Hurricane Charters
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Hurricane Charters is a light tackle professional guide service dedicated to inshore fishing in the Panama City Beach area. Come explore the pristine and beautiful bays, bayous, and backwaters of the area with Captain Eric Nelson as your guide – an extremely passionate angler with decades of experience, both offshore and inshore.
Your fishing platform will be a 2023 19’ East Cape VHP powered with a Mercury 175 HP outboard. This rig strikes a good balance between speed, seaworthiness, and the ability to fish skinny water. The boat comfortably accommodates up to 3 adult anglers. High-quality spinning rods and reels will be provided, as well as fishing tackle, licenses, ice, and bottled water. Meeting locations for trips include Grand Lagoon and various boat ramps in West Bay, North Bay and East Bay depending on weather, wind and fishing conditions.
Trips can be geared towards the expert and novice alike, and my first priority is to create a fun and relaxing angling adventure. Minimum age for youth anglers is 10 years old. You’ll primarily be fishing with artificial lures using spinning tackle, as they make the chase more challenging and the catch more rewarding!
The primary targeted species will be Redfish and Speckled Trout in the bays and marshes and on shallow grass flats. We will generally be fishing water less than 5' deep with a variety of lures including topwater plugs, spoons, jigs, and swimbaits. Sight fishing along the beach during the cooler months is also an option with the proper conditions and presents opportunities for some pretty nice Redfish. The colder months offer sightfishing opportunities for Redfish in very skinny water.
The Emerald Coast is a beautiful place and there is an abundance of wildlife both above and below the waterline to marvel at. Don’t miss this opportunity for a truly rewarding and enriching outdoors experience – come fish with Hurricane Charters!
Hurricane Charters is a light tackle professional guide service dedicated to inshore fishing in the Panama City Beach area. Come explore the pristine and beautiful bays, bayous, and backwaters of the area with Captain Eric Nelson as your guide – an extremely passionate angler with decades of experience, both offshore and inshore.
Your fishing platform will be a 2023 19’ East Cape VHP powered with a Mercury 175 HP outboard. This rig strikes a good balance between speed, seaworthiness, and the ability to fish skinny water. The boat comfortably accommodates up to 3 adult anglers. High-quality spinning rods and reels will be provided, as well as fishing tackle, licenses, ice, and bottled water. Meeting locations for trips include Grand Lagoon and various boat ramps in West Bay, North Bay and East Bay depending on weather, wind and fishing conditions.
Trips can be geared towards the expert and novice alike, and my first priority is to create a fun and relaxing angling adventure. Minimum age for youth anglers is 10 years old. You’ll primarily be fishing with artificial lures using spinning tackle, as they make the chase more challenging and the catch more rewarding!
The primary targeted species will be Redfish and Speckled Trout in the bays and marshes and on shallow grass flats. We will generally be fishing water less than 5' deep with a variety of lures including topwater plugs, spoons, jigs, and swimbaits. Sight fishing along the beach during the cooler months is also an option with the proper conditions and presents opportunities for some pretty nice Redfish. The colder months offer sightfishing opportunities for Redfish in very skinny water.
The Emerald Coast is a beautiful place and there is an abundance of wildlife both above and below the waterline to marvel at. Don’t miss this opportunity for a truly rewarding and enriching outdoors experience – come fish with Hurricane Charters!

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My son and I had a blast. The captain made sure that we were on the fish and really helped my son.
Eric was great. Boat was great as well. Got on trout immediately and found some reds at the end. Was exactly what I was hoping for.

