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# February Fishing in Freeport: Late Winter Patterns

February fishing in Freeport mirrors January: redfish and speckled trout hold in deeper bay channels, and sheepshead pile onto jetty structure for their best month of the year. By late February the first warming days hint at the spring cobia run. The bay remains your most dependable bet all month.

RedfishSpeckled trout

February is the heart of the sheepshead bite. The convict-striped fish school heavily on the Freeport jetties and nearshore structure to spawn, and a bucket of fresh shrimp fished right against the rocks will produce all day. Bring extra hooks; sheepshead are notorious bait-stealers, and the structure they love eats tackle.

[Redfish](/species/redfish/) and [speckled trout](/species/speckled-trout/) continue the cold-water pattern, holding in the deeper channels and warmer back-bay mud. On the rare string of warm, calm days, both species will slide up onto adjacent flats to feed, so watch the forecast for a warming trend and fish the afternoon. Slow-rolled soft plastics and suspending twitchbaits remain the go-to.

Late in the month, attention turns offshore. As Gulf water begins to warm, the first [cobia](/species/cobia/) scouts show near the jetties and nearshore platforms, the leading edge of the spring run that peaks in April. It is early, but a calm late-February day is a fair time to start watching the surface for cruising fish. Plan a trip from our [fishing spots guide](/fishing-spots/), or compare trip types on our [charter guide](/fishing-charters/).

February mornings in Freeport were fishable about 42% of mornings (good outright 13% of the time, across 113 graded mornings), per our [2021–2025 conditions archive](/methodology/).

## Species guides for February

-   [Speckled Trout fishing guide](/species/speckled-trout/)
-   [Redfish fishing guide](/species/redfish/)
-   [Cobia fishing guide](/species/cobia/)

[Find a February charter](/fishing-charters/)

[January](/seasons/january/) [Full calendar](/seasons/) [March](/seasons/march/)

From the conditions archive

## February fishing, by the numbers

### Is February a good month to fish in Freeport?

Yes for the right window. February mornings in Freeport were fishable about 42% of mornings (good outright 13% of the time, across 113 graded mornings) in our [2021-2025 conditions archive](/methodology/), and the odds run higher in the second half of the month: 29% of those Saturday mornings graded fishable (across 7 graded Saturdays). See [how we grade conditions](/methodology/).

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