Spring
| Month | Avg. Air Temps °F (Hi/Lo) |
|---|---|
| March | 70° / 53° |
| April | 76° / 59° |
| May | 83° / 67° |
Action: Redfish and speckled trout fire up on the grass flats, with pompano moving along the beaches into the bay. Flounder and sheepshead are active around docks and structure.
Slow: Early March can be inconsistent with lingering fronts.
Tips: Use live shrimp or soft plastics for trout and reds, fiddler crabs for sheepshead, and sand fleas for pompano.
Summer
| Month | Avg. Air Temps °F (Hi/Lo) |
|---|---|
| June | 88° / 75° |
| July | 90° / 76° |
| August | 90° / 76° |
Action: Trout and reds feed early and late; tripletail hang near markers and crab trap buoys. Sharks roam the bay at night.
Slow: Midday heat pushes fish deeper or into the shade.
Tips: Topwater lures at sunrise, free-lined live shrimp for tripletail, and cut bait for sharks after dark.
Fall
| Month | Avg. Air Temps °F (Hi/Lo) |
|---|---|
| September | 87° / 73° |
| October | 79° / 63° |
| November | 71° / 54° |
Action: Excellent trout and redfish action on the flats; flounder and pompano stage near passes. Tripletail linger until water temps drop.
Slow: Tropical weather systems can disrupt fishing.
Tips: Soft plastics on jig heads for trout, finger mullet for reds, and jigs for flounder near structure.
Winter
| Month | Avg. Air Temps °F (Hi/Lo) |
|---|---|
| December | 64° / 47° |
| January | 61° / 44° |
| February | 64° / 47° |
Action: Sheepshead school near structure, with redfish and trout holding in deeper bay channels.
Slow: Pompano and tripletail absent until spring.
Tips: Use fiddler crabs for sheepshead, soft plastics for trout, and cut mullet for redfish.
