Gulf Coast inshore migration.
Florida Panhandle to South Texas — the Gulf marsh and bay system, holding the highest density of redfish in North America and a year-round inshore fishery.
Active in the Gulf Coast — May
Regions
- Florida PanhandleFlorida
From Pensacola through Destin, Panama City, and Apalachicola — sugar-sand beaches and grass-flat bays.
- Florida Nature Coast & Big BendFlorida
The Florida Big Bend — Steinhatchee, Cedar Key, Crystal River, Homosassa — a vast undeveloped grass-flat coastline.
- Tampa Bay & Charlotte HarborFlorida
The Tampa Bay system, Sarasota Bay, and Charlotte Harbor — Florida's premier urban-adjacent inshore fishery.
- Southwest Florida & EvergladesFlorida
From Naples south through the Ten Thousand Islands and Everglades National Park to Flamingo.
- Alabama & Mississippi CoastAlabama, Mississippi
Mobile Bay, the Mississippi Sound, and the barrier islands of Alabama and Mississippi.
- Louisiana CoastLouisiana
The Louisiana marsh — Lake Pontchartrain, Barataria, Terrebonne, Vermilion Bay — the most productive inshore fishery in North America.
- Texas Upper CoastTexas
From the Sabine River through Galveston Bay to Trinity Bay — the most heavily fished portion of the Texas coast.
- Texas Middle CoastTexas
Matagorda Bay, San Antonio Bay, Aransas Bay, and Corpus Christi Bay — extensive bay system protected by barrier islands.
- Texas Lower Coast & Laguna MadreTexas
The Laguna Madre — a hyper-saline lagoon stretching from Corpus Christi to Port Mansfield to South Padre Island.