Fishing Reports by Capt. James Pic

African pompano along with monster spanish, reds and early duck - My 22' boat is still in the shop being reworked and will be ready in a couple of weeks. I'm running my 17' GIII, it ain't pretty but it catches fish. We have been fishing Crooked Island Sound lately, catching a lot of reds and trout. I caught my more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Reds, Specs, legal Bay Grouper...flocks of migrating teal - What can I say....been a redfish party lately. Most of my fall spots are full of good fish. Anyone that wants to fish with me this time of year can count on good fish. I don't sit on my redfish and catch one after another for three or four hours s more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Big Storms, Waterspouts, Keeper Grouper and Early Ducks - The stoms keep rumbling through. In between running from the storms, looking for ducks and getting ready for a major rework on my 22' boat we are catching some good fish. Take a look at this photo of a waterspout I took a few years ago working thro more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Trout and redfish bite is good, still catching kings offshore. - Catching fish while dodging storms is what we like to do this time of year. When we can get out to kingfish we do very well. One of my regulars, Ray Mallory, holds another good fish caught by him just prior to the tropical storm. Ray likes to fi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Shark week Part Deux - Sharks were all over the bay, in every spot imaginable, for several weeks. An estimate is all I can make but we had to have put over 100 in the boat from the end of July thru the first ten days of August. Heres some more pictures. The tr more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Shark week in Panama City! - Went out of town for a few days, came back to a bay full of sharks. Sharks of various flavors and sizes, catching as many as 15 in a morning. I haven't been bringing big geer with me, although that will chang. The big fish we hook have been biting more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Nine trout over 5lbs. in July and that's just the start! - To say fishing hasn't been the best in five or six years is an understatement. With big trout and lot's of keeper trout coming into the boat on a daily basis, that's jus the tip of the iceberg. This fish, along with most of the trout we are catchin more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

A typical Week on the Boat - Some days we catch spanish and blues.... Some days we catch spanish, blues, black snaps, sharks and trout.... Some days we catch spanish, blues, sharks, black snaps, trout and reds... Some days we catch big trout! We always catch more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Mid summer pattern has begun, still hammering the fish. - I'm glad that I now have two fishing reports! Some of the other guides always want to talk about me. Whether true or not! Thanks for all the business guys! Fishing has been great. So far this year we have measured in 13 trout over 24 inches an more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Today, So Far this Year in Pictures and the Brutal Truth - Jeremy Tackett, a long time customer came to town this week for a little fishing. Today we focused on trout, because of how they act on days like this weatherwise, putting nine in the box and leaving number ten out there for another day several time more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City