Early teal ends with cooler temps and good fishing.
Capt. James Pic
October 5, 2010
Panama City - Saltwater Fishing Report
The last day of early wood duck and teal season was the best day of the five. Although we had a good opening day and saw plenty of birds, the last day was filled with many migrating flocks of bluewinged teal. We had a good season taking 23 birds in four days.
Looking through the blind....
A limit of ducks.
With the end of teal, "4lb. Ray" and I have been out a couple of times with some regulars mixed in.
Ray and I fished east bay late last week catching some nice trout. Today we hit the bay for some spanish, blues and reds. The big reds are starting to pile up in the pass. Yesterday I had Jimmy Cook and his friend "Slim" on the boat. We fished nine different flounder spots. We caught one small fish the first spot, getting blanked the rest of the morning on flounder. Of course there is always trout, blues, spanish and reds to catch. The flounder run hasn't started but the cooler temps should trigger some movement over the next week or two.
Panama City Fishing Forecast:
You can expect the trout to start moving toward the mouth of the bayous along with some of the reds. Reds of all sides will be caught in the pass over the next few months, well into December.
Flounder movement is just a few weeks away. Although we blanked on them yesterday, that could change by the end of the week or early next week.
This is the time of year you can get into some monster spanish in large numbers along with some big blues. We have been catching some four and five pound blues.
Fishing has generally been pretty good, just have to get the weather to cooperate this time of year.
Target Species:
Everything is biting, flounder run is not far off.
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