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

Panhandle Fishing Report - Pensacola Bay & Choctawhatchee Bay - For the most part, February has been very typical- with a little above normal temperature, normal amounts of rain fall, very clear water, Big Bull Reds and COBIA frenzy on every Florida Panhandle anglers mind. While searching the beach already for th more...
Capt. Eddie Woodall - Pensacola

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - WARMER WATER HAS FISH ON THE MOVE Depending upon where you measure the surface temperature of the water, it is definitely warming up with some early spring days. Ambient air temps around the Forgotten Coast have been in the seventies and that tra more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Only one month 'till Cobia season!!!! In the spring a young (?) mans fancy turns to thoughts of throwing an eel in front of 100# fish! Barring any major changes in the weather pattern we are looking to have a good season. No dredging projects on more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - EARLY SPRING—BOAT AND MOTOR MAINTENANCE Early spring is the time to get your fishing boat ready to catch ‘em up. Annual maintenance and service is a ritual for me. Here is a list of things that you may want to consider on your annual boat/motor c more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - I hear a lot of talk about the grouper just off the beach. If the weather is good you may want to scoot offshore and see about putting some of those babies in the boat. Inshoere, the trout and reds have been moving in and out of the bayous and cre more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Panhandle Fishing Report - Pensacola Bay & Choctawhatchee Bay - The Bull Red’s are still here and we have been having a blast catching them. On just about any given day for the last two weeks (weather permitting) we have done well catching this awesome, fighting Bronze Beauty. On a four hour trip I’m averaging ar more...
Capt. Eddie Woodall - Pensacola

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - TALES OF TROUTS, TRAILS AND THRILLS Last week we were returning from Saint Vincent Island with a load of primitive weapons hunters when, on a whim, we decided to stop on the Dry Bar to try some trouts. The tide was within an hour and a half of ful more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - The middle of January and it's been in the 70's for over a week. Boy I love living in Florida!! The warm weather had a fairly constant SE breeze blowin' for a while that kept just a little too much surf up for me to want to launch. That changed the e more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - BEST-EVER REDFISH TRIP On a trip between Christmas and New Years, we experienced the most successful redfish trip in my 26 years of fishing the Forgotten Coast. And this takes into consideration several spectacular redfish days with my old frie more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Greetings from the recently frozen South !! Not much fishing untill this week. We actually had some sleet and a few snow flakes Christams eve! It snowed almost all day in New Orleans on Christmas Day ! Not real conducive to putting a boat in the wat more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin