Fishing Reports by Capt. James Pic

Stormy weather reds. - Launched the boat to a sky full of lightning and ominous cloud cover. As we eased over to the bait hole the wind came up turning the bay into a washing machine. After a few throws of the net we had enough nice sized ly's to fish. The weather was more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Rule number three: catch fish and have fun.... - If you want to know what rule number one and two are....either fish with me or ask Margeret and Lisa. These two ladies were in town for a little R&R and some fishing. Both could fish so after they made a few adjustments to the equipment it was on more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Big fishermen can come in small packages. - Another day for the kids.....long day I'm going to keep it short. Had a 15 year old this morning, Danial Hitchcock, had a 6 and 7 year old this afternoon; Doug and Seth Johnson. All did well and all caught a bunch of fish. End of the day: Countle more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

West Bay trout and reds, spanish and spinner sharks. - Headed up to West Bay with Bob and Steve this morning. They wanted to catch some trout. We started out at a good trout/redfish spot putting a big red along with a couple of small trout in the boat. We missed a couple of good trout for various reas more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Spanish are as thick I have seen them in a long time! - JD Strawbridge and three of his BFF's came for some action this morning. JD, his dad and some of his buddies have fished with me over the years....and they could tell some stories of what really happens out there on the water. We took off around si more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Kings and spanish in the bay. - Keith Tate and his BFF Carson showed up this morning for a little bait and tug. Keith caught some reds and trout with me earlier this year, today he was interested in the spanish bite. Bait was easy to get which should have been a sign. Fishing more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

The best thing about fishing with Ray...... - My long time and regular customer 4lb Ray was back on the boat today. Ray is a curios guy...keeps a trout or flounder every now and then. Today he kept a shark filet...wanted to try it. Most of the time he just wants to bait fish for whatever is more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Keith Thompson gets the N. Florida slam and some big spanish! - Everyone knows the guy who has never been is going to catch the best and biggest of the day. By the end of the day, Scott, Brian and Bruce had seen this young novice transform into a junior fisherman. After losing one and missing another nice red, more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

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