Learn more about the offshore fishing in the Amelia Island 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 Amelia Island area, it is known as a much better inshore fishing destination, but some anglers do head 60 to 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
There plenty of reefs and wrecks in the offshore waters around Amelia Island. Depending on whether or not you are going out on your own or with a charter, you may be going anywhere from 8 to 50 miles out to fish these offshore structures.
Some of the types of fish you may be targeting on the reefs and wrecks are snapper, grouper, sea bass, black drum, sheepshead, triggerfish, amberjack, bluefish and sharks.
Artificial Reef Locations
Visit the reef locations on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website.
