Fishing Reports by Capt. Alex Crawford

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - RITUALS OF SPRING By Captain Alex Crawford Every spring legions of cabin-weary, obsessed anglers show up on the Forgotten Coast in hot pursuit of their most beloved more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - EARLY SPRING MEANS HOT ANGLING ACTION On the Forgotten Coast, March means an end to hunting seasons and a return to hot fishing action. The water temperature inshore is climbing from the low sixties. Offshore, depending on how far south you g more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - A special word of thanks. Over the years many companies/people have been responsible for helping me and my charter fishing service grow and flourish. In my hast to make the next trip, write the next report or publish the next article, I sometimes f more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Convicts at the Cut. Sheepshead are spawning now and their appetites are voracious. The granite boulders that form the jetties in the Government Cut are primetime winter magnets for these accomplished bait-stealers. With water temps in the high fi more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - APALACHICOLA OFFSHORE BONANZA In the 24 years that this Captain/writer has been chasing offshore fish in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, the fishing has never been better. Those are some strong words, so maybe a caveat is in order. For the really go more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - The Hunt for the Reds of December. Sitting on the quay warming the pines this time of year is not an option. Ya just gotta get in the game. That is exactly what Mr. B.R. and family from Ocala wanted this past week. They booked me for three inshor more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - A NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION Ring in the new year with a celebration. First, celebrate and toast to the pure, unadulterated joy of just being alive. Then, celebrate by taking time out to plan an offshore adventure into the beautiful Gulf of Mexico more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Groupers are shallow now. As I sit here at my word machine and start gushing prose, I hear the siren call of the groupers no more than 7 miles out in the Gulf. Since the water is now in the lower seventies offshore, the hungry groupers are moving i more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Watch Heidi Klum tonite. My most sincere apologies all around. My computer monitor crashed and it has taken me the better part of this millennium to persuade Mr. Dell that it will be in his best interests to do the right thing. He did and so all t more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - SHEEPSHEAD CATCHING—BEST ON THE GULF COAST One of the very best of the December best bets on the Gulf Coast out of Apalachicola is the scrappy and tasty sheepshead. Distinguished by its black vertical bands, many call it the convict fish. more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle