The Forgotten Coast, Apalachicola Bay, St. George Sound, Apalachee Bay, Steinhatchee and the Suwannee to Cedar Key. Today's fishing report, plus live tides, wind and weather for all 11 towns on this stretch.
The first cool weather of the fall has inshore fish turning on along the Forgotten Coast. Live shrimp up the Intracoastal is catching speckled trout, reds, sheepshead and mangrove snapper, and soft plastics over three-foot flats are loaded with trout.
Down the Big Bend, the high wind has anglers tucked into the rivers, where tarpon are thick right now, with some black drum and mangrove snapper too.
Shout-outs: Apalachicola Bay, St. George Sound, Carrabelle River, Apalachee Bay, St. Marks, Keaton Beach, Steinhatchee, Horseshoe Beach, Suwannee River, Cedar Key, Apalachicola, Eastpoint, St. George Island, Carrabelle, Panacea, Suwannee
Sources, in our own words:
The Port St. Joe Star, Forgotten Coast fishing report (Oct 20, 2026)
Nature Coaster, Homosassa inshore report (Oct 19, 2026)
Thin area: no dated guide report from Apalachicola, Steinhatchee or Cedar Key itself in the last 7 days. Both sources describe the wider Forgotten Coast and Big Bend.
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