Fishing Reports by Capt. John Rivers

Sheepshead mania along the Panhandle - When the wind blows, the fishing will rock. With gusts well over 35 mph and some reaching 40mph, I had to keep the boat on the trailer for the past few days until Mother Nature decided it was time to let us go fishing again. Today was the first day o more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Two great days of fishing - Two great days of fishing. 1st Trip: Our first fish was a big sheepshead, our second fish was another big sheepshead, and 3rd & 4th fish were slot Reds. Then we starting boating some big black drum. It was non-stop for four hours. I fished a secr more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Reds, Trout, & Sheepshead - Spring is right around the corner - Saying goodbye is hard to do, unless it's goodbye cold weather, and hello Spring! As the temperatures rise and stay warm all this week, it won't be long until the trout will start moving out to the flats. Right now, they are still up in the deep more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola, Navarre & Perdido Key - Redfishing on the flats & Trout fishing near the bridge Redfish frenzy on the flats the past few days has been what fishing in Pensacola is all about. I’ve been out looking for some new fishing spots this past week, and it paid off in a big way. more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola, Navarre & Perdido Key - Spring Fishing is right around the corner Well, only 5 weeks away and spring will be knocking at our doors. But in the meantime, winter is still here to deal out the occasional cold day. Fishing in the bay has been pretty good this past week. We more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola, Navarre & Perdido Key - Cooler weather this week should help the Bull Redfish bite Wow! What a change in the weather! Last week it’s 30 degrees, and this week it’s in the middle to upper 50’s, and even reaching the 60’s and now it’s going to cool again. The fish are ju more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola, Navarre & Perdido Key - 2008 arrived with high winds and very cold weather. 2008 arrived with high winds and very cold weather. Last week it was downright cold, with lows at night in the upper 20’s, and for us that’s COLD! But hey, we still have to fish. Just this pa more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola, Navarre & Perdido Key - Redfish and Trout on light tackle! Fish on! It’s pulling drag-- must be a Redfish. Redfish and trout have been on the menu for the past few days. We’ve stayed in the bay looking for fish, as the gulf has been a bit rough this past week. The whi more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola, Navarre & Perdido Key - Red Fishing in December! December is here and the big reds that we’ve been catching all November long are still around. The weather is still very nice, even getting up into the upper 60’s and 70’s on some days. You gotta love Florida. I’ve been more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola, Navarre & Perdido Key - Hooked-up with Monster Redfish! “Fish on!” said Joe for the third time today. We had only been fishing for maybe twenty minutes, and Joe had already brought in two nice bull redfish. Corby was still fighting his fish that had taken his rod to th more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola