Downtown Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, United States Fishing Report
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 · 5:25 PM
Temperature
79°F
Conditions
Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind
12 mph WSW
Conditions & Overview
Tarpon are active in the passes this May, and snook are feeding hard as pre-spawn behavior intensifies . Barometric pressure sits at 1010.9 mb and has dropped 1.9 mb over the past six hours, putting you in a prime pre-frontal feeding window through this evening and into tomorrow morning.…
What's Biting
Sheepshead, mangrove snapper, grunts, and redfish are reliably biting inshore now, especially around docks, rock piles, seawalls, and bridges Mangrove snapper near the mouth of Phillippi Creek as well…
Full report includes: Named hotspots w/ GPS coordinates · Exact gear & lure specs · Tide-by-tide window breakdown · Sea surface temperature map · Chlorophyll edge detection · 48-hr bite windows
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