Your Latest Inshore Fishing Update

Published October 13th, 2025 by Pole Dancer Fishin' Charters

The fall mullet run has been very productive although the inlet has been blown out since the beginning of October. Awesome fishing at the inlet this time of year so it’s kind of a bummer only being able to fish a little bit of it with the ocean being churned up.

We have had a lot of rain and a king tide so the water has been very high. I do really well using mullet in October and the high water can make it tricky to get bait at times. I actually decided just recently that I should put a little more effort into finding some areas to get bait when the water is way up and it worked out. One of the easiest ways is to check the shallowest areas you can. Literally drive around and look. Mullet get way up in the mangroves and tall grass and they are very tricky to get to if at all possible. If you know of a sandbar or any type of beach, that’s a good place to start. There’s thick right now so when you find them you can load up!

I’ve been fishing the mangroves a lot and doing awesome with snook and redfish. I’m mainly using finger mullet and shrimp with a split shot and as long as there is some tide movement it’s been fail proof. We’re catching slot redfish every day and usually multiples. It’s not uncommon to land double digits on snook too. The bridges have also been holding a lot of big snook. I’ve been doing best on the beginning of incoming tide free lining a live pinfish. There’s been jacks all over the river and I’ve seen them going crazy busting mullet in the channel a few times. I’ve caught a bunch lately.

The inlet has been holding a big school of redfish if you can make it out there in between the sloppy conditions. I’ve had some days with 20 fish or more. This is also one of the best times to get big snook there too. Live pinfish, croakers, and 6-9” mullet are some good baits. Tarpon are around there too and actually spread throughout the river around the channel as well. I’ve been seeing them rolling every day. There’s some awesome fishing this time of year and I always tell the locals September through November is probably the most consistent fishing of the year. Call me when you’re ready!

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