Fishing Reports by Capt. Alex Crawford

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Get wrecked for spectacular summer snappers. It is a sure-fire slam dunk during the hot months for red and gray snappers, with some lanes and vermilions as a bonus. This technique is so simple and straight forward, it is surprising more anglers don more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - “We like to eat red snappers!” Those were the very first words spoken, as the party of five serious anglers from Douglasville, GA stepped onboard Topknots for an offshore fishing trip into the wild blue yonder. Immediately locking onto the gentlema more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Grilled Grouper, yum-yum! That’s exactly what my party from Allbeanie, Gaagha said yesterday. They only had a few hours to fish, so we cranked it up a notch, put the nose in the wind and set a bearing into the deep blue. Sea conditions were smooth more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Saltwater panfishing is just plain fun. Yesterday, 4 teenagers from suburban Atlanta joined me for a day of panfishing fun on the Forgotten Coast. Or, should I say more specifically, the Apalachicola Bay. The bay is finally getting back to normal more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Hotter than the hinges of Hades. At daylight, the ambient air temperature is 80 degrees. By 10AM, it is 90 and rising steadily. Really don’t know how hot the hinges are in Hades, but summertime on the Forgotten Coast must be comparable. Only thin more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Say hello to Bill, he’s a tropical kind of guy. Tropical storm Bill is blowin’ a gale in the Gulf and will hit LA by dark-thirty today. Bill packs 50 knot winds and will move toward ATL to dump some more precip on already water-logged folks. The g more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - What the hell is a vermilion? That’s the question one of my anglers asked this week, as he lifted one over the gunwale. Excellent question, here’s the answer and more. Webster defines vermilion as a bright red color. I define vermilion snapper a more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Mahi Mahi Mania. It all began innocently enough for the Skelton boys, Dad and two sons, from North Georgia. It was a routine customer request. The day’s primary objective was to run way, way afar and far, far away into the cobalt- blue of the Gulf more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Friends don’t let friends eat frozen fish. Can we talk? Or, schmooze fish matters? Calling all anglers who long for those little latitudes. I’ll tell you that 29 is a very good number, the forgotten coast latitude. It’s where the fish are and th more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - YOU CAN CATCH SEA CRITTERS NOW. And less than a league under the sea. If you are the compleat tangler, it is your special time to wet a line. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to get a reel feel and practice the fine art of fillet and r more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle