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.

Which species are at their peak each month in the Gulf Coast.
MonthAt their peak
JanuaryBlack Sea Bass · Sheepshead · Whiting
FebruaryBlack Sea Bass · Sheepshead · Whiting
MarchAmberjack · Atlantic Bonito · Black Drum · Black Sea Bass · Blackfin Tuna · Gag Grouper · Red Snapper · Redfish · Sheepshead · Vermilion Snapper · Wahoo · Whiting · Yellowfin Tuna
AprilAmberjack · Atlantic Bonito · Black Drum · Black Sea Bass · Blackfin Tuna · Bluefish · Cobia · Gag Grouper · Mahi-Mahi · Pompano · Red Snapper · Redfish · Shark · Sheepshead · Speckled Trout · Vermilion Snapper · Wahoo · Whiting · Yellowfin Tuna
MayAmberjack · Atlantic Bonito · Barracuda · Black Drum · Blackfin Tuna · Blue Marlin · Bluefish · Cobia · Flounder · Gag Grouper · King Mackerel · Ladyfish · Mahi-Mahi · Mangrove Snapper · Pompano · Red Snapper · Redfish · Shark · Spanish Mackerel · Speckled Trout · Swordfish · Vermilion Snapper · Yellowfin Tuna
JuneBarracuda · Blue Marlin · Bluefish · Flounder · Jack Crevalle · King Mackerel · Ladyfish · Mahi-Mahi · Mangrove Snapper · Red Snapper · Redfish · Sailfish · Shark · Spanish Mackerel · Swordfish · Tripletail · Vermilion Snapper
JulyBarracuda · Blue Marlin · Bluefish · Flounder · Jack Crevalle · King Mackerel · Ladyfish · Mangrove Snapper · Red Snapper · Redfish · Sailfish · Shark · Spanish Mackerel · Swordfish · Tarpon · Tripletail · Vermilion Snapper · White Marlin
AugustBarracuda · Blue Marlin · Bluefish · Flounder · Jack Crevalle · King Mackerel · Ladyfish · Mangrove Snapper · Red Snapper · Redfish · Sailfish · Shark · Spanish Mackerel · Swordfish · Tarpon · Tripletail · Vermilion Snapper · White Marlin
SeptemberBarracuda · Bluefish · Flounder · Gag Grouper · King Mackerel · Ladyfish · Mangrove Snapper · Red Snapper · Redfish · Sailfish · Shark · Spanish Mackerel · Speckled Trout · Swordfish · Tarpon · Tripletail · Vermilion Snapper · Wahoo · White Marlin · Yellowfin Tuna
OctoberBlack Sea Bass · Blackfin Tuna · Bluefish · Flounder · Gag Grouper · King Mackerel · Pompano · Red Snapper · Redfish · Speckled Trout · Vermilion Snapper · Wahoo · Whiting · Yellowfin Tuna
NovemberAmberjack · Black Sea Bass · Blackfin Tuna · Redfish · Sheepshead · Speckled Trout · Whiting
DecemberBlack Sea Bass · Sheepshead · Speckled Trout · Whiting

Every species in the Gulf Coast

32 species, each with what to throw, how to work it, where they hold and when they peak.

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