This is Artificial Lure with your St. Augustine fishing report.

We’re starting the morning on a nice winter pattern. According to The Weather Network’s St. Augustine data, we’re looking at cool, dry conditions, light southeast wind around 5–10 knots, and a mild warmup through the afternoon. Sunrise is right around 7:20 a.m. and sunset about 5:45 p.m., so you’ve got a tight winter window to work those prime bites.

Tides are classic mid‑winter east coast. Tideschart’s Saint Augustine Beach table shows low tide this morning around 7:35 a.m. at about 0.7 feet, then a mid‑day high near 1:24 p.m. just under 4 feet, followed by another low around 7:40 p.m. That morning low and the early flood are going to be your best bet for inshore redfish and trout—work the edges as that water starts to creep back over the flats and shell.

Tides4Fishing’s January solunar chart for our area shows decent activity today, not off‑the‑charts, but solid enough that if you pair those feeding windows with the tide swings, you’ll stay bent more often than not.

Recent local chatter and the St. Augustine Daily Fishing Report on Spreaker have reds, black drum, and sheepshead leading the way. Folks working the docks and deeper creek bends have been picking up slot reds and a few upper‑slot fish, with plenty of 15–20‑inch trout mixed in. Inshore catches have been “half‑dozen‑to‑a‑limit” days when the wind and tide line up—nothing crazy, but steady. Around the bridges and inlet rocks, anglers are boxing good numbers of sheepshead and a mix of puppy and keeper black drum, especially on the last of the incoming.

Best baits right now are classic winter St. Augustine fare:
- **Live shrimp** on a jighead or split‑shot rig for reds, trout, drum, and sheepshead.
- **Fiddler crabs** tight to pilings and rocks for the sheepies.
- **Mud minnows** and small finger mullet on the early flood for trout and slot reds in the creeks.

For lures, keep it simple and subtle:
- 3–4 inch **paddle‑tail soft plastics** in natural colors (new penny, silver mullet) on 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads for creek mouths and oyster bars.
- A slow‑suspending **twitch bait** or MirrOlure‑style plug over deeper creek bends on the top of the tide for trout.
- On the beach side, if you slide out and find clean water and a little trough, a **Fishbites strip** or small sand flea on a double‑drop rig will still find whiting and the odd pompano.

Couple local hot spots to circle on your chart:

- **Matanzas Inlet and the bridge area**: Great winter traffic for sheepshead and black drum on the pilings and rocks using fiddlers and shrimp. Work the last of the incoming and first of the fall—keep your sinker just heavy enough to hold.
- **Vilano Bridge and surrounding docks**: Solid mixed bag of reds, trout, and sheepshead. Pitch shrimp on a knocker rig to the down‑current side of the pilings and let it soak. Early flood, especially on that mid‑day high, can be sneaky good.

If you’re staying closer to town, the **City Dock and nearby ICW docks** can quietly give up some nice reds and drum this time of year—just ease in, keep the noise down, and pick apart each dock with shrimp or a small paddle tail.

That’s your St. Augustine fishing rundown from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss tomorrow’s bite.

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