Fishing Reports by Capt. James Pic

Take a brother fishing....or give a fly fishing lesson. - Sometimes it's just easier to put up the pictures, worth a thousand words and all that mumbo jumbo. Nobody ever got tired of catching giant trout and reds...or looking at them. Took my brother Jeff and nephew Jared fishing this morning. We consi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Panama City Florida Trout and Redfish "Dream Trip" - Yesterday was good...sorry no pics...today...was great! No one can do what I do...that simple. Left at early-thirty heading for the ly hole. First stop, a trout spot that normally produces, was a dry hole. Loaded up and headed for the place we more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Big trout on the move - Hit a bunch of trout holes up in West Bay today. Absolutely the best trout day so far this year. Started out with DOA on popping corks and then picked up some menhaden. We hit several spots befor taking a 25 1/2 fish that was fat and weighed a lot more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Specks, reds, spanish, blues, flounder and grouper. - To say this week wasn't interesting... we had a lot of action. There are a lot of fish and a lot of big fish in the bay now. Some days more than others. Seems like all spring we have been battling fresh water run-off, tanic water and wind. The wat more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Panama City Florida East Bay April 28, 2009 - Tom Chandler, from Huntsville, came down to fish with me today. We headed to East Bay again because the fishing was so good there yesterday. Putting my knowledge of the bay and skills to the test we hit some early morning spots immediately puttin more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Wind SE 15 to 20 with a hot trout bite in East Bay - Headed out early thirty this morning with a group of guy that are good friends from Tennessee/Georgia. Wind was howling as we left the dock. We made out way up to a spot where we have taken some good fish lately. After losing a couple of spanish a more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Spanish are starting to thickin' and picking up on the flats. - This was a week for the kids. We spent some time in West Bay early in the week and ended up in the big bay this morning. West Bay is holding a lot of trout of all sizes. The water is brown with a lot of fresh mixed in. Finding bigger fish t more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Water "browned" up again....fishing is hit and miss. - Last Monday's heavy rainwater finally made it to the bay in the form of run-off over the weekend. The fish are here, just hit and miss. Keeping it real; you can go up to West and East Bay, throw some popping corks or noisy topwaters, and catch so more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Cobia run late? Spanish still strong along the beach. - There will be plenty of time to catch big reds and trout all summer. The cobia run only last's four to six weeks. Normally this ten day period we are in is the best for cobia fishing. Not many fish have been caught this year. Having grown up here more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Spanish on the "run" and trout on the flats. - As each day passes the water issues seem to be clearing up. Today was the first day the spanish macks were thick on Deepwater Point. Trolling or casting all the way back to Major Wood and out to the Middle Grounds the spanish have finally got tired more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City