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Late Summer Bite in St. Augustine - Your Fishing Update for 9/13/2025
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Artificial Lure here with your St. Augustine fishing report for Saturday, September 13, 2025. We’re heading into late summer and the bite’s been solid around the Ancient City, so let’s get right into the details you need for planning today’s trip.
The sunrise hit at 7:07 this morning and you’ll have good light till around 7:35 tonight. Over at Saint Augustine Shores, the tide’s pushing up to a high right around now—expect it to crest just after 10:30am at nearly 6.5 feet, and then settle to a low near 4:48pm. High tidal coefficients today mean you’ll see big swings and stronger currents, which usually fire up the fish and move the bait around, especially near the inlets and creek mouths, according to Tide-Forecast.com and Tides4Fishing.
Weather’s shaping up on the muggy side—all that late-summer humidity paired with light east winds early, swinging southeast by midday, with highs pressing past 85°F. There’s a chance of scattered storms this afternoon, so keep an eye on the sky, per the latest National Weather Service marine forecast. If the thunder starts rumbling, be smart and run for cover.
Now the fun part—fish activity. Water temps are hanging in the low 80s, and with the heavy tides and steady bait runs lately, activity’s been good both inshore and nearshore. No red tide to report in the area, so water quality is holding up, based on the latest Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission update.
Inshore, folks have been connecting with slot redfish and overslot bruisers at the mouth of the Tolomato and along the flats near Vilano. Live mullet and mud minnows under a popping cork are producing, but if you lean artificial, go with a gold spoon or a 4-inch paddle tail in “electric chicken” or white. Snook are making appearances in the ICW—try early or late casting topwater, like a Super Spook Jr. or a walk-the-dog plug, especially where current edges meet docks. Flounder are still staged at creek mouths and sandy drop-offs; a live finger mullet or gulp swimming mullet jigged slowly on the bottom is a proven bet.
The surf scene picked up as well. Whiting and pompano are being taken at the Vilano Beach and Anastasia State Park surf lines on sand fleas and fresh shrimp. Look for deeper holes just behind the first trough. Bluefish are running the beaches—silver spoons cast long work best when the birds start hitting the water.
Nearshore, the bait pods are thick off Matanzas Inlet, and that’s got tarpon taking to the air and hungry sharks shadowing the schools. This is run-and-gun territory—hurl a live pogie or big paddle-tail swimbait into the chaos and hold on tight. King mackerel are showing up in decent numbers over the reefs and ledges about 8 to 15 miles out, hitting slow-trolled live baits and flashy duster rigs.
A couple of local hot spots to focus on today—try the Matanzas Inlet bridge for redfish and flounder just before the tide turns, or drift the deeper bends along Salt Run in Anastasia State Park for trout and schoolie reds. Don’t ignore the St. Augustine Inlet itself; both jetties are home to drum, sheepshead, and the occasional bull red as the fall run ramps up.
Remember, plenty of fish are moving with this week’s tidal flow and September’s usually one of the best months to hit a mixed bag. Bring a mix of live bait—mullet, shrimp, mud minnows—and keep a few confidence lures ready, like a white paddletail or topwater if you’re working dawn or dusk.
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The sunrise hit at 7:07 this morning and you’ll have good light till around 7:35 tonight. Over at Saint Augustine Shores, the tide’s pushing up to a high right around now—expect it to crest just after 10:30am at nearly 6.5 feet, and then settle to a low near 4:48pm. High tidal coefficients today mean you’ll see big swings and stronger currents, which usually fire up the fish and move the bait around, especially near the inlets and creek mouths, according to Tide-Forecast.com and Tides4Fishing.
Weather’s shaping up on the muggy side—all that late-summer humidity paired with light east winds early, swinging southeast by midday, with highs pressing past 85°F. There’s a chance of scattered storms this afternoon, so keep an eye on the sky, per the latest National Weather Service marine forecast. If the thunder starts rumbling, be smart and run for cover.
Now the fun part—fish activity. Water temps are hanging in the low 80s, and with the heavy tides and steady bait runs lately, activity’s been good both inshore and nearshore. No red tide to report in the area, so water quality is holding up, based on the latest Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission update.
Inshore, folks have been connecting with slot redfish and overslot bruisers at the mouth of the Tolomato and along the flats near Vilano. Live mullet and mud minnows under a popping cork are producing, but if you lean artificial, go with a gold spoon or a 4-inch paddle tail in “electric chicken” or white. Snook are making appearances in the ICW—try early or late casting topwater, like a Super Spook Jr. or a walk-the-dog plug, especially where current edges meet docks. Flounder are still staged at creek mouths and sandy drop-offs; a live finger mullet or gulp swimming mullet jigged slowly on the bottom is a proven bet.
The surf scene picked up as well. Whiting and pompano are being taken at the Vilano Beach and Anastasia State Park surf lines on sand fleas and fresh shrimp. Look for deeper holes just behind the first trough. Bluefish are running the beaches—silver spoons cast long work best when the birds start hitting the water.
Nearshore, the bait pods are thick off Matanzas Inlet, and that’s got tarpon taking to the air and hungry sharks shadowing the schools. This is run-and-gun territory—hurl a live pogie or big paddle-tail swimbait into the chaos and hold on tight. King mackerel are showing up in decent numbers over the reefs and ledges about 8 to 15 miles out, hitting slow-trolled live baits and flashy duster rigs.
A couple of local hot spots to focus on today—try the Matanzas Inlet bridge for redfish and flounder just before the tide turns, or drift the deeper bends along Salt Run in Anastasia State Park for trout and schoolie reds. Don’t ignore the St. Augustine Inlet itself; both jetties are home to drum, sheepshead, and the occasional bull red as the fall run ramps up.
Remember, plenty of fish are moving with this week’s tidal flow and September’s usually one of the best months to hit a mixed bag. Bring a mix of live bait—mullet, shrimp, mud minnows—and keep a few confidence lures ready, like a white paddletail or topwater if you’re working dawn or dusk.
Thanks for tuning in to the Artificial Lure fishing report. Be sure to subscribe for all the latest tips and conditions. 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