Where to Saltwater Fish

Fishing Information for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties:

Includes Escambia Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Escambia

• Big Lagoon State Park
• Fort Pickens fishing pier & beaches
• Johnson’s Beach at Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Old 3 mile bridge fishing pier
• Oriskany Artificial Reef (22.5 nautical miles southeast of Pensacola Pass)
• Palafox Pier
• Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier

Santa Rosa

• Archie Glover boat ramp
• Bal Alex boat ramp
• Dickerson City boat ramp
• Escribano Point WMA
• Floridatown Park
• Garcon Point boat ramp
• Naval Live Oaks beach at Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Navarre Beach Fishing Pier
• Navarre beach marine park
• Navarre causeway (except during shorebird nesting season)
• Opal Beach at Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Oriole beach boat ramp
• Shoreline boat ramp
• Simpson River fishing pier
• Woodlawn beach boat ramp

Interactive Boating and Angling Guide for this Area

Habitats: Oyster bars, mudflats, seagrasses, bridges, wetlands in the north eastern portion of Santa Rosa

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Cobia: Spring
• Flounder: Spring, fall
• Ladyfish: Summer
• Pompano: Spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Red snapper**: Year-round
• Sailfish: Summer, fall
• Sheepshead: Late winter, spring
• Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring, early fall
• Spotted seatrout**: Spring, early winter
• Tarpon: Summer

Offshore:

• Amberjack**: Year-round
• Blackfin tuna: late summer, early winter
• Dolphinfish: Summer
• Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
• Groupers**: Fall, spring
• Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring, early fall, peak May-Oct.
• Marlin: Summer, fall
• Porgy: Year-round
• Red snapper**: Year-round
• Sailfish: Summer, fall
• Tuna: August-September
• Vermilion snapper: Year-round
• Wahoo: Summer, fall

Fishing Information for Okaloosa and Walton counties:

Includes Choctawhatchee Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Okaloosa

• Destin Bridge
• Destin East and West Jetty
• Joe’s Bayou
• Liza Jackson Park
• Marler Park
• Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier
• Rocky Bayou State Park
• Shalimar Bridge
• Valparaiso Fishing Pier
• White Point on Eglin WMA

Walton

• Thomas Pilcher Park

Choctawhatchee Bay Boating and Angling guide 

Habitats: Wetlands, oyster bars, seasgrasses

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Black drum: Spring-summer
• Cobia: Spring-fall
• Flounder: May, fall
• Ladyfish: Summer
• Pompano: Spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sailfish: Summer-fall
• Sheepshead: Late winter-early spring
• Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring-early fall
• Spotted seatrout**: Spring, early winter
• Tarpon: Summer

Offshore:

• Blackfin tuna: Late summer–early winter
• Dolphinfish: Summer
• Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
• Greater amberjack**: Year-round
• Grouper**: Fall–spring
• King mackerel: late spring-early fall
• Marlin: Summer-fall
• Porgy: Year-round
• Red snapper**: Year-round
• Sailfish: Summer-fall
• Tuna: Late summer
• Vermilion snapper: Year-round
• Wahoo: Summer-fall

Fishing Information for Bay County:

Includes St. Andrews Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

• M.B. Miller County Pier
• Russel-Fields Pier
• Powell Lake
• St. Andrews State Park

Interactive Boating and Angling Map for this area

Habitats: Salt and freshwater marshes, oyster bars, seasgrasses, mudflats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Cobia: Spring-fall
• Flounder: May, fall
• Ladyfish: Summer
• Pompano: Spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sailfish: Summer-fall
• Sheepshead: Late winter-early spring
• Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring-early fall
• Spotted seatrout**: Spring-early winter
• Tarpon: Summer

Offshore:

• Amberjack**: Year-round
• Blackfin tuna: Late summer-early winter
• Dolphinfish: Summer
• Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
• Grouper**: Fall–spring
• King mackerel: Late spring – early fall
• Marlin: Late summer
• Porgy: Year-round
• Red snapper**: Year-round
• Sailfish: Summer-fall
• Tuna: Late summer
• Vermilion snapper: Year-round

Fishing Information for Gulf County:

Includes St. Joseph Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

• Frank Pate Park
• St. Joseph Bay
• St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

St. Joseph's Bay Boating and Angling Guide 

Habitats: Seagrasses, salt and freshwater marshes

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
• Black drum: Spring-summer
• Cobia: Spring-fall
• Pompano: Spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Late winter-early spring
• Spanish mackerel: Late spring-early fall
• Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
• Tarpon: Summer-fall

Offshore:

• Blackfin tuna: Late summer-early winter
• Dolphinfish: Late spring-mid fall
• Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
• Greater amberjack**: Year-round
• Groupers**: Fall-spring
• Spanish/king mackerel: Late spring-early fall
• Red snapper**: Year-round
• Porgy: Year-round
• Vermilion snapper: Year-round

Fishing Information for Franklin County:

Includes Apalachicola Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

• Alligator Harbor
• Alligator Point
• Apalachicola River
• Battery Park
• Carrabelle Beach
• Carrabelle River
• Eastpoint fishing pier
• Lombardi’s boat ramp and fishing pier Apalachicola
• Ochlockonee River
• St. George Island Bridge
• St. George Island Pier
• St George Island State Park
• St. Vincent Island 

Apalachicola Bay Boating and Angling guide for this area

Habitats: River basin, estuary, wetlands, barrier islands, oyster bars, sandflats, seagrasses, beaches

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed seasons):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
• Black drum: Spring-summer
• Flounder: Year-round
• Pompano: Spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Winter
• Spanish mackerel: Late spring-summer
• Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
• Tarpon: Summer-fall
• Tripletail: Summer-fall

Offshore:

• Amberjack**: Year-round
• Dolphinfish: June
• Grouper**: Year-round
• Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
• Porgy: Year-round
• Red snapper**: Year-round 

Fishing Information for Wakulla and Jefferson counties:

Includes Apalachee Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Wakulla

• Alligator Point/Bald Point State Park
• Big Bend Saltwater Paddling Trail
• Bottoms road boat ramp
• Levy Bay boat ramp
• Mashes Sands beach
• Shell point Beach and boat ramp
• St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
• Wakulla Beach

Apalachee Bay Boating and Angling Guide

Habitats: Seagrasses, salt and freshwater marshes, mudflats, oyster bars

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
• Cobia: Spring-fall
• Pompano: Spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Winter
• Spotted seatrout**: Not summer
• Tripletail: Late summer, fall

Offshore:

• Dolphinfish: June
• Gray triggerfish**: Year-round
• Groupers**: Year-round
• Red snapper**: Year-round
• Tuna: Late summer

Fishing Information for Taylor and Dixie counties:

Popular Fishing Locations:

Taylor

• Big Bend Saltwater Paddling Trail
• Econfina River State Park

Dixie

• Butler-Douglas Memorial Park in Horseshoe Beach

Nature Coast Boating and Angling Guide

Habitats: Seagrasses, salt and freshwater marshes

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
• Bluefish: Fall-winter, early summer
• Cobia: Spring-early summer
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Fall-spring
• Spanish mackerel: Late winter-early spring, October
• Spotted seatrout**: Spring-summer, January

Offshore:

• Groupers**: Summer

Fishing Information for Levy and Citrus counties:

Popular Fishing Locations:

Levy

• Shell Mound Park

Citrus

• Fort Island Gulf Beach
• Ozello Community Park

Citrus County Boating and Angling Guide

Habitats: Hardbottom, seagrasses, salt marshes, mangroves

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal

• Bay scallops**: When open to harvest
• Bluefish: Fall-winter, early summer
• Cobia: Spring-early summer
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Fall-spring
• Snook: Early summer
• Spotted seatrout**: Spring-summer, January

Offshore:

• Groupers**: Summer

Fishing Information for Hernando and Pasco counties:

Popular Fishing Locations:

Hernando

• Bayport Park
• Weeki Wachee Spring

Pasco

• Anclote Keys
• R.J. Strickland Memorial Park

Boating and Angling Guide for this area 

Habitats: Seagrasses, mangroves, oyster bars, marshes and mudflats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Bay scallops**: Pasco County when open to harvest
• Bluefish: Fall-winter, early summer
• Cobia: Spring-summer
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Fall-spring
• Spanish mackerel: Late winter-spring
• Spotted seatrout**: Spring-summer, January

Offshore:

• Groupers**: Summer

Fishing Information for Pinellas and Hillsborough counties:

Includes Tampa Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Pinellas

• Anclote Keys
• Bay Vista Recreation Center
• Belleair Causeway
• Boca Ciega Bay
• Coffee Pot Park
• Egan Park
• Ft. De Soto
• John's Pass
• Sand Key Park
• Skyway Fishing Pier State Park - North
• Weedon Island

Hillsborough

• Cockroach Bay
• EG Simmons Regional Park
• Picnic Island Park

Interactive Tampa Bay Boating and Angling Guide 

Habitats: Oyster bars, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, seagrass flats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal

