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St. Augustine Fishing Report: Reds, Trout and More on the Menu for a Sunny September Sunday
Published 7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Artificial Lure here with your St. Augustine fishing report for Sunday, September 7, 2025.
We’ve got a sunrise at 7:05 AM and sunset at 7:40 PM, so anglers can expect about 12 and a half hours of daylight—perfect for getting lines out early and making the most of the fading summer bite. The tides today have a low at 2:05 AM and a high coming in just before 7 AM at the pier, with another low in the early afternoon and an evening high—classic fall flats conditions, meaning moving water most of the day. Strong tidal coefficients this weekend mean brisk current and active fish, especially around the inlets and creek mouths.
Weather is pleasant for the first September Sunday: east winds 10 knots, seas around 2 feet, and light chop in the Intracoastal. Forecasters call for just a slight chance of passing showers or a thunderstorm, so bring that lightweight rain gear and watch the horizon. Water clarity is decent, and rising tides in the morning bode well for sight-fishing reds or dropping bait at bridges.
The local bite is hot with late-summer patterns holding steady. Inshore, the main action has been on slot-sized redfish—lots reported east and west of the bridge, with a few upper-slot fish caught by kayak anglers early yesterday. Trout are popping in the deeper holes before sunrise and great numbers of mangrove snapper are stacked around dock pilings and deep bulkheads; live shrimp on a Carolina rig or small paddle tails in electric chicken and natural hues did most of the damage. Flounder reports have ticked up—bigger fish came in from under the 312 and Vilano bridges, especially closer to the bottom with finger mullet or a white bucktail tipped with shrimp.
Surf anglers saw good pompano action early this week, brightest on outgoing tides with sand fleas and Fishbites. Whiting and a few drum are mixed in, and a lucky local pulled a keeper sheepshead off the rocks at the inlet on fiddler crab yesterday. Offshore, king mackerel have moved in closer; slow-trolling live pogies near Nine Mile reef and the north rip produced several limits on Saturday. Snapper and sea bass remain dependable if you can get a ride out to the local reefs, with squid and sardines as top baits.
Best lures this weekend have been **Z-Man paddle tails**, **MirrOlure MR17s** for trout, and classic **gold spoons** for reds cruising flooded grass. In the surf, sand flea imitations and pink shrimp-style soft plastics are landing pompano, while offshore, trolling **deep-diving plugs** and cigar minnows is getting kingfish and bonito.
Top hot spots:
- **Vilano Bridge structure:** morning flounder and mangrove snapper
- **Salt Run creek mouth:** redfish and early trout on moving water
- **St. Augustine inlet jetties:** sheepshead and drum at slack tide
Don't forget—live shrimp and finger mullet remain the best all-around baits this week, with fiddler crabs tempting picky sheepshead and deep channel drum.
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We’ve got a sunrise at 7:05 AM and sunset at 7:40 PM, so anglers can expect about 12 and a half hours of daylight—perfect for getting lines out early and making the most of the fading summer bite. The tides today have a low at 2:05 AM and a high coming in just before 7 AM at the pier, with another low in the early afternoon and an evening high—classic fall flats conditions, meaning moving water most of the day. Strong tidal coefficients this weekend mean brisk current and active fish, especially around the inlets and creek mouths.
Weather is pleasant for the first September Sunday: east winds 10 knots, seas around 2 feet, and light chop in the Intracoastal. Forecasters call for just a slight chance of passing showers or a thunderstorm, so bring that lightweight rain gear and watch the horizon. Water clarity is decent, and rising tides in the morning bode well for sight-fishing reds or dropping bait at bridges.
The local bite is hot with late-summer patterns holding steady. Inshore, the main action has been on slot-sized redfish—lots reported east and west of the bridge, with a few upper-slot fish caught by kayak anglers early yesterday. Trout are popping in the deeper holes before sunrise and great numbers of mangrove snapper are stacked around dock pilings and deep bulkheads; live shrimp on a Carolina rig or small paddle tails in electric chicken and natural hues did most of the damage. Flounder reports have ticked up—bigger fish came in from under the 312 and Vilano bridges, especially closer to the bottom with finger mullet or a white bucktail tipped with shrimp.
Surf anglers saw good pompano action early this week, brightest on outgoing tides with sand fleas and Fishbites. Whiting and a few drum are mixed in, and a lucky local pulled a keeper sheepshead off the rocks at the inlet on fiddler crab yesterday. Offshore, king mackerel have moved in closer; slow-trolling live pogies near Nine Mile reef and the north rip produced several limits on Saturday. Snapper and sea bass remain dependable if you can get a ride out to the local reefs, with squid and sardines as top baits.
Best lures this weekend have been **Z-Man paddle tails**, **MirrOlure MR17s** for trout, and classic **gold spoons** for reds cruising flooded grass. In the surf, sand flea imitations and pink shrimp-style soft plastics are landing pompano, while offshore, trolling **deep-diving plugs** and cigar minnows is getting kingfish and bonito.
Top hot spots:
- **Vilano Bridge structure:** morning flounder and mangrove snapper
- **Salt Run creek mouth:** redfish and early trout on moving water
- **St. Augustine inlet jetties:** sheepshead and drum at slack tide
Don't forget—live shrimp and finger mullet remain the best all-around baits this week, with fiddler crabs tempting picky sheepshead and deep channel drum.
Thanks for tuning in to your St. Augustine fishing report. Be sure to subscribe for daily updates.
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