Carrabelle Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - WINTERTIME FUN ON THE FORGOTTEN COAST The groupers don’t know that the ambient air temperature is near freezing, because the offshore water temperatures in the Gulf are in the low seventies. Winter is primetime for groupers in this part of the big more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - FISH MATTERS Out on the deep blue it is prime time for groupers and their yummy little cousin, the black sea bass. In fact, one does not have to run way south to catch both of these tasty species. Two days ago we were anchored on the west jetty o more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - SWIM WITH A GIANT MANTA? Last week on an offshore charter, my anglers and I were fortunate to experience something so phenomenal that we are still talking about it. Only twice in my 26 years of fishing in the Gulf of Mexico have I been privilege more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - RETURN TO CONSISTENT FALL BITE For most on the beautiful Gulf coast, life is returning to a relative state of normalcy. Gone are the bad storms, Frances, Charley, Ivan and Jean are fading memories and in their place the spectacular weather and fis more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - CHARLEY, FRANCES, IVAN AND JEANNE Don’t know about you, but for the remainder of this millennium I will not be tuning into the TV weather channel or anxiously awaiting the next update of computer weather models to see the latest hurricane tracks more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - LOTS OF LIQUID SUNSHINE Sitting in my home office hanging over the Apalachicola Bay waiting for the next update of computer models of Ivan, I am reflective of hurricanes past. One class three I recall quite vividly. We were having lunch at the be more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - TALES, TROUTS AND TRIPLETAILS Please indulge me this time. My reports are normally slanted to offshore exploits. It is not intentional that I write less about the inshore bite. So, in my ongoing effort to inform, educate and entertain, this repo more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - CATCH BIG FISH AND HAVE FUN RIGHT NOW! That’s right, you read it correctly, on Florida’s gorgeous Forgotten Coast, you can have a blast catching fish right now. Bonnie and Charley have gone, but left horrible loss of life and property. Join me in more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - FISHY EVENTS This coming weekend, August 13-15th at the Panama City Marina, Sportfishing Magazine hosts FishStock, a fishing festival and tournament for the whole family. There will be an inshore tournament for reds and trout, with a shot at a more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle

Fishing Report for the Florida Panhandle - SUMMER LING FLING The pursuit of hard-fighting, great eating cobia is a summer passion for many obsessed anglers. On the Gulf coast, cobia swim during summer months in the bays and passes and around offshore reefs, rigs and wrecks. You have a leg more...
Capt. Alex Crawford - Carrabelle