• Black drum: Fall-spring
• Cobia: Spring-fall
• Gray (mangrove) snapper: Year-round but best bite in late spring-early fall
• Gulf flounder: Fall-spring
• Ladyfish: Fall-early winter
• Pompano: Winter-spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Fall-spring
• Snook**: Spring-late summer
• Spanish mackerel: Winter-summer
• Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
• Tarpon: Spring-summer

Offshore:

• Groupers**: Winter, late summer-early fall
• Hogfish**: Winter-spring
• King mackerel: Fall-winter
• Snappers**: Summer

Fishing information for Manatee and Sarasota counties:

Popular Fishing Locations:

Manatee

• Anna Maria Island
• Bishop Harbor
• Bradenton Beach City Pier
• Green Bridge Fishing Pier (Manatee River)
• Longboat Pass
• Skyway Fishing Pier State Park - South
• Terra Ceia Bay

Sarasota

• Caspersen Beach Park
• Indian Mound Park and Boat Ramp
• Ken Thompson Park
• Lemon Bay Park and Environmental Center
• Turtle Beach
• Venice Fishing Pier
• Venice Inlet

Boating and Angling guide for Sarasota County

Habitats: Oyster bars, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, seagrasses

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Cobia: Spring-early fall
• Gulf flounder: Fall-spring
• Ladyfish: Fall-early winter
• Mullet: Fall-early winter
• Pompano: Fall-spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Fall-early spring
• Snook**: Spring-summer
• Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
• Tarpon: Spring-early summer

Offshore

• Groupers**: Fall-spring
• Hogfish**: Winter-spring
• King mackerel: Fall-early winter
• Snappers**: Summer

Fishing Information for Charlotte and Lee counties:

Includes Charlotte Harbor

Popular Fishing Locations:

Charlotte

• Anger (also known as Ainger) Fishing Pier Park
• Bayshore Live Oak Park
• Boca Grande Fishing Pier
• El Jobean Fishing Pier
• Laishley Park
• Placida Fishing Pier
• Ponce De Leon Park (Punta Gorda)
• Port Charlotte Beach Park
• Spring Lake Park

Lee

• Boca Grande Pass (tarpon fishing)
• Cape Coral Yacht Club Park Fishing Pier
• Horton Park and boat ramp
• Lovers Key State Park
• Matlacha Community Park
• Matlacha Pass Bridge
• Sanibel Pier

 Boating and Fishing locations for Charlotte County

Habitats: Oyster bars, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, seagrass flats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Black drum: Winter-spring
• Cobia: Spring-fall
• Gulf flounder: Fall-spring
• Ladyfish: Fall-early winter
• Mangrove snapper: Summer
• Pompano: Fall-spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Winter
• Snook**: Year-round
• Spanish mackerel: Winter-early summer
• Spotted seatrout**: Year-round
• Tarpon: Spring-mid-summer

Offshore:

• Groupers**: Winter and late summer-early fall
• King mackerel: Fall-winter
• Snappers**: Summer

Fishing Information for Collier County:

Popular Fishing Locations:

• Caxambas Park
• Cocohatchee River Park Marina,
• Collier-Seminole State Park
• Naples Beach Pier
• Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Boating and Angling guide for Collier County 

Habitat: Oyster bars, mudflats, mangroves, seagrass flats

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Red drum: Summer-fall
• Sheepshead: Fall-spring
• Snook**: Year-round
• Tarpon: Spring-early summer

Offshore:

• Permit**: Spring-fall

Fishing Information for Monroe County:

Includes Everglades National Park and the Florida Keys

Popular Fishing Locations:

• Bahia Honda State Park (Lower Keys)
• Everglades National Park
• John Pennekamp State Park
• Duck Key (Middle Keys)
• Long Key State Park (Middle Keys)
• Western Dry Rocks (Lower Keys)

Interactive Boating and Angling Guide of the Florida Keys

Habitats: Coral reef, hardbottom, seagrasses, mangroves

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Bonefish: Fall
• Cobia: Fall-spring
• Hogfish**: Summer-fall
• Mangrove snapper: Summer
• Mutton snapper: Spring-early summer
• Pompano: Winter-early spring
• Spiny lobster**: Summer – spring
• Spotted seatrout: Winter – spring
• Tarpon: Spring-early summer

Offshore:

• Blackfin tuna: Fall-spring
• Dolphinfish: Spring-summer
• Groupers**: Fall-spring
• Permit**: Spring-early summer
• Sailfish: Fall-spring
• Sharks: Year–round
• Yellowtail snapper: Spring-early summer

