Regional Fishing Reports for:
Panhandle and Big Bend (Suwannee to Pensacola)

Panhandle Fishing Report - Pensacola Bay & Choctawhatchee Bay - Spring Fever = Good Fishing Sheephead fishing has improved dramatically this week. All the fish I’ve been watching swim around the pilings and rock piles for the past few weeks are beginning to eat real good now. I caught over thirty today in just more...
Capt. Eddie Woodall - Pensacola

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/NW Florida Please refer to my February 4, 2006 Choosing a fishing guide. Had several trips last week. Hit the usual spots. First to answer the big question: are the spanish here? I'm sticking with my original prediction of on or more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - CRAB CRUNCHERS ARE COMING Cobia are beginning their annual spring migration across the Panhandle coast. In spring when the inshore water temperature reaches the high sixties, large cobia move out of their winter digs in South Florida, moving along more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I know it's been a while since I wrote a report but it's that time of year when a good captain does boat work instead of fishinin'. A good rule of thumb is that every hour spent fishing requires 20 to 30 minutes of time spent working on eqiupment. Du more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/NW Florida Please refer to my How to pick a fishing guide in the February 4 report. Remember....cocky is ok if you can back it up. Took a flyfisherman to the Hot Water Canal this morning. Immidiately ran into a big school of ten po more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - APALACH OFFSHORE—FORGOTTEN COAST FISHING The ambient air temperatures are on a roller coaster ride now. Every winter we experience big swings of temperature based on low pressure systems sent down on the jet streams. One day we see frozen twentie more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/NW Florida TIPS FOR HIRING A GUIDE There are many guides in our area. I consider myself one of the best if not the best in the area. You would be hard pressed to find a guide that catches as many big trout each ye more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - INSHORE BITE IS SLOW Over the past few weeks the winter weather fronts have been like a roller coaster. We go from days of cold nights in the 30’s to several days of daytime temps in the lower 70’s. Typical of winter weather on the forgotten coas more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Panhandle Fishing Report - Pensacola Bay & Choctawhatchee Bay - Finishing up January and Fishing into February Catching the Bull Redfish should be no problem in Pensacola Bay or the Gulf of Mexico. The most productive tactic has been to find them feeding on bait beneath birds. The larger schools have been about more...
Capt. Eddie Woodall - Pensacola

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/NW Florida Spring is just around the corner and if this warm weather continues the spanish and cobia will be here early. If your looking for something to catch you can try some of the following: Warren Bayou, or the steam plant cana more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City