Fishing Panama City and the Florida Panhandle

Come and fish with us on Panama City, Florida's pristine and crystal clear backwaters including bays, bayous, tidal flats, and creeks. Grass beds and oyster bars abound, and a wide variety of saltwater game fish prowl these magnificent environments. Our main focus will be primarily on seeking out speckled trout and redfish; the two most popular species that roam the gin clear shallows.

However, a variety of other gamesters such as Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, shark, bluefish, ladyfish, tarpon and even cobia at times will supply anglers with light tackle action. We usually pole along the shallows in order to locate these gamesters as they feed on the shallow bait‑filled flats. On these fish filled shallows, top‑water baits such as Skitter Walks, Top Dogs, Zara Spooks, Capt. Mike's spoons, and Berkley Gulp jerk baits are deadly, and allow anglers the chance to experience adrenaline pumping surface explosions.

Technique

There are a variety of other tactics employed to catch these shallow water warriors such as using soft‑plastic baits fished shallow under a clacking cork. This technique is deadly in these skinny waters. A Cajun Thunder clacking cork is an extremely simple technique that novice anglers and children alike will find both fun and effective.

During the spring and summer months when the tides are favorable, live bait fishing trips are available and offer the angler a great chance at catching those 6‑plus pound trout and redfish.

For those more advanced anglers, fly fishing is another exciting technique used to catch these popular game fish. It is common to see redfish tailing in the shallow waters as they forage for food, or a large trout smashing a school of nervous bait fish. This shallow water feeding action presents the fly fisherman with a great opportunity to catch one of these powerful fish on the fly.

Tackle

The top‑water lures, soft plastic jerk baits, gold spoons and clacking corks combined with light weight St. Croix rods, Shimano reels and Berkley braided lines make long casts easy, and provide awesome visual fishing excitement.

Both Capt. Jones and Capt. Womble have appeared on the nationally televised Engel's Outdoor Experience and LivinIt Outdoors, as well as several locally televised fishing shows, and are regularly featured in Florida Fishing Weekly magazine. Our angling knowledge and expertise will help those anglers wanting and willing to fish the waters in the Panama City area catch more fish.

Offshore & reef

Our 22' bay boat is capable of safely and comfortably going offshore in search of larger gamefish like red snapper, grouper, king mackerel, cobia, amberjack or even the occasional mahi‑mahi. Since we got the new boat, offshore trips have been some of our most productive and enjoyable days.

What to bring

We recommend you bring comfortable non‑marring shoes, a hat, polarized sunglasses, food and drinks, sunscreen and any other essential items you may need. Tackle, bait, fuel, licenses, snacks and water are included in every charter.