Map of fishing locations for Miami-Dade and Broward counties:

Includes Biscayne Bay

Popular Fishing Locations:

Broward

• Deerfield Pier
• Hillsboro Inlet Park

Miami-Dade

• Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
• Homestead Bayfront Park 
• Oleta River State Park
• Pacific Reef Channel 

Biscayne Bay Boating and Angling Guide 

Habitats: Coral reef, hardbottom, seagrasses, mangroves

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Bonefish: Early summer
• Catfish: Year-round
• Mangrove snapper: Year-round
• Red drum: Summer-fall
• Sheepshead: Year-round
• Snook**: Mid to late summer

Offshore:

• Dolphinfish: Early summer
• King mackerel: Winter-summer
• Permit**: Spring-fall
• Sailfish: Late summer-fall
• Snappers**: Late winter-fall

Fishing Information for Palm Beach County:

Includes Lake Worth

Popular Fishing Locations:

• Bingham Island
• Boynton Canal
• Boynton Inlet Pier
• Bryant Park
• Juno Beach Pier
• Jupiter Inlet
• Peanut Island Park
• Phil Foster Park
• Palm Beach Jetty
• William O. Lockhard Municipal Pier

Boating and Angling guide to Lake Worth Lagoon 

Habitats: Seagrasses, mudflats, oyster bars, mangroves, coral reefs, hardbottom

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Black drum: Winter-early spring
• Catfish: Year-round
• Crevalle jack: Spring-summer
• Mangrove snapper: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Year-round
• Snook**: Spring-mid summer
• Tarpon: Spring-summer

Offshore:

• Bonefish: Spring-mid summer
• Dolphinfish: Early summer
• Kingfish: Fall-spring
• Permit**: Spring-fall
• Sailfish: Late summer-fall

Fishing Information for Martin County

Popular Fishing Locations:

• Indian Riverside Park
• Jensen Beach Causeway
• Peck's Lake
• Sandsprit Park

Boating and Angling Guide for Martin County

Habitats: Seagrasses, mangroves, marshes and mud flats, hardbottom, some coral reefs

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Jack crevalle: Spring-summer
• King mackerel: Winter-spring
• Pompano: Winter-spring
• Red drum: Year-round
• Snook**: Summer
• Spotted seatrout**: Fall
• Tarpon: Summer
• Wahoo: Late winter

Offshore:

• Bluefish: Winter
• Cobia: Spring
• Groupers**: Year-round
• Dolphinfish: Early to mid summer
• King mackerel: Winter
• Pompano: Mid summer
• Sailfish: Winter
• Snappers**: Year-round

Fishing information for St. Lucie and Indian River counties:

Includes Indian River Lagoon

Popular Fishing Locations:

Indian River:

• Pier under Merrill P. Barber Bridge
• Sebastian Inlet State Park
• Wabasso Causeway

St. Lucie: 

• Fort Pierce Inlet State Park
• Melody Lane Fishing Pier
• South A1A

Habitats: Seagrasses, mangroves, marshes and mud flats, hardbottom

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Black drum: Winter-spring
• Red drum: Year-round except late summer
• Snook**: Summer and fall
• Spotted seatrout**: Spring-summer

Offshore: 

• Groupers**: Winter-summer
• Pompano: Winter-spring
• Snappers**: Winter-summer

Fishing Information for Brevard County:

Popular Fishing Locations:

• Banana River
• Canaveral National Seashore
• Constitution Bicentennial Park
• Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
• Jetty Park
• Parrish Park
• Pine Island Conservation Area
• Sebastian Inlet State Park
• South Mosquito Lagoon

Boating and Angling guide for Brevard County 

Habitat: Saltmarsh, mudflats, oyster bars, mangroves, seagrass meadows

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Black drum: Winter-spring 
• Blue runner: Winter-spring
• Cobia: Winter-summer
• Flounder: Winter-spring
• Mangrove snapper: Winter-spring and fall
• Pompano: Winter-spring
• Red drum: Winter-spring and late fall
• Sheepshead: Year-round
• Snook**: Winter-early spring and late fall
• Spotted seatrout**: Winter-early summer
• Tarpon: Winter-early spring and fall
• Tripletail: Winter-summer
• Whiting: Winter-spring

Offshore:

