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St. Augustine Fishing Report: Prime March Conditions, Redfish Spawning Season, and Hot Spot Tactics
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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure with your St. Augustine fishing report!
We've got some excellent conditions shaping up today on the flats. Sunrise came in around 7:42 this morning, and we're looking at sunset around 7:30 tonight—giving us nearly 12 hours of solid fishing light. That's prime time for working the grass beds.
Tide-wise, we're seeing high water hit around 2:47 AM with 7.18 feet, then a low around 10:03 AM at just 0.53 feet. That afternoon high is pushing 3:35 PM. This gives us multiple windows to work. During that low tide push this morning, focus on the deeper potholes and channel edges where redfish and trout stack up. Once we get back to higher water this afternoon, those grass flats are going to light up.
Speaking of which—redfish are firing right now. March is prime spawning season, and they're schooled up and feeding aggressively. Fresh blue crab or fiddler crab on the bottom is your ticket. Watch for those telltale wakes and nervous water on calm mornings—reds push serious water when they're feeding. Speckled trout are also solid year-round here, running 14-24 inches. They love a popping cork with live shrimp worked along the grass edges, especially at dawn and dusk.
Sea trout are cooperative residents, typically 1-3 pounds with occasional bruisers over 5 pounds. They'll hammer both live and artificial baits. If you're targeting sheepshead around the docks and pilings, light jig heads with fiddler crabs will get the job done—just set the hook hard the second you feel them, or they'll steal your bait blind.
For hot spots, hit the St. Augustine flats where grass beds mix with sandy areas and oyster bars. That combination creates perfect ambush zones. Also work the deeper channels adjacent to the grass flats by drifting live mullet or shrimp on the bottom—that's where bigger drum and trout are hanging.
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We've got some excellent conditions shaping up today on the flats. Sunrise came in around 7:42 this morning, and we're looking at sunset around 7:30 tonight—giving us nearly 12 hours of solid fishing light. That's prime time for working the grass beds.
Tide-wise, we're seeing high water hit around 2:47 AM with 7.18 feet, then a low around 10:03 AM at just 0.53 feet. That afternoon high is pushing 3:35 PM. This gives us multiple windows to work. During that low tide push this morning, focus on the deeper potholes and channel edges where redfish and trout stack up. Once we get back to higher water this afternoon, those grass flats are going to light up.
Speaking of which—redfish are firing right now. March is prime spawning season, and they're schooled up and feeding aggressively. Fresh blue crab or fiddler crab on the bottom is your ticket. Watch for those telltale wakes and nervous water on calm mornings—reds push serious water when they're feeding. Speckled trout are also solid year-round here, running 14-24 inches. They love a popping cork with live shrimp worked along the grass edges, especially at dawn and dusk.
Sea trout are cooperative residents, typically 1-3 pounds with occasional bruisers over 5 pounds. They'll hammer both live and artificial baits. If you're targeting sheepshead around the docks and pilings, light jig heads with fiddler crabs will get the job done—just set the hook hard the second you feel them, or they'll steal your bait blind.
For hot spots, hit the St. Augustine flats where grass beds mix with sandy areas and oyster bars. That combination creates perfect ambush zones. Also work the deeper channels adjacent to the grass flats by drifting live mullet or shrimp on the bottom—that's where bigger drum and trout are hanging.
Thanks for tuning in to the report! Make sure you subscribe for more local intel. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI