Fishing Reports by Capt. John Rivers

Pensacola Inshore Fishing Report - March 14th - 20th - What a great week of fishing along the Panhandle of Florida. All I can say is we whacked this past week. Here's a small report for the first two trips. Below is a report for the last part of the week. Redfish, Red Snapper, Sheepshead, Black D more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Light Tackle Action on Pensacola Bay - Early March Report Three days of fun fishing in Pensacola Bay. The sheepshead bite has not kicked off yet, but I'm sure it won't be long now. We're catching a few small males, but the bigger fish have yet to show their faces. The white trout bite more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Inshore Fishing Report Pensacola Florida - Pensacola Inshore Fishing Report: 2-26-2010 I had a trip today, and although I was a little hesitant at first, because of the cold, what a great day on the water! It had been a while since I had a client on the boat due to the cold weather, rain, an more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Inshore Fishing Report Pensacola, Navarre, Perdido Key - Only six weeks away until spring will be knocking at our door, and I can't wait. It's been a long, hard, cold winter. With freezing temperatures lasting two weeks at the start of 2010, it made it tough to get off the couch or even want to go fishing. more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Warmer Temperatures finally along the Panhandle - Warmer temperatures along the gulf coast brought smiles to the faces of many anglers. Pensacola very recently had record-breaking freezing temperatures lasting 13 days, which killed some fish (mostly mullet) in the local waters. Now that the temps h more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Deep Freeze along the Panhandle of Florida!! - Happy New Year! What will 2010 bring to northwest Florida? Great fishing I hope. The first day of the new year brought cold temperatures and high winds so I was not able to get out on the water, and with forecasted temperatures as low as 19 degr more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Great Light Tackle Fishing in Pensacola - The weather along the Panhandle has been awful, rainy and windy; with temps flip flopping from warm to cold and back to warm again. If it's not too cold to get out and fish, it's too foggy! It's not even January, and I'm ready for spring already! more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

It's redfish mania along the Panhandle of Florida! - Last week the red fishing was outstanding. I had a couple of trips where we hooked 20-plus fish on each trip. The fish are ranging from 14 – 30lbs, and the average lengths of the fish are around 33 to 43 inches. These bronze bruisers are a lot of fun more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

IDA has come and gone, but have no fear, the reds are still here - Well, tropical storm IDA has come and gone, but have no fear, the reds are still here. I had a short 4-hr trip today, and as predicted, the bite was very good. We caught some good fish and fought a few that pulled the hooks, but all in all, had a gre more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola

Great Redfish action in Pensacola ! - It's fall and the reds have arrived in full force. It usually takes a few cold fronts to get the reds on the move, but the one that moved in last week was like two cold fronts in one, and it certainly did the trick. I've been out a few times more...
Capt. John Rivers - Pensacola