Fishing Reports by Capt. James Pic

Brandon White has a big day! - A long time client, John White, showed up this morning with his son Brandon for a morning on the water. The plan was for action and that was easy to deliver. Nine year old Brandon showed off his skills boating spanish, blues, trout and some just un more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Panama City drizzles and full moon make for a tough day. - I heard over the weekend that a bunch of guides had a tough time fishing. As I slid the boat into the water this morning I had a plan and hoped that the weather and moon would not effect us. As I welcomed Trina and Eric (Barry) onto the boat this m more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

September brings fall bass patterns, hopes of winter crappie. - The bay and gulf fishery is great and getting better. There is, however, another fishery here in the panhandle that will attract fishermen from all over. I grew up fishing Deer Point Lake, Gap Pond, Porter Pond and the Sandhill Ponds. Bass fishing more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

JP2Fish takes JB to fish. - I decided to do something new this year. There have been a few people that follow my reports and email me every now and then to tell me thanks for the effort. Some even go as far as to refer business to me even though they have never fished with more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

More reds, trout and blues on topwater. - Hit one of the redfish spots this morning. We have been catching great reds and trout everytime we go out. This has been the slowest August ever...not seeing many guide boats out on the days I'm on the water. Fishing is fantastic from reds and tr more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Fall like temps with reds, trout and ducks in Panama City, Fl. - Hit the bay this morning with cloud cover and rain all around us but not on us. The stiff breeze out of the east made fishing tough for some but not for 4lb Ray. Here's a couple of shots of what we did today with some ly's and four pound test: more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Trout and red bite continues; ducks start moving thru the area. - The cooler temps and north winds have had another positive effect on the fishing. Today was another hot day only having to hit three spots catching reds, trout, flounder, spanish and blues. We had a twenty pound sand shark to the boat just before h more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Panama City redfish and trout - This is the time of the year to get them. I had a group of guys from Pheonix City Alabama this morning. I was reccomended on one of the forums by some clients for trout and reds in the area. Carl and a few others will get a thank you from these g more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Puppy reds and some nice trout - The wind has been blowing out of the East the last few days switching to the Southeast later in the morning. The kind of wind I like. Fishing has been good the bite consistent. The water is very high for some reason which could be why we could onl more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

"4lb." Ray gets a variety - Fall is here. You may not be able to feel it in the air but you can definitely tell by the fishing. We have caught reds just about every day we have fished for them over the last couple of weeks. The redfish schooling is one way to tell fall is co more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City