Regional Fishing Reports for:
Panhandle and Big Bend (Suwannee to Pensacola)

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City, NW Florida Quick update. Everything is falling into place nicely. Read somewhere recently that there were some chicken dolphin working close to the beach. Went out to check for myself and caught two on a piece of floating trash whi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/NW Florida Fishing is great right now! For the last two weeks the fishing has steadily improved to the poing that just about anybody can catch fish....that is unless your from peariver. Had an eleven year old catching spanish just ab more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I'm typing at the confuser this AM so you know the weather must be at least iffy. A front coming through today, a small craft advisory and thunder storms out in the Gulf off Pensacola already and heading this way. Luckily my folks were very underst more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - It's mid April and things are like the end of March. Lots of warm days but the westerly winds blowing 20 to 30 have kept the water a little cool. Weatherman says the winds will start coming around out of the south and east next week with a slight c more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - ATLANTA FOLKS WITH YOUNG KIDS- HAVIN’ SOME FUN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO This past week the weather finally settled down, as the spring pattern emerges. Two families from Atlanta were here on the Forgotten Coast staying in the more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - After a slow start the cobia run is in full swing. I ran my first trip for 'em on Monday ( the 3rd)and am happy to report we saw 4, captured 1 and let another (that was a little too short) continue his travels on to La. We ran three more trips f more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/NW Florida Just wanted everyone to know the spanish finally arrived on April 3rd and as of April 4th the run is in full force. Usual places, usual lures and flies. We had about 80 this morning for a half day. They will be thick a more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/ N.W. Florida Well, well, well....I can tell you; I keep good records, 25 years or more in my head and the last ten on paper. In all that time I can't remember when there was a freeze warning the last week of March just before the span more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - WARM UP FOR RED SNAPPER SEASON Between offshore pressure systems this week we were finally able to get offshore for a day of reconnaissance, as a warm up for the reopening of the recreational red snapper season. The season has been closed for o more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It must be spring! The roads are packed with cars full of kids and there are bikinis on the beach!! The fish have noticed and are starting the yearly move inshore- it must be that first bikini in the water that makes 'em start in---. I ran trips 3 more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin