Fishing Reports by Capt. Alex Crawford

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Record Levels of Freshwater. Due to all of the rainfall these past two weeks, the Apalachicola River has been at record flood levels. The Chattahoochee/Flint system is dumping huge volumes of freshwater downstream through the Apalachicola. The Apa more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Official Fish Survey Results Have Been Tabulated. After an exhaustive survey of a large sampling of fishes in the Gulf of Mexico, the final results are published. Survey questions included fish opinions on current issues of great concern. Fish wei more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Confessions of a fishaholic. Have you ever been to a dinner party or a restaurant with a buffet line and noticed the behavior of seriously overweight folks? Adjectives that would describe their actions are giddy, euphoric, exhilarated, stimulated e more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - From my cold dead hands will they have to pry my favorite grouper rod. I think I’ve died and gone to grouper heaven. The gags, red and scamp groupers are here, where are you? Grouper are acting unconscionably right now on the Panhandle coast of th more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - SUMMER ON SAINT GEORGE …………COME AND COAST AWHILE So many fish, so little time! Piscatorial pursuits on the sun-drenched forgotten coast are just what the doctor ordered. World class angling opportunities abound right here, right now in this natur more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - NEWS FLASH………….RED SNAPPER SEASON SET TO OPEN. Yes, it is true. After a long five month recreational closure, the red snapper season opens in state waters on April 15th and, in federal waters, April 21st. Gulf of Mexico anglers are fortunate that more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Spring grouper bite has started. On the forgotten, Panhandle coast of the sunshine state, the groupers are hungry and eating everything offered to them. You can plan a fishing trip right now with a full-time professional guide. I am looking forwar more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - What’s Biting Now ……………..Florida’s Forgotten Panhandle Coast Five hundred years ago, the native American Indians called it Apalachicola or, loosely translated, people from the other side. Today, we simply call it paradise, this Forgotten coast. I more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Boppers on the beaches….first sign of spring. Yes, spring break is here and the phenomenon plays out anew with great hordes of fishes and adolescents flocking to our sugar-white shores. Fun on the Forgotten coast for winter-weary anglers is now. T more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Black seabass, red groupers, triggerfish and throw-back snappers are what’s biting now on the forgotten coast of the Florida Panhandle. Due to extremely inclement weather, this cabin-fever afflicted Captain/writer was only able to go offshore once l more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle