Fishing Reports by Capt. Alex Crawford

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Bull Reds are biting in the Apalachicola Bay. Mullet are back and high jumping, the laughing gulls are laughing and nesting, the magnificent Bald Eagles are feeding newly hatched chicks and Spring is springing on the unforgettable Panhandle coast of more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Inshore, the red and black drum bite is hot and so is the early Spring weather. This week several charter groups hammered the redfish and black drum on the Saint George Island bridge. Fishing both sides of low water with large, frisky shrimp, the b more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Along the Panhandle Unforgettable coast of Florida, the Gator hunting season has returned. Gator Spotted Seatrout that is! After February's closed season of catch and release, trout are back on the menu. And they are bigger and hungrier than ever. more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Looking out of my home office window at the Apalachicola Bay and the Northern Gulf of Mexico, all I can see is liquid sunshine. It is a good time to write, so here we go! Let's change the format a little for this report and direct our attention to more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - The ambient air temperature is 73 degrees as I write this report. The grass is greener, the birds are chirping and the pine pollen has turned my vessel yellow. The first signs of spring are in the air along the Panhandle of Florida's unforgettable more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - The running of the bulls!!! Bull redfish that is. Running in the barrier island passes off the Florida Panhandle's Forgotten Coast. For the obsessed winter angler who really likes to target giant fish, the Redfish is the fix. Depending upon your more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Groupers, groupers and more groupers!!! The most recent mild weather (i.e. low 70's, light and variable) has everyone turned on to the gag grouper bite. We're talking double digit quality fish here. Try going out Southwest from the West Pass about more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - This time of the year around the Apalachicola area, deer, ducks and dogs take precedence over gaggles of groupers. However, for the die-hard angler, this is the best of times. There are no boats out there playing bumper cars for a shot at just one more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - How cold is it? Well, it is just right if you are staying warm pumping and winding on hefty groupers. It is simply a function of dressing loose in layers and gettin' out there after em'. Forgive my colloquial jargon, as I'm a victim of my environm more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Due to the extremely mild fall and early winter weather, the kingfish and their little brothers, the spanish mackeral are still around the Apalachicola area. And they will continue to be here as long as the water temperature remains in the 68 degree more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle