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St. Augustine Fishing Report: Trout, Reds, and Flounder Biting Strong
Published 7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Good morning anglers—this is Artificial Lure with your local fishing report for St. Augustine, Saturday, September 6, 2025.
We’re starting the day under clear skies with temps in the low 80s by sunrise and climbing through the 90s by afternoon. Winds are light out of the east, and humidity’s up, as is typical for early September on the First Coast.
Sunrise hit at 7:05AM, with sunset rolling in tonight at 7:41PM. Tides are moderate today, giving us favorable fishing windows both early and late. According to Saint Augustine Beach tide tables, your high tides are at 7:30AM and 8:00PM, with lows around 1:44PM—so plan to hit the water around those times for a solid bite.
We’ve got a tidal coefficient in the low 30s, meaning currents aren't crazy. That can sometimes slow the inshore bite but makes it easier to work lures precisely along the grass lines, docks, and oyster bars, especially through Salt Run, Vilano flats, and under the 312 Bridge.
Fish activity is picking up after a few slow days, thanks to stable weather and the coming new moon. Local reports are strong for redfish, trout, and flounder inshore. The topwater action for trout has been heating up at sunrise—several anglers this week limited out on trout using Skitter Walks and Zara Spooks either side of sunrise in the shallows behind Conch Island and in Salt Run.
Redfish are schooling up early on the flats, especially up around the Guana River spillway and along the east bank of the Tolomato. Mud minnows are putting up numbers, but the hottest artificial has been paddle-tail soft plastics in New Penny or Electric Chicken on a 1/8-ounce jig head. Gold spoons and weedless swim baits are also moving fish, especially when worked slowly over flooded grass.
Flounder are showing up near the Matanzas Inlet rocks and around the docks at Vilano. Live finger mullet is hard to beat here, but Gulp! shrimp in chartreuse or pink on jig heads have been steady producers for those bouncing the bottom.
Nearshore, the mullet run is gaining momentum. Surf anglers at Crescent Beach and St. Augustine Beach Pier have pulled in big ladyfish, Spanish mackerel, and some snook—especially around dusk. Whiting and pompano catches have been decent on fresh shrimp and sand fleas. If you’re running a boat just outside the inlet, toss diving plugs or flashy spoons for marauding bluefish and Spanish.
For bass folks venturing inland, ponds and impoundments west of town are producing well on chatterbaits with craw trailers, especially the Strike King Rage Menace Grub and Yamamoto Yama Craw, according to Field & Stream. Early topwater with poppers, and late action on soft plastics, has been the pattern.
The best local hotspots this week:
- **Salt Run** for trout and slot reds at first light.
- **Vilano Bridge docks** for flounder and sheepshead on live bait at the bottom, and after dark for big ladyfish.
- **Guana River spillway** for schooling reds on the outgoing tide.
Keep an eye out for some street flooding in the usual low spots downtown with higher-than-normal king tides anticipated by midweek, according to the City of St. Augustine. Water can back up near Maria Sanchez and the Bayfront, but for now everything’s fishing-friendly—just take care.
That’s your St. Augustine report for September 6th—tight lines and bent rods to all. Thanks for tuning in. Remember to subscribe so you never miss a bite.
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We’re starting the day under clear skies with temps in the low 80s by sunrise and climbing through the 90s by afternoon. Winds are light out of the east, and humidity’s up, as is typical for early September on the First Coast.
Sunrise hit at 7:05AM, with sunset rolling in tonight at 7:41PM. Tides are moderate today, giving us favorable fishing windows both early and late. According to Saint Augustine Beach tide tables, your high tides are at 7:30AM and 8:00PM, with lows around 1:44PM—so plan to hit the water around those times for a solid bite.
We’ve got a tidal coefficient in the low 30s, meaning currents aren't crazy. That can sometimes slow the inshore bite but makes it easier to work lures precisely along the grass lines, docks, and oyster bars, especially through Salt Run, Vilano flats, and under the 312 Bridge.
Fish activity is picking up after a few slow days, thanks to stable weather and the coming new moon. Local reports are strong for redfish, trout, and flounder inshore. The topwater action for trout has been heating up at sunrise—several anglers this week limited out on trout using Skitter Walks and Zara Spooks either side of sunrise in the shallows behind Conch Island and in Salt Run.
Redfish are schooling up early on the flats, especially up around the Guana River spillway and along the east bank of the Tolomato. Mud minnows are putting up numbers, but the hottest artificial has been paddle-tail soft plastics in New Penny or Electric Chicken on a 1/8-ounce jig head. Gold spoons and weedless swim baits are also moving fish, especially when worked slowly over flooded grass.
Flounder are showing up near the Matanzas Inlet rocks and around the docks at Vilano. Live finger mullet is hard to beat here, but Gulp! shrimp in chartreuse or pink on jig heads have been steady producers for those bouncing the bottom.
Nearshore, the mullet run is gaining momentum. Surf anglers at Crescent Beach and St. Augustine Beach Pier have pulled in big ladyfish, Spanish mackerel, and some snook—especially around dusk. Whiting and pompano catches have been decent on fresh shrimp and sand fleas. If you’re running a boat just outside the inlet, toss diving plugs or flashy spoons for marauding bluefish and Spanish.
For bass folks venturing inland, ponds and impoundments west of town are producing well on chatterbaits with craw trailers, especially the Strike King Rage Menace Grub and Yamamoto Yama Craw, according to Field & Stream. Early topwater with poppers, and late action on soft plastics, has been the pattern.
The best local hotspots this week:
- **Salt Run** for trout and slot reds at first light.
- **Vilano Bridge docks** for flounder and sheepshead on live bait at the bottom, and after dark for big ladyfish.
- **Guana River spillway** for schooling reds on the outgoing tide.
Keep an eye out for some street flooding in the usual low spots downtown with higher-than-normal king tides anticipated by midweek, according to the City of St. Augustine. Water can back up near Maria Sanchez and the Bayfront, but for now everything’s fishing-friendly—just take care.
That’s your St. Augustine report for September 6th—tight lines and bent rods to all. Thanks for tuning in. Remember to subscribe so you never miss a bite.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI