Fishing Reports by Capt. John Rivers

Pensacola inshore / nearshore report: - What a week of fishing here on the gulf coast. I've been itching to get out and go king fishing, so when the gulf calmed down for a few days, I dusted off my king rods and took them out for some quality king time. I hadn't been out king fishing much more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Hot Summer Fishing - Pensacola, Navarre, Perdido Key - Is the sun getting closer or what? With 105-to 110-heat indexes and humidity levels near or over 85 %, this is one crazy summer. The only thing making the heat somewhat bearable is that the fishing is hotter than ever. Since it starts to really heat more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Inshore / Nearshore Report Pensacola, Navarre, Perdid - It's been a great week of fishing aboard the Mega-Bite, especially with calm seas for the past 5 days days. I've put fishing the flats for trout on hold and have been out in the gulf searching for some nice red snappers. The gulf has been so flat, th more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

More specks than you can count! Pensacola inshore fishing report - Well, the weather has definitely turned around for the better. Get out while the weather is good and head to the flats for some speck-tacular speckled trout fishing. This has to be the best year I've seen in for speckled trout in the last five year more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Inshore Fishing Report Pensacola, Navarre, Perdido Key - Speck mania is sweeping the waters in Pensacola along the ICW and in our back bays. This has to be by far the best Speckled trout fishing I've seen in the past 5 years. On my past 8 trips, I've boated 4 – 5 fish in the 3lb range and a couple in the more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola, Navarre, Perdido Key Inshore Report - It's the first week of May and the wind is still blowing. We fishermen need a break already; it's been 4 months too long! With the wind blowing a gale almost everyday the only time I've been able to go fishing has been very early, from 6am to 11am an more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Pensacola, Navarre, Perdido Key, Inshore Fishing Report - Some crazy weather in March and April made for some tough fishing conditions. March ended with 27 of rain and April followed up with 20+ knots winds for several weeks. Of course, true fishermen are like the mailman; he will deliver the mail in rain, more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Great day on the water in Pensacola - A break in the weather, finally, so I hit the water bright and early. I met up with Sandy and her brother Jim for a day of fishing. Sandy and Jim are both from up north and they don't get to see the gulf coast very often. We planned the trip for last more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Sunny Skys and Great Fishing in the Panhandle - Dust off your sunglasses and hook up the boat, because the wind has died down and the rain has finally let up. The next 7 days look to be great here on the panhandle. The water quality is still very murky, but that's ok; the redfish don't seem to car more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Wind & Rain, go away, come again another day - Wind & Rain, go away, come again another day (or should I say another month). In the past 12 days we have had over 14 of rain, and I'm over it. I've only been able to get out a couple of days on the water, but when I did, the fishing was awesome. more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola