, and pogies. For lures, top picks are paddle-tail soft plastics in natural colors, gold spoons, and suspending twitch baits in the backwater creeks.
Hot spots right now are the Vilano Bridge area for reds and trout, and the Matanzas Inlet rocks for sheepshead. If you prefer the sand, hit Porpoise Point or the beach south of the pier at dawn for your best shot at kingfish and tarpon.
Local guides from Captain Experiences have reported great trips with a variety of species, both big and small, caught across river, inlet, and beach waters. The consensus? The bite is on—just get out there with the right bait on the right tide and you’re set for a banner day.
Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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By Quiet. PleaseGood morning from St. Augustine—Artificial Lure here with your fishing report for Sunday, June 22nd, 2025.
Sunrise was right on the dot at 6:25 AM, and we’ll have daylight until sunset at 8:29 PM—plenty of time to wet a line and make some memories. Today’s tides are mighty favorable for inshore and nearshore action. High tides rolled in at 5:32 AM and come back strong this evening at 6:12 PM, with the low dropping at 11:47 AM according to Tide-Forecast.com and St. Augustine Beach tide charts. That early morning high means prime bait movement, so the bite should be hot right out of the gate.
Weather’s settled into a classic summer pattern—warm, a touch muggy, but with an inshore breeze keeping the worst of the heat at bay. That’s your cue to fish the dawn and dusk bite windows for the most action before things get steamy.
On the fishing front, the inshore scene is lively. Sheepshead are finally showing up in solid numbers in the river, with the jetties running hit-or-miss. Live shrimp on a jig head or fiddler crabs rigged tight to structure have been key. Speckled trout are being caught consistently on live shrimp, especially along channel edges and grassy drop-offs. Anglers have also been rewarded with bonus bull reds—don’t be surprised if a drag-screamer shows up when you least expect it, especially around the incoming tide.
If you’re heading to the beach, the surf and nearshore opportunities are on fire. Kingfish are running inside of five miles, and an early start is your best bet for locating bait pods and hungry kings. Live pogies and cigar minnows are the ticket, but an X-Rap or gotcha plug will draw strikes if you find them schooling on top. For the surf crew, snook, tarpon, and even a few sharks are making their presence known. Look for the cleanest water and concentrations of bait—live mullet or mojarra freelined behind the breakers is a proven winner. For sharks, a chunk of fresh cut bait on a stout leader does the trick.
Best baits this week: live shrimp, fiddler crabs, mullet, and pogies. For lures, top picks are paddle-tail soft plastics in natural colors, gold spoons, and suspending twitch baits in the backwater creeks.
Hot spots right now are the Vilano Bridge area for reds and trout, and the Matanzas Inlet rocks for sheepshead. If you prefer the sand, hit Porpoise Point or the beach south of the pier at dawn for your best shot at kingfish and tarpon.
Local guides from Captain Experiences have reported great trips with a variety of species, both big and small, caught across river, inlet, and beach waters. The consensus? The bite is on—just get out there with the right bait on the right tide and you’re set for a banner day.
Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Sunrise was right on the dot at 6:25 AM, and we’ll have daylight until sunset at 8:29 PM—plenty of time to wet a line and make some memories. Today’s tides are mighty favorable for inshore and nearshore action. High tides rolled in at 5:32 AM and come back strong this evening at 6:12 PM, with the low dropping at 11:47 AM according to Tide-Forecast.com and St. Augustine Beach tide charts. That early morning high means prime bait movement, so the bite should be hot right out of the gate.
Weather’s settled into a classic summer pattern—warm, a touch muggy, but with an inshore breeze keeping the worst of the heat at bay. That’s your cue to fish the dawn and dusk bite windows for the most action before things get steamy.
On the fishing front, the inshore scene is lively. Sheepshead are finally showing up in solid numbers in the river, with the jetties running hit-or-miss. Live shrimp on a jig head or fiddler crabs rigged tight to structure have been key. Speckled trout are being caught consistently on live shrimp, especially along channel edges and grassy drop-offs. Anglers have also been rewarded with bonus bull reds—don’t be surprised if a drag-screamer shows up when you least expect it, especially around the incoming tide.
If you’re heading to the beach, the surf and nearshore opportunities are on fire. Kingfish are running inside of five miles, and an early start is your best bet for locating bait pods and hungry kings. Live pogies and cigar minnows are the ticket, but an X-Rap or gotcha plug will draw strikes if you find them schooling on top. For the surf crew, snook, tarpon, and even a few sharks are making their presence known. Look for the cleanest water and concentrations of bait—live mullet or mojarra freelined behind the breakers is a proven winner. For sharks, a chunk of fresh cut bait on a stout leader does the trick.
Best baits this week: live shrimp, fiddler crabs, mullet, and pogies. For lures, top picks are paddle-tail soft plastics in natural colors, gold spoons, and suspending twitch baits in the backwater creeks.
Hot spots right now are the Vilano Bridge area for reds and trout, and the Matanzas Inlet rocks for sheepshead. If you prefer the sand, hit Porpoise Point or the beach south of the pier at dawn for your best shot at kingfish and tarpon.
Local guides from Captain Experiences have reported great trips with a variety of species, both big and small, caught across river, inlet, and beach waters. The consensus? The bite is on—just get out there with the right bait on the right tide and you’re set for a banner day.
Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.