Fishing Reports by Capt. Alex Crawford

Cool and Windy - Groupers and Redfish - The fishing report is short and sweet this month. Inshore the hot ticket is redfish. Offshore the best bets are gag groupers and mangrove snappers on reefs and wrecks. The best baits are fresh frozen cigar minnows, fresh frozen white squid and f more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Groupers, Snappers, Reds and Trout - GROUPERS, SNAPPERS, TROUT AND REDS This report title pretty much sums up the offshore and inshore species that are biting right now. That's not to suggest that you could not catch a nice blackfin tuna in the Gulf or a nice flounder in the Apalach more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Forget the economic woes - FORGET THE ECONOMIC WOES, GO FISHING Want to forget the bad news on the economy f more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fall fishing on the Forgotten Coast is magnificent - The Tropical storms have gone and the fishing is gonna get better again offshore.. We just need the right winds and seas. The aftermath of the hurricanes that blew by this past week has given us east and north wind, yuck! If you c more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Hanna, Ike and Josephine - Hanna, Ike and Josephine—UGHHHHHHH! Currently listed on the Active Tropical Storms and/or Hurricane Advisories are our new friends Hanna, Ike and Josephine. Am I the only one who really gets tired of constantly tracking tropical w more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Snappers And Groupers Still Hot - SNAPPERS AND GROUPERS STILL SMOKIN' HOT Mangrove snappers and gag grouper fishing continues to be very, very hot right now. The only caveat is the Tropical Storm moving into the Gulf fr more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Red Snapper Bite Is Hot, Hot, Hot - RED SNAPPER BITE IS HOT, HOT, HOT Red snappers in the Gulf are absolutely wide open right now. Don't know why for sure except they are spawning and will continue basically all summer. If you like a hard pull on your line and love golden brown fr more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Apalachicola

Red Groupers and Red Snappers Abound - RED GROUPERS AND RED SNAPPERS ABOUND OFF FORGOTTEN COAST If you are inclined towards offshore fishing and snappers and groupers are some of your favorite targeted species, now is your time to go for it on the Forgotten Coast of Florida. Recent ca more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Trout and reds inshore-- goliaths in the CUT--snappers offshore - Captain Charles Wilson always knows about the inshore bite around Apalachicola. He is the best of the best in these parts. Capt. Charles has been hammering the trout and redfish for his customers. He knows where the fish are and what they are eati more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

World and Local Fishing News - World and Local Fishing News News on the water this week includes some potentially disturbing discussion about the possibility of new marine reserves (read no fish zones) that the fed is currently consideri more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle