Whiting are available year-round in the Port St. Joe area. Anglers will usually have more success fishing for whiting in the surf off of nearby Cape San Blas than in St. Joseph Bay. Whiting are one of the most common types of fish to catch in the surf and they can be caught year-round in this area. Most beach anglers will target whiting with a piece of shrimp.
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Wahoo are available offshore near Port St. Joe and most of the deep sea fishing charters will catch them by trolling. You can also catch them with live bait. Steel leaders are recommended so you don’t get bit off.
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The Port St. Joe area offers good fishing for spanish mackerel from March through October. Spanish mackerel are found inshore, nearshore and offshore. Deep grass beds and reefs are good spots to target these fish.
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Snapper are caught year-round in the Port St. Joe area. Bottom fishing is popular for grouper and snapper in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico and there are quite a few deep sea fishing charters available to take you out for the day.
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Anglers target sheepshead year-round in the Port St. Joe area. Sheepshead are often found around bridges, pilings, oyster bars and nearshore over bottom structure and artificial reefs. Anglers typically use fiddler crabs and live shrimp with small hooks for sheepshead.
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Sailfish are caught in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the deep sea fishing charters will target these fish. Sailfish migrate through the Port St. Joe area from April through October.
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Anglers love when pompano come back into this area every spring. Pompano usually show up at the end of March or early April and the fishing is usually very good for the first few weeks of April. Once the water temperature reaches the 68 to 72 degree range, you’ll usually see the heaviest spring push of fish.
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Marlin are available in the offshore waters around Port St. Joe from April through October. The offshore fishing charters will typically troll with ballyhoo, mackerel and skipjack tuna rigs to target these fish.
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King mackerel (also called kingfish) are caught mostly by trolling from April through October in the Port St. Joe area. The offshore fishing charters will target these fish along with other offshore fish when they troll.
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Jack Crevalle are common around the Port St. Joe, Florida area. Many anglers catch them whether they target these fish or not. Jack Crevalle will attack most baits that resemble bait fish.
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