How to catch permit in Florida

Techniques

Anglers cast live crabs to schools of permit hoping to catch one of these line-stripping fish, which also take shrimp & clams and occasionally small fish.

Preferred bait

Anglers cast live crabs to schools of permit hoping to catch one of these line-stripping fish, which also take shrimp & clams and occasionally small fish.

Preferred lures

Crab pattern flies/jigs for flats sight-fishing

Time of day

Daytime sight-fishing

Tide effect

Moving water on flats and channel edges

Videos

Sources

Fish guide

Information comes from the supplied source datasets. Check linked FWC regulations for current rules.