Fishing Reports by Capt. James Pic

West wind blows to the east and some monster trout. - Yesterday had to be one of the toughest fishing days I have seen in a long time. Yes, as always, we caught fish but nothing to write home to mom about. We fished close enough to another guide who told us his day was tough also...he had talked to tw more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

It's a kids life, part two. - Long time clients Mad Dog and Blue along with Daddy....who's nick name we don't know came to Panama City for vacation this week. The boys wanted to catch their first red and even though that bite was slow I was happy to oblige: We caught a few more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

It's a kids life. - I don't think there is anything more gratifying than taking kids fishing and the smiles on their faces when they catch some decent fish. Bailey and a blue: Chase with his first spanish: Bailey and Chase hold some nice fish at the end of the more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

A little change will do you good! - Had Nick and Jim on the boat this morning. They have been fishing with various guides the last few years, having good luck, catching a lot of spanish. When trout was offered up as an option they quickly jumped at the chance. Although they had wan more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Southeast blows in a big catch for guys from Gadston. - Finally got the southeast wind I've been praying for. Seems like the flood gates for the spanish opened and the trout bite was on fire! This is one of those days when the pictures say it all. First....we caught the trout after 0900. They had 13 w more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Another beautiful sunrise with redfish on the fly. - Even though we had a record high this afternoon the morning brought a light wind out of the northwest and some decent early morning teperatures. Once again we were watching tailing reds as the sun came up. Thanks to Capt. Jim Dupree and the Dupree more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Redfish on the fly, trout on the cork, spanish, blues and ladies - Hit the flats early this morning with John, Jim, James and Danial Topping. We started tossing topwater at tailing reds. On the bow, John, put a spoon fly in front several fish before we watched a nice slot fish eat the fly. Unfortunately, as happe more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Nick gets the N. Fla slam/quad-fecta but Haley gets the ax! - Nick and Haley Quincey had a great day of fishing, Panama City and JP style. We started out the day chunking topwater at tailing reds. I threw the cast net picking up some greenies to hit some West Bay trout spots. One paid off with some nice fi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Fish piling into the bay..trout and spanish bite picking up. - Another hot one. I think the Southeast wind blew for about seven minutes this morning, then back out of the west. We could use a few days of southeast wind. There are a lot of fish coming into the bay right now. Big schools of blue runners along more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Big reds in the shallows, trout on the flats, lot's of spanish. - First thing, sorry about the lack of reporting. I didn't take the advice of some of you that emailed me about a waterproof camera although I definitely appreciate your emails. I want to thank all of you that read my reports I know that there are a more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City