Carrabelle Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Consult your cardiologist prior to pumping up full-grown Gag groupers in cold weather. It may be hazardous to your case of winter cabin fever. With ambient air temperatures in the low thirties in the mornings, the loose in layers thing is mandatory more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Flexible schedules produce groupers. This time of year the fickle winds of old man winter force the addicted offshore angler to take advantage of opportunity windows. The past few days have been one of those windows across the landscape of the Panh more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Slammer Seatrout on the surface is a spectacular game. Winter is one of the best times to target trout on top. The one caveat is the February closed season in the Northeast and Northwest regions of the Sunshine State. So, for the hard-core trout a more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - FLORIDA PANHANDLE FISHING REPORT Offshore, the water temperature has reached the low seventies which is good news and bad. Kingfish and other pelagics have moved South with the bait supply and warmer waters. The good news is that the good-eating more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Offshore, tackle-buster Groupers and Amberjack are this week’s large news. Yesterday, I accepted an offer to fish the Miss Loretta, a gorgeous 35 Luhrs owned by Mr. Aaron Taylor. Crew included Mike Willis, Henry Brown, Al Mellio, Aaron Taylor and t more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - NEWS FLASH for immediate release. ALERT, ALERT, ALERT!!! King Mackerel are absolutely everywhere right now. In the 22 years I have fished the unforgettable coast, the Kingfish bite has never been better. The water temperature at the NOAA weath more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Flounder Fever- Catch it! Now is the time to catch the superb-eating Gulf Flounder on the unforgettable coast of Florida. Wintertime angling for flounder is loads of fun and you can come join the quest. The secret to successfully targeting these f more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Hunters don’t know what they are missing. The modus operandi for all the hurried hunters is just that, hurry up and wait. Waiting for whitetails, gaggles of geese, dozens of ducks, a plethora of pigs or just one spectacular Sambar, can be an impati more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - The lyric goes,” the winds of November remembered.” Last night, hurricane West winds were 42 knots straightline at my dock. And I use the word hurricane advisedly. Really thought my boat was going to fly down the channel with the bimini acting as more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - Fall on the Gulf Coast is special. The summer crowds are gone, the beaches are deserted, the big fish are biting and all is well in the world. Just like clock work every year, the first cold snap of Fall weather intrinsically tells fish that it is more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle