 |
Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin
Capt. James Pic
April 12, 2005
Panama City - Saltwater Fishing Report
Panama City, NW Florida
OK--things are really starting to heat up around here. We had a lot of fun with the last report, unfortunately I haven't been able to read the Mullet Wrapper lately to see what's going on in fantasy fishing land. As predicted, the spanish showed up just when I said. We have had some really big days several with 70 or more fish, all on casting equipment, most on bubble rigs. Some notes on spanish and all fishing that you may need. The water is very "tanic" and brown right now due to all of the rain. Normally it would clear, or begin to clear, after three or four days. Locating fish can be tough in these conditions. Sometimes, even though you know the fish are there, they don't bite. When it comes to spanish, blues and some of the other "fun" migratory fish remember this: if they don't bite in the morning because of contrary weather conditions they will probably turn on hard in the afternoon. Such has been the case the day after the rains.
Off the beach, cobia fishing is heating up when the water is clear and the weather is good. Some pompano are showing up. Trout are moving onto the flats in east and west bay along with reds. Good thing about this winter is I located several large schools of small reds. We all know what this means, good hatch, good fishing in the future.
Basically, fishing should be very good for the next six to eight weeks. It will fall off when it starts to get hot. I'll do a better job of telling you how to catch good fish in the heat of the summer this year.
If you haven't seen the picture of my big trout from late last summer it's now posted on the site: JP2Fish.com It's a big fish, over ten, you could catch one too. Just book me.
Capt James Pic
More Fishing Reports:
|
|
|
|
