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

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - KINGFISH BLITZ ON THE FORGOTTEN COAST Have you ever noticed that every year around October we experience a massive migration of monarch butterflies here on the Forgotten Coast. Without fail, concurrently, the fall migration of smoker king mackerel more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Groupies of the finest kind. Red groupers are one of the most beautiful fish in the sea. With their gorgeous red skin and vivid white spots, these finny critters are very tropical looking. And we commonly target these beauties in the Gulf, particu more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - PANAMA CITY/N.W. FLORIDA The rain in Panama City falls almost every day. The water has not cleared up all summer, although it is starting to show signs of clearing. I believe the spanish and blues mostly have been run out of the bay due to the f more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Back to beach launch fishing from Grayton and I've been pleasantly surprised. Usually August has the inshore fishing being a bit slow (dog days) but not this year. I've got to run 5 trips in the 10 days I've been back and we've limited out with sna more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Short and sweet for a change. Have had trips every day this past week and I’m just bone tired. So, we’ll break from the normal wordy reports to an abbreviated version. Anyone looking for a new profession that requires daily manual labor, pulling a more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I got back to Walton Co. yesterday evening after being at the Pass for 7 weeks. I had forgotten what traffic (and traffic lights) were. A trip to Destin today brought me rioght back to reality. This years Tarpon season never really came togethe more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

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

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/ Florida Panhandle School is back in session which means the amount of fishermen on the water is substantially less. This is the time of the year when the fishing starts really getting good. With the exception of some windy days that more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - August has brought a lot more Tarpon to the Pass. Everyday for the past week the fish have gotten a little bit thicker with yesterday having a great show. I took my folks out and ran a 1/2 day shark trip with the bite being real hot first thing beh more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

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