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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