• Amberjack**: Winter-spring
• Blackfin tuna: Winter-spring and fall
• Cobia: Winter-summer
• Dolphinfish: Winter-spring and summer
• Gray triggerfish**: Winter-summer
• Groupers*: Year-round, for some species highest catch winter-spring
• Grunt: Year-round
• King mackerel: Spring and late fall-early winter
• Marlin: Spring-fall
• Snappers**: Year-round
• Spanish mackerel: Spring and fall-early winter
• Wahoo: Winter and late spring-early summer
• Yellowfin tuna: Winter-spring and fall

Fishing Information for Volusia County:

Popular Fishing Locations:

• Daytona Beach Pier
• Highbridge Park
• Light House Point Park
• Michael Crotty Bicentennial Park
• Mosquito Lagoon
• Ponce Inlet Jetty
• Port Orange Causeway Park
• Sunrise Park
• Tomoka State Park

Boating and Angling Guide for Volusia County 

Habitats: Marshes, mudflats, oyster bars, mangroves

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Black drum: Winter-early summer
• Cobia: Winter-summer
• Flounder: Winter-spring
• Mangrove snapper: Year-round
• Pompano: Late winter and fall
• Red drum: Late spring-early summer and fall
• Sheepshead: Year-round
• Spotted seatrout**: Winter-early summer
• Tarpon: Early spring and fall-early winter
• Tripletail: Winter-summer
• Whiting: Winter-spring

Offshore:

• Amberjack**: Summer-fall
• Blackfin tuna: Winter-spring and fall
• Cobia: Winter-spring
• Dolphinfish: Summer and fall
• Groupers**: Spring and fall
• King mackerel: Summer-fall
• Marlin: Summer
• Sailfish: Summer-early fall
• Snappers**: Winter-spring and fall
• Wahoo: Late winter-early spring

Fishing Information for St. Johns and Flagler counties:

Popular Fishing Locations:

St. Johns:

• Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Marineland
• Matanzas Inlet
• Moses Creek Conservation Area
• Rattlesnake island
• Vilano Beach

Flagler:

• Flagler Beach Fishing Pier
• Herschel King Park
• Waterfront Park

Boating Guide to St.Johns and Flagler Counties 

Habitat: Rock shorelines, oyster bars, mud flats, sand bars, marshes, hardbottom

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Black drum: Fall-spring
• Bluefish: Winter
• Crevalle jack: Spring-fall
• Croaker: Fall
• Flounder: Fall and spring
• Ladyfish: Late summer
• Pompano: Spring-fall
• Red drum: Fall-winter
• Sharks: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Fall-winter
• Spanish mackerel: Fall-spring
• Spotted seatrout**: Fall-winter
• Tarpon: Summer
• Whiting: Year-round

Offshore:

• Cobia: Winter-spring
• Dolphinfish: Late spring-early summer
• Flounder: Winter
• Groupers**: Fall-winter
• Sheepshead: Winter-spring
• Snappers**: Year-round
• Tripletail: Late spring-fall
• Wahoo: Winter

Fishing Information for Nassau and Duval counties:

Popular Fishing Locations:

Nassau

• Amelia Island
• Fort Clinch State Park
• George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park 
• Goffinsville Park
• Nassau Sound
• Saint Mary’s Jetty

Duval

• Bert Maxwell boat ramp and fishing pier
• Blue Cypress Park
• Fort George Island
• Halfmoon Island Park
• Jacksonville Beach Pier
• Jim King Fishing Pier
• Little Talbot Island
• Lonnie Wurn Park
• Reddie Point Preserve
• Riverfront Park
• Stockton Park

Interactive Boating and Angling Guide for this Area 

Habitat: Rock shorelines, oyster bars, mud flats, sand bars, marshes, hardbottom

Commonly-caught species and best times to catch them (**check regulations for open/closed season):

Inshore/Coastal:

• Black drum: Fall-spring
• Bluefish: Winter
• Crevalle jack: Spring-fall
• Croaker: Late summer-fall
• Flounder: Fall and spring
• Ladyfish: Summer
• Pompano: Spring-fall
• Red drum: Fall-late winter
• Sharks: Year-round
• Sheepshead: Fall-winter
• Spanish mackerel: Fall-spring
• Spotted seatrout**: Spring and fall-winter
• Tarpon: Summer
• Weakfish: Winter-spring
• Whiting: Year-round

Offshore:

• Cobia: Winter-spring
• Dolphinfish: Late spring-early summer
• Flounder: Winter
• Groupers**: Fall-winter
• King mackerel: Late spring-early fall 
• Sailfish: Early summer
• Snappers**: Year-round
• Tripletail: Late spring-fall