Fishing Reports by Capt. James Pic

Two young "Peaches" have a time with a variety of fish! - It was my pleasure to have two young ladies from N. Georgia on the boat this morning. Hannah and Josie along with dad, Scott, didn't want anything more than some light tackle action. Well...the fish didn't disappoint. We took many different specie more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

........And the king bite goes on. - Jason and Miles came back for round two this morning. It was sloppy and rough but we managed to put some nice kings in the boat slow trolling live cigs. Since it was so rough we stayed at the whistle bouy. Jack the bait man was out there anchored more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

The "quad-fecta" of a six hour trip. - Early, we chase reds and trout: Then we chase spanish and blues: Lot's of fun and lots of fish! more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Go "chumming"...catch a bunch of fish on custom rods. - Ran the first all chum trip today. If you have never experienced catching big spanish in a chum line, it's something you definitely want to try. I use 8 1/2 foot ML custom rods built on St. Croix blanks with oversized reels and eight pound line. more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Weather can play a big part in the fishing...... - That old saying a bad day of fishihg is better than a good day in the office is probably more accurate than most people will ever know. A bad day of fishing can be a lot of different things. With me, a bad day is one or two good trout or reds wit more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Stormy weather trout. - A low developed in the gulf yesterday pushing squalls and pressure changes with it. It also pushed a lot of water into the bay giving the trout and reds more places to hide. The Nesmiths from Savannah braved the weather for a day of fishing that th more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Carter and Richard catch a few in Panama City Florida - Headed out bright and early this morning with Carter, Richard and Dad. We headed to the redfish and trout hole picking up some bait along the way. Today was the first day in a while that we have had much of a breeze in the morning which was great, more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

How to catch kings on 8# and 10# line.... - Sometimes you have to fish in the back of the boat.... Sometimes you have to get on your knees and fish in the front of the boat.... Always happy when you put them in boat! Everybody's light tackle guru was at it again today zapping those ki more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Good day for fly fishing and the trash can slam! - Met Brad Cripe from southern Illinois at the dock bright and early this morning. We had a date with some red fish I haven't visited in a couple of weeks. As we eased into the spot, fish were pushing wakes in front of us. We set up and waited for t more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City

Three kings, a queen and a couple of jokers... - Took a day for me today. Invited my brother Jeff, Ray and my gal Micki to go get some of those kings we caught the other day and look for some mahi mahi. The day started cool with a beautiful sunrise. The wind changed with the front a few days a more...
Capt. James Pic - Panama City