Fishing the Gulf Coast
The Gulf Coast covers TX through the Florida panhandle. The water people actually fish here is the bays, passes, marsh drains and nearshore rigs.
32 species below, each with the baits that work, how to work them, where the fish hold, and the months they're worth targeting. May has the most species at peak (23).
What’s biting, month by month
The months each species is worth planning a trip around in the Gulf Coast.
Every species in the Gulf Coast
32 species, each with what to throw, how to work it, where they hold and when they peak.
- Amberjackguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–May · Nov
- Atlantic Bonitoguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–May
- Barracudaguide in the Southeast AtlanticMay–Sep
- Black Drumguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–May
- Black Sea Bassguide in the Southeast AtlanticJan–Apr
- Blackfin Tunaguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–May · Oct–Nov
- Blue Marlinguide in the Southeast AtlanticMay–Aug
- Bluefishguide in the Southeast AtlanticApr–Oct
- Cobiaguide in the Southeast AtlanticApr–May
- Flounderguide in the Southeast AtlanticMay–Oct
- Gag Grouperguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–May · Sep–Oct
- Jack Crevalleguide in the Southeast AtlanticJun–Aug
- King Mackerelguide in the Southeast AtlanticMay–Oct
- Ladyfishguide in the Southeast AtlanticMay–Sep
- Mahi-Mahiguide in the Southeast AtlanticApr–Jun
- Mangrove SnapperMay–Sep
- Pompanoguide in the Southeast AtlanticApr–May · Oct
- Red Snapperguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–Oct
- Redfishguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–Nov
- Sailfishguide in the Southeast AtlanticJun–Sep
- Sharkguide in the Southeast AtlanticApr–Sep
- Sheepsheadguide in the Southeast AtlanticJan–Apr
- Spanish Mackerelguide in the Southeast AtlanticMay–Sep
- Speckled Troutguide in the Southeast AtlanticApr–May · Sep–Dec
- Swordfishguide in the Southeast AtlanticMay–Sep
- Tarponguide in the Southeast AtlanticJul–Sep
- Tripletailguide in the Southeast AtlanticJun–Sep
- Vermilion Snapperguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–Oct
- Wahooguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–Apr · Sep–Oct
- White Marlinguide in the Southeast AtlanticJul–Sep
- Whitingguide in the Southeast AtlanticJan–Apr
- Yellowfin Tunaguide in the Southeast AtlanticMar–May · Sep–Oct