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

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Grilled Grouper, yum-yum! That’s exactly what my party from Allbeanie, Gaagha said yesterday. They only had a few hours to fish, so we cranked it up a notch, put the nose in the wind and set a bearing into the deep blue. Sea conditions were smooth more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - PANAMA CITY/NW FLORIDA Things are getting really good. The bay has started clearing up and we are not getting as much rain as a few weeks ago. West Bay and North Bay are still tanic but the trout are biting good along with reds is you can fi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Sorry to be off line for so long but I've been at Indian Pass with no computer. July started out with too much bad weather to keep any fisherman happy. I cancelled my first week of Tarpon trips due to lack of fish from the high surf. The redfish in more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Saltwater panfishing is just plain fun. Yesterday, 4 teenagers from suburban Atlanta joined me for a day of panfishing fun on the Forgotten Coast. Or, should I say more specifically, the Apalachicola Bay. The bay is finally getting back to normal more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Hotter than the hinges of Hades. At daylight, the ambient air temperature is 80 degrees. By 10AM, it is 90 and rising steadily. Really don’t know how hot the hinges are in Hades, but summertime on the Forgotten Coast must be comparable. Only thin more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/N.W. Florida Panhandle The rain has finally stopped and there has been a bright orb in the sky, someone said it was the sun but I can hardly remember what it looks like. All indications are that the weather pattern is changing and thi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin - Panama City/ Florida Panhandle I wish there was something really spectaculer to report but with a few exceptions fishing has gone to hell the last few weeks. Of course Bill is not going to help, with tropical storm force winds blowing all this we more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Say hello to Bill, he’s a tropical kind of guy. Tropical storm Bill is blowin’ a gale in the Gulf and will hit LA by dark-thirty today. Bill packs 50 knot winds and will move toward ATL to dump some more precip on already water-logged folks. The g more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I almost hate to leave all the fish here to chase fish at the Pass but.... The Tarpon are there and they are starting to chew, my first charter is Tuesday and I'm ready to launch a silver rocket. The fishing here is still top drawer. Lots of Red more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - What the hell is a vermilion? That’s the question one of my anglers asked this week, as he lifted one over the gunwale. Excellent question, here’s the answer and more. Webster defines vermilion as a bright red color. I define vermilion snapper a more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle