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

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - After having quite a few days of gorgeous weather ( once again the weather man missed), we are back to cool and rainy today. I'm supposed to fish tomorrow and Sat., hopefully the weather will tolerable and the sun will shine. After running Gulf tri more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - NEWS FLASH for immediate release. ALERT, ALERT, ALERT!!! King Mackerel are absolutely everywhere right now. In the 22 years I have fished the unforgettable coast, the Kingfish bite has never been better. The water temperature at the NOAA weath more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Thanksgiving week and everybody wants to go fishing. After alsmost two weeks with only 2 trips I am fortunate enough to have 9 days in a row booked Hopefully the next 5 will be as good as the past 4. Sunday I had a 5 hour with folks that had been s more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Flounder Fever- Catch it! Now is the time to catch the superb-eating Gulf Flounder on the unforgettable coast of Florida. Wintertime angling for flounder is loads of fun and you can come join the quest. The secret to successfully targeting these f more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Hunters don’t know what they are missing. The modus operandi for all the hurried hunters is just that, hurry up and wait. Waiting for whitetails, gaggles of geese, dozens of ducks, a plethora of pigs or just one spectacular Sambar, can be an impati more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Snapper season is over and it went out with a bang. Lots of limit catches the last week with most of the fish being a good grade. Almost like mother nature moved some fish around just to make it easy at the end. Not like there is nothing else to ca more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - The lyric goes,” the winds of November remembered.” Last night, hurricane West winds were 42 knots straightline at my dock. And I use the word hurricane advisedly. Really thought my boat was going to fly down the channel with the bimini acting as more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Fall on the Gulf Coast is special. The summer crowds are gone, the beaches are deserted, the big fish are biting and all is well in the world. Just like clock work every year, the first cold snap of Fall weather intrinsically tells fish that it is more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - SAINT GEORGE ISLAND- FLORIDA’S FISHING WINTER WONDERLAND It is one of the very best kept secrets of fishing on Florida’s coastline. The waters of the Forgotten Coast off Saint George Island continue to be an abundant winter fishery for all the more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I love Fall. The temperatures cool in the early AM, warm in the middle of the day. The beaches are almost empty, no traffic jams and I've put my sunscreen up for the year. Oh yeah, the fish seem to bite pretty good too. I've been real fortunate to more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin