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The vermilion snapper is an abundant species of fish found along the North American coast of the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Bermuda and throughout the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. The vermilion snapper is often sold as red snapper. &n

FEBRUARY FISHING FORECAST 2014 February will be much like January for the how and when to fish. A few exceptions to species is late in the month there could be a few spanish and people will be preparing to catch cobia which start in March. I do not

NAVARRE Memorial Day was the kick off for the summer and this Saturday will be the kickoff for snapper season. And because this weekend is the kickoff we will be extending our hours 6am to 8pm Monday through Saturday starting this Friday and 7am to

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Sheepshead have become a very popular species for anglers in the Florida Panhandle to target, partly due the tight restrictions on offshore bottom fish. January is typically a little early for sheepshead, but you can definitely catch a few here and t

NAVARRE The last front flew through the area last Friday and Saturday putting a damper on things but the rest of the weekend and the first part of the week we say outstanding weather. Its pretty much been the story for the last couple of weeks so ho

MEXICO BEACH/PORT ST. JOE Fishing is great throughout Gulf County waters. St Joseph's Bay trout and redfish are turned on and the bite is good. Especially for anglers tossing top-water lures in the early morning hours. By late morning you should

PORT ST. JOE/MEXICO BEACH Offshore & Near Shore The few fishermen going offshore are coming back with their limits of Grouper. The lack of fishing pressure is providing a good opportunity for the bottom fisherman to return home with a full coole

August is a little early for the prime time blackfin tuna bite in my region but you can still find a lot of these fish on the offshore rigs. Those offshore rigs are loaded up with blackfin tuna year-round but most of those fish are small and the guy

PORT ST. JOE & MEXICO BEACH Offshore & Near Shore Grouper is the most sought after species now and most fishermen are coming back with their limit. Fishermen are venturing further out to get away from the abundant snapper and to catch the bi

NAVARRE Memorial Day is almost upon us and the weather forecast for the weekend looks outstanding. Warm days cool nights gentle winds and great tides are the forecast for the weekend. Inshore the trout and redfish bite is as hot as the weather! Earl

NAVARRE It looks like we are in for a little rain in our area next week so get out and get as much as you can on the water over the weekend before the storms show up. Not much has changes since last week. The hottest action is happening early in the

NAVARRE The weather forecast for the weekend is looking a lot better than what we went through last week. That means there should be no reason for anyone not getting out on the water and taking advantage of the great fishing and beautiful water we h

PORT ST. JOE/MEXICO BEACH Offshore & Near Shore The Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association’s Kingfish Tournament was this past Saturday and as usual it was a great time by all. The tournament weighed in 3 king mackerel over 40 lbs with t

Spring Break here in Destin Florida typically runs the end of February all of March and most of April when temperatures begin to climb back up and the fishing bite is hot! Mingo snapper and triggerfish are often targeted to keep in the gulf  du

DESTIN Can I say with ease we have the best new bait to hit the market in 10 years the Manic Shrimp (see below) by Savage Gear. The new Manic Shrimp is the most realistic bait to come along in a long time. It already appears that it will change the

The first place I stopped was on fire. We caught real nice Mingos and whites one and two at a time. Before you knew it we had limited out for the Vermillion Snapper at 10 per person. Continue reading →

PANAMA CITY BEACH OFFSHORE AND INSHORE Last week had a lot of wind and kept a lot of us either in port or close to shore but there were a couple days that a few anglers got out far enough to try the bottom bite. Fairly good reports on Red grouper an

NAVARRE It’s hard to believe but between the rain showers the fishing is pretty good right now. The water clarity right now is pretty bad with the color ranging from ice tea near shore to dark root beer beyond four feet. This root beer colorat