Fishing Reports by Capt. James Pic

Kings and spanish in the bay. - Keith Tate and his BFF Carson showed up this morning for a little bait and tug. Keith caught some reds and trout with me earlier this year, today he was interested in the spanish bite. Bait was easy to get which should have been a sign. Fishing more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

The best thing about fishing with Ray...... - My long time and regular customer 4lb Ray was back on the boat today. Ray is a curios guy...keeps a trout or flounder every now and then. Today he kept a shark filet...wanted to try it. Most of the time he just wants to bait fish for whatever is more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Keith Thompson gets the N. Florida slam and some big spanish! - Everyone knows the guy who has never been is going to catch the best and biggest of the day. By the end of the day, Scott, Brian and Bruce had seen this young novice transform into a junior fisherman. After losing one and missing another nice red, more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Fly fishing around the bay - Today was a good day, the start of many, to fly fish in the bay around Panama City. As you can see in some of my recent fishing reports we have managed to catch several nice reds and other fish on the fly as of late. Today I took James Driggs from more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Memphis duck hunters learn spanish - Had a great group of guys, and a gal, from Memphis this morning. Mills, his wife Kelly, Stiles and Craig took a break from work for a week in Panama City and some bay fishing. The day started out cool with a record low for the day. The cool weathe more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Lot's of action for the kids. - Can't be semi pro fishermen and redfish day every day. Today it was Noah and Gabrials', from San Antonio, turn to catch some fish. These two guys had never fished in saltwater, having little experience elsewhere, which led me to set up on a ledge. more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Redfish and Trout Tactics/June issue Woods n Water - Got rained out this morning so I thought we could talk a little more about redfish and trout. To continue about reds and topwater. Below is a photo from my archives that I caught last summer at Crooked Island Sound on my favorite topwater bait; Z more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

A little redfish magic and some spanish voodoo. - Brent and Brad wanted to catch a redfish. We headed to West Bay to one of the spots that we have been seeing a lot of fish over the last month or so. The numbers have diminished with the hot weather but there are still a few fish there. We put a more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Big spanish are finally showing up. - Bob Bain came back today with his posse in tow for another day on the water with yours truly. We stopped at the bait boat on the way out for some kings. Spent about two hours looking for a king bite but couldn't get one. Today may have been the fi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Normal summer weather pattern starts to bring good catches. - Headed up to West Bay early this morning hoping to catch a few trout on DOA and Zara Spooks. The bite was a little slow but we managed to catch a few good fish. The tide was very low and moving. The tides will reset tonight with the high tide comi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City