Learn more about the deep sea fishing in the Jacksonville, FL area.
Fishing for Pelagic Fish
What are Pelagic Fish?
Pelagic fish get their name from the area that they inhabit called the pelagic zone. The pelagic zone is the largest habitat on earth with a volume of 330 million cubic miles. Different species of pelagic fish are found throughout this zone. Numbers and distributions vary regionally and vertically, depending on availability of light, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, and pressure.
In the Jacksonville area, some anglers do head about 70 miles offshore to fish the Gulf Stream waters that are home to marlin, wahoo, tuna, sailfish, mahi mahi and king mackerel.
Bottom Fishing
Reefs & Wrecks
The Jacksonville area has plenty of reefs and wrecks to fish for a variety of bottom fish and migrating species too. Some of the types of fish you may be targeting on the reefs and wrecks are snapper, grouper, king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, amberjack, cobia, sharks, hogfish, tripletail, jack crevalle, barracuda and more.
Artificial Reef Locations
Visit the reef locations on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website.
