Fishing Reports by Capt. John Rivers

Muddy Water Adventures - Monster Trout and Lots of Reds - May is winding down and boy has it been a strange month to fish our waters. On April 29th we had 26.81 of rain in 24-hours. The week before that, we had 10. We had a few more rain days in May and those totals were around 5- 7. So from April 29th more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Lots of Rain along with Lots of Redfish - Pensacola Fishing - May has arrived and although we are usually greeted to great fishing on the flats in the upper bay areas, we were instead treated to a rain event like no other on April 29th. We had 26.81 of rain in a 24hr period, and it is being called the 500-yea more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Redfish, Jacks, Toothy Sheepshead- Light Tackle Fun! - April brought some fun fishing with lots of big sheepshead and some big redfish in the pass. We had a little more rain than I would have liked this month, most of which happened last week and dirtied up the water pretty badly. It's going to take a we more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

April brings more sheepsehead and redfish- Pensacola Fishing - March flew by, but when you're up before the sun and washing the boat as it goes down, the days go fast. The Sheepshead bite started out slow this March due to the very cold temps the past few months. This made the spawn start later than usual. But o more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Spring has arrvied and it's been fun - Pensacola Fishing Charter - It's that time of year again when everyone is fishing for the striped, spiny, bucked tooth sheepies. The sheepshead bite has been hit and miss the past two weeks, where some days we crushed them and others it was a little tough, but that's fishing fo more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Spring Break trips have officially begun - Pensacola Charters - Spring Break trips have officially begun and the fishing has been pretty good, not quite great yet, but it'll warm up a bit more, and then it will be on fire. We had a very cold winter and the fish (Sheepshead) are running a little late this year. Go more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Quick Fishing report for Pensacola, Navarre and Perdido Key - Quick report for Pensacola, Navarre and Perdido Key The flats are heating up in Escambia Bay for trout and redfish. The water is getting right in the upper bays and should be very good quality all of March and April on the flats. I did some scouti more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

New Boat for 2014 and Pensacola Fishing Report - New Boat for 2014 February just arrived and so did my NEW 240 LTS Triton! I was in the market to purchase a new boat, and after some extensive research, I went with the best bay boat I feel is on the market. One of my fellow captains and friend Ge more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Ice Fishing in the Panhandle – Pensacola Fishing - Ice Fishing in the Panhandle – Pensacola Fishing Ice and snow is not what we normally expect in January in the panhandle, but 2014 has so far given us the unexpected. I moved to Florida 15 years ago during a particularly cold winter in Indiana, a more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola Fishing -Major cold approaching again! - Another cold front is approaching which again will bring the temps down into the 20's and the winds are going to be blowing 15-25 for the next few days. With these conditions I've postponed some trips for better fishing days. Yes, we could go out but more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola