Jacksonville fishing report for the week of September 10, 2026. This is the best week of the year so far in Northeast Florida. The bull redfish have shown up at the Mayport jetties in numbers, the mullet are running the beaches, and the flounder have started their fall push through the St. Johns River. The water is still warm but the days are getting shorter, and the fish know it.
What’s Hitting
What’s hitting is bull redfish. Fish in the 30 to 45-inch class are stacked at the mouth of the St. Johns around the jetties and in the deeper holes of the river from Mayport up to the Dames Point bridge. Flounder are moving, with fish showing along the rocks at the jetties, the Sisters Creek area, and the docks along the Intracoastal. Slot redfish and trout are on the creek mouths and grass edges in the backwaters. The mullet run has brought tarpon, jacks, and big bluefish to the beaches from Hanna Park to Ponte Vedra.
Offshore, kingfish are on the nearshore reefs and wrecks in 60 to 90 feet, and there are some big Spanish mackerel around the bait pods just off the beach.
Where to Find Them
The Mayport jetties on the last of the incoming and the first of the outgoing tide for bull reds. Fish the deeper edges of the rocks and the holes just inside the inlet. For flounder, the rocks at the jetties, the docks and creek mouths along Sisters Creek and the Intracoastal near Palm Valley, and the pilings of the Dames Point bridge. Backwater reds and trout are in the creeks off the Intracoastal from Nassau Sound to Palm Valley. Beach action is wherever the mullet pods are thickest, usually the south end of Hanna Park and the beaches south of the Jacksonville Beach Pier.
Tides & Conditions
New moon tides this weekend will push a lot of water through the inlet and the river, which is prime for the bull reds. Winds have been out of the northeast at 10 to 15, making the beach a little rough some mornings but pushing bait tight to the sand. Water temps in the river are in the low 80s. Seas nearshore have been 2 to 4 feet with the northeast wind.
Tackle & Tactics
For bull reds, a chunk of blue crab or a live mullet on a 7/0 circle hook with a fish-finder rig and enough weight to hold in the current — 3 to 6 ounces at the jetties. Flounder want a live mud minnow or finger mullet on a 1/4 to 1/2-ounce jig head bounced slowly along the bottom, or a Gulp swimming mullet. Backwater reds and trout are taking topwaters at first light and live shrimp under a cork later in the day. Use 50-pound leader at the jetties.
Local Intel This Week
Public ramps: the Mayport boat ramp is the closest to the jetties, the Sisters Creek ramp on Heckscher Drive covers the north side of the river and the Intracoastal, and the Palm Valley ramp puts you on the south Intracoastal creeks. Shore anglers have been catching reds and flounder from the rocks at Huguenot Memorial Park. Fish are concentrating at the jetties on the tide changes and in the creek mouths on the falling tide. Check current FWC regulations before keeping fish — bull reds over the slot must be released, and flounder have a fall closed season in Florida that anglers should confirm before targeting them to keep.
This Week’s Tip
At the jetties, the bull reds are on the bottom in the current seams, not in the middle of the channel. Anchor uptide of a rock point, let your bait settle into the eddy behind it, and wait. Do not keep moving. The fish come through in waves with the tide, and the anglers who sit still on a good seam catch the most.
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