Fishing Reports by Capt. James Pic

Fly fishing around the bay - Today was a good day, the start of many, to fly fish in the bay around Panama City. As you can see in some of my recent fishing reports we have managed to catch several nice reds and other fish on the fly as of late. Today I took James Driggs from more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Memphis duck hunters learn spanish - Had a great group of guys, and a gal, from Memphis this morning. Mills, his wife Kelly, Stiles and Craig took a break from work for a week in Panama City and some bay fishing. The day started out cool with a record low for the day. The cool weathe more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Lot's of action for the kids. - Can't be semi pro fishermen and redfish day every day. Today it was Noah and Gabrials', from San Antonio, turn to catch some fish. These two guys had never fished in saltwater, having little experience elsewhere, which led me to set up on a ledge. more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Redfish and Trout Tactics/June issue Woods n Water - Got rained out this morning so I thought we could talk a little more about redfish and trout. To continue about reds and topwater. Below is a photo from my archives that I caught last summer at Crooked Island Sound on my favorite topwater bait; Z more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

A little redfish magic and some spanish voodoo. - Brent and Brad wanted to catch a redfish. We headed to West Bay to one of the spots that we have been seeing a lot of fish over the last month or so. The numbers have diminished with the hot weather but there are still a few fish there. We put a more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Big spanish are finally showing up. - Bob Bain came back today with his posse in tow for another day on the water with yours truly. We stopped at the bait boat on the way out for some kings. Spent about two hours looking for a king bite but couldn't get one. Today may have been the fi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Normal summer weather pattern starts to bring good catches. - Headed up to West Bay early this morning hoping to catch a few trout on DOA and Zara Spooks. The bite was a little slow but we managed to catch a few good fish. The tide was very low and moving. The tides will reset tonight with the high tide comi more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

East wind blows helping the spanish bite pick up. - We had a nice break in the weather the last few days. East wind blew all weekend bringing in a lot of new fish. Give a shout out to Tim Creasy for sending the Causeys' down for a trip. We looked at a few reds this morning but coundn't manage to ge more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

......and Justice prevails......... - Charles Mace and his son, Justice, came aboard for one of their trips of the year today. Little did Charles know but Justice brought some smack down with him....brought it in a can. He proceeded to open it up on the first hole producing some small more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Wind blows east....fish will feast! - What a beautiful day. Light winds out of the east and southeast along with mild temps made for a great day on the water. The east wind tends to make some new fish show up and the ones that are here bite a little better. The spanish bite was go more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City