Florida Freshwater Fishing Forecast for January 11-18, 2026
Sunday's Comprehensive Fishing Article for Florida's Freshwater Anglers
Anglers Need to Adjust to Odd Weather Conditions and a Winter Weather Conditions
The Florida Freshwater Fishing Forecast for January 11-18, 2026, gives anglers a weak last quarter moon, which occurred yesterday along with pre-front conditions, and a typical winter weather forecast. All fishing factors considered, anglers will need to adjust as temperatures gradually drop 20 degrees by the Friday morning.
However, this weather system will produce atmospheric pressure that will drop as the temperatures drop, enough to cause fish to adjust downward, which is the opposite of the winter season norm where high pressure produces low temperatures. And since pre-front conditions occurred yesterday fish won’t be feeding much until the pressure drops Tuesday and Wednesday.
Cloud cover will be a factor today through Thursday which means fish will not be as tight to protective cover as they have been over the past ten days. Wind speeds will be slightly high today and Thursday but not enough to change fishing strategies. And atmospheric pressure will drop enough each day Tuesday through Thursday morning to cause fish to adjust downward. But by Friday afternoon fast rising pressure will force fish back up into the shoreline shallows.
Friday through next Sunday temperatures will be more in line with winter season norms, with daily highs averaging in the mid-sixty-degree range and nighttime lows in the mid-thirties. However bright sunshine with very little cloud cover is predicted which will cause fish to primarily feed daily during the warmest water period of the day which will have help from the moonset period occurring at the same time.
The moon has entered the weakest days of its 28-day cycle which means daily feeding patterns will be mostly influenced by high water temperature periods, especially after period of bright sunshine, and daily pressure changes up or down. These two factors will be causing the majority of noticeable daily fish adjustment activity, and the lunar influence will add at most, a slight bump in the daily major feeding periods’ ratings.
A weak lunar effect and odd weather will require anglers to adjust differently than the norm over the next four to five days.
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