Fishing Reports by Capt. Alex Crawford

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - EARLY SPRING—BOAT AND MOTOR MAINTENANCE Early spring is the time to get your fishing boat ready to catch ‘em up. Annual maintenance and service is a ritual for me. Here is a list of things that you may want to consider on your annual boat/motor c more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - TALES OF TROUTS, TRAILS AND THRILLS Last week we were returning from Saint Vincent Island with a load of primitive weapons hunters when, on a whim, we decided to stop on the Dry Bar to try some trouts. The tide was within an hour and a half of ful more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - BEST-EVER REDFISH TRIP On a trip between Christmas and New Years, we experienced the most successful redfish trip in my 26 years of fishing the Forgotten Coast. And this takes into consideration several spectacular redfish days with my old frie more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION Please indulge me for a brief moment, while I depart from my normal fishing report. As is the custom each year around the holiday season, I want to take the opportunity to give special recognition and say THANK YOU to all more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - WINTERTIME FUN ON THE FORGOTTEN COAST The groupers don’t know that the ambient air temperature is near freezing, because the offshore water temperatures in the Gulf are in the low seventies. Winter is primetime for groupers in this part of the big more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - FISH MATTERS Out on the deep blue it is prime time for groupers and their yummy little cousin, the black sea bass. In fact, one does not have to run way south to catch both of these tasty species. Two days ago we were anchored on the west jetty o more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - SWIM WITH A GIANT MANTA? Last week on an offshore charter, my anglers and I were fortunate to experience something so phenomenal that we are still talking about it. Only twice in my 26 years of fishing in the Gulf of Mexico have I been privilege more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - RETURN TO CONSISTENT FALL BITE For most on the beautiful Gulf coast, life is returning to a relative state of normalcy. Gone are the bad storms, Frances, Charley, Ivan and Jean are fading memories and in their place the spectacular weather and fis more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - CHARLEY, FRANCES, IVAN AND JEANNE Don’t know about you, but for the remainder of this millennium I will not be tuning into the TV weather channel or anxiously awaiting the next update of computer weather models to see the latest hurricane tracks more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - LOTS OF LIQUID SUNSHINE Sitting in my home office hanging over the Apalachicola Bay waiting for the next update of computer models of Ivan, I am reflective of hurricanes past. One class three I recall quite vividly. We were having lunch at the be more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle