Gulf Coast Fishing Report - September 7th, 2025

Fishing friends, this is Artificial Lure checking in with your Gulf of Mexico, Florida report for Sunday, September 7th, 2025.

We kicked things off this morning just before sunrise, which came at 6:22 AM, with sunset expected at 6:57 PM for Panama City Beach. The sky started out with a light breeze out of the northeast at 5 to 10 knots, and seas were a foot or less—nice calm conditions for inshore and nearshore anglers. According to the National Weather Service, rain and a few thunderstorms could roll in as we move through the day, especially toward evening, so keep your slickers handy and monitor weather apps for any pop-up storms. A weak cold front is drifting in, making tomorrow windier, so today is your shot at some ideal water.

Tidewise, we’re working with modest movement. High tide hit at 9:41 AM at Panama City Beach at 1.64 feet and low tide rolls in at 6:17 PM at 0.69 feet, followed by another small high tide at 11:01 PM. That means most of your tidal current action is late this morning and right before dusk—a pretty good window for active predator fish, especially if the cloud cover rolls in and cools things off a touch. Tidal coefficients are low to moderate (mid-40s to low 60s), so don’t expect big current sweeps, but steady activity for the flats and bridges.

Fishing activity’s been strong with the recent shift in wind and drop in barometric pressure. Regional reports from Navarre to Destin and down into the Big Bend confirm that bull redfish are starting to show more consistently around deeper passes, with oversized slot reds caught on live pinfish and cut mullet. The speckled trout bite has picked up on the grass flats early, especially near drop-offs. Anglers working topwaters like the Spook Jr. at dawn, then switching to soft plastics on jigheads (Gulp shrimp and MirrOlure soft baits) are seeing steady action.

Further offshore and along the piers, there’s been a run of Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, and the occasional tarpon for those willing to stick it out through the schooling bait pods. Sabiki rigs for live bait, small Gotcha plugs, and silver spoons have been the ticket for mackerel and blue runners. Mangrove snapper are biting well on the structure just off the beach—use fresh shrimp or small pilchards for best luck.

Live bait is always king if you can get it, but artificial lures have been holding their own. Top choices this week are gold spoons for redfish (especially near marsh outflows and creek mouths at high water), paddle-tail soft plastics in natural colors, and popping cork rigs drifted over grass. At night under dock or bridge lights, small white or chartreuse jigs and glass minnow imitations are pulling in trout and the occasional snook around the Panhandle bridges and bayou mouths.

Hot spots to consider:
- The grass flats and island drop-offs south of St. Andrews Bay—speckled trout, slot reds, and flounder reported on artificial lures and live finger mullet.
- The Navarre Beach Pier and the first trough beyond the sandbar—mackerel, bluefish, and good action reported just past the breakers with spoons and plugs, as highlighted by the recent Navarre Pier fishing report.

For you kayak and small skiff anglers, Goat Island and the East Bay grass lines are producing, especially on the morning high tide. If offshore is your game, natural bottom in 50-70 feet is giving up lane snapper and red grouper on cut squid and threadfin.

Tight lines to everybody out there—always bring that extra leader material, watch those storm cells, and remember, no fish is worth risking your safety.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Fishing friends, This is artificial lore checking in with your
Gulf of Mexico, Florida report for Sunday, September seven, twenty
twenty five. We kick things off this morning just before sunrise,
which came at six twenty two am, with sunset expected
at six fifty seven pm for Panama City Beach. The
sky started out with a light breeze out of the
northeast at five to ten knots and seas were a

(00:22):
foot or less. Nice calm conditions for inshore and near
shore anglers. According to the National Weather Service, Rain and
a few thunderstorms could roll in as we move through
the day, especially toward evening, so keep your slickers handy
and monitor weather apps for any pop up storms. A
week cold front is drifting in making tomorrow windier, so

(00:43):
today is your shot at some ideal water. Tide wise,
we're working with modest movement. High tide hit at nine
forty one am at Panama City Beach at one point
six four feet and low tide rules in at six
seventeen pm at zero point six nine feet, followed by
another small high tide at eleven PM. That means most

(01:05):
of your tidal current action is late this morning and
right before dusk, a pretty good window for active predator fish,
especially if the cloud cover rolls in and cools things
off a touch. Tidle coefficients are low to moderate, mid
forties to low sixties, so don't expect big current sweeps,
but steady activity for the flats and bridges. Fishing activity

(01:27):
has been strong with the recent shift in wind and
drop in barometric pressure. Regional reports from the var to
Destin and down into the Big Bend confirm that bull
redfish are starting to show more consistently around deeper passes,
with oversized slot reds caught on live pinfish and cut mullet.
The speckled trout bite has picked up on the grass

(01:49):
flats early, especially near drop offs. Anglers working top waters
like the spoke Junior at dawn then switching the soft
plastics on jigheads, gulp shrimp and mirror lu of soft
baits are seeing steady action. Further offshore and along the piers,
there's been a run of Spanish mackerel, lady fish, and

(02:09):
the occasional tarpin for those willing to stick it out
through the schooling bait pods subiki rigs for live bait,
small gotcha plugs and silver spoons have been the ticket
for mackerel and blue runners. Mangrove snapper are biting well
on the structure just off the beach. Use fresh shrimp
or small pilchards for best luck. Live bait is always

(02:31):
king if you can get it, but artificial lures have
been holding their own. Top choices this week are gold
spoons for redfish, especially near marsh outflows and creek mouths
at high water, paddle tail, soft plastics and natural colors,
and popping cork rigs drifted over grass at night under
dock or bridge lights. Small white or chartreuse jigs in glass.

(02:54):
Minnow imitations are pulling in trout and the occasional snook
around the panhandle bridges and buy you mouths hotspots to
consider the grass flats and island drop off South of
Saint Andrews Bay speckled trout, slot, reds and flounder reported
on artificial lures and live fingermula the navorbeech Pier and

(03:15):
the first trough beyond the sandbar. Mackerel, bluefish and good
action reported just past the breakers with spoons and plugs,
as highlighted by the recent navrepeer fishing report for you
kayak and small skiff anglers, Goat Island and the East
Bay grass lines are producing, especially on the morning high tide.

(03:36):
If offshore is your game, natural bottom in fifty to
seventy feet is giving up lane snapper and red grouper
on cutsquid and threadfin tight lines. To everybody out there,
always bring that extra leader material, watch those storm cells,
and remember no fish is worth risking your safety fence.
For tuning in, be sure to subscribe and don't miss

(03:59):
tomorrow's update with artificial law. This has been a quiet
please production. For more check out Quiet please dot ai