Live bait works best such as live pilchards or sardines ... mullet-patterned swim baits and topwater plugs or lipped plugs. Redfish become strictly catch & release. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Smaller redfish routinely hammer lures you’ve likely already got in your tackle box, especially if you frequently chase largemouth bass. They’ll also slurp a live or dead bait under a bobber ...

The “sleeper” live baits listed below can all up your game and catch rates ... they’ll get slurped by everything from flounder to redfish to seatrout to striped bass. Killies are widely available in ...

Redfish, however, will be catch and release ... They'll take topwater plugs, swim baits and live bait. Tarpon in the 20-25 pound range can be caught and released in the residential canals of ...

Live freelined shrimp will also catch redfish, snook and jacks ... been caught at the mouth of Port Canaveral. Lipless crank baits are a good way to catch bedding fish along the edges of lakes ...

The cool thing about inshore saltwater fishing is it’s so accessible (as long as you live near the coast ... to access extremely shallow water. Redfish will patrol marshes looking for crabs, shrimp, ...

At Homosassa, redfish continue to school on the high incoming tides. Live pinfish are the best baits. On the inside keys, a gold spoon like the Eppinger Rex, is also a good bait. Look for the ...

Spring fishing patterns have been paying dividends for Treasure Coast anglers. The snook bite is always good in the spring in this part of Florida, but catches of redfish, dolphin, jacks, tuna and ...

Tripletail are on the markers, especially around MacDill, reports Gandy Bait & Tackle (813-839-5551). • At Homosassa, redfish continue to school on the high incoming tides. Live pinfish are the ...