Booked an inshore/bay trip with Hurricane Charters extremely last minute and we had a blast. Eric is extremely knowledgeable of the species and the huge area he’s fishing and he put us on fish in no time. Redfish started slow so he put us on trout fast, we caught a bunch but really wanted to hook up to some red’s so we swapped spots and rods and my son was hooked up on a red in no time. Wind shifted on us and became a challenge so we moved again and I hooked up on a red! We both missed a few reds too. If the wind had dealt us a different hand, I have no doubt that we’d have caught a limit. But given the tough conditions half way through the trip, Eric still made it his mission to get us on some fish regardless. You can tell he loves what he does and is in it for the right reasons! Book the trip with him, I can assure you that you’ll have absolutely no regrets. Only regret we had was we didn’t book earlier in our vacation so we could’ve gotten him to take us more than once!
We had an awesome time out on the water this morning! Once we found the trout, it felt like we couldn’t catch them fast enough — nonstop action. After that, we went looking for some reds to add a challenge to the day. We saw some monsters out there! The wind made things a bit tricky, but we still managed to land a few. Overall, it was a great experience. I’d definitely recommend him and look forward to coming back again!

Thanks to Capt Eric for a great time and effort to get us on some fish. Caught a few specks. Given weather patterns the week we went out, it was slow day, but Eric went above and beyond to try to get us on some schools. Would definitely consider coming back for another trip when weather is more conducive to sight fishing for Reds; Capt Eric’s boat and setup would be fantastic for sight fishing reds on the flats.
Originally booked the tarpon fishing but the weather was too bad but Eric still took us out for the inshore bay fishing. We had an absolute blast! Very knowledgeable guy easy to talk to and he helped my Wife every step of the way with casting and working the different type of baits! He an excellent guy and he put us on the fish almost constant action highly recommend him!
Captain Eric was awesome! The bite was a little slow first thing at 5:00 but that didn’t discourage him! We worked grasslines and flats to catch a TON of trout! A nice slot red and several other species! Could not have asked for a more relaxed morning of fishing! The boat was clean and accessible and the equipment top notch! Would recommend 10/10 everytime!
I asked Captain Eric that I wanted to put my wife on her first ever red fish and he delivered!! Although they played hard to get we got on plenty of trout and other fun fighting fish and had a blast doing so. Eric was very kind and helpful on teaching my wife where and how to cast her bait. Would 100% come back to do another trip and to recommend to other people.
Myself and my girlfriend booked an inshore trip with captain eric and had blast. Captain Eric is very knowledgeable and eager to help you figure out how to cast and retrieve properly. We will be fishing with Captain Eric again in the future thank you for a great last day sir !
Captain Eric put us on fish the whole trip and took the time to help teach my son-in-law how to cast a spinning reel and what to look for when casting which made his trip unforgettable.
Had a great time fishing! We caught several good-sized redfish and trout, and the guide was awesome. He knew where to find the fish and made the whole trip a lot of fun. Would definitely recommend him and will be booking another trip next time!

Ben, thank you very much for the review. Pretty good fishing for a hot August morning.
Captain Eric was a blast to fish with. He worked hard putting us on fish. Tough conditions but he never stopped until we found them. He was very patient and a great teacher. Would highly recommend using his seevice!

Andrew, thank you very much for the kind review. Definitely been a scorcher this week and fishing has been erratic. Thanks for bearing with me.
You will catch fish! Captain Eric was great, we caught fish from the time we started until the time we left. We had a great time and would recommend Hurricane Charters to anyone.

Jonathan, thanks so much for the nice review. Ended up with some great weather and a good bite. Thanks for the trip

caught lots of trout had an absolute blast captain Eric was a very nice and down to earth guy that truly wants to put his clients on fish 110% recommend

Grant, thank you so much for the nice review. It was a pleasure fishing with you and your new bride.
Panama City Beach, Florida, United States
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I have fished the waters of the Florida Panhandle for 40+ years from St. Marks to Destin. My father started me fly fishing for Bream and Bass on the lakes around Tallahassee, Florida as a young child and I have been obsessed with fishing and being on the water ever since. I have fished extensively both offshore and inshore off the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend areas, as well as the east coast of central Florida. I moved to Panama City Beach to pursue my passion of chasing Redfish and Speckled Trout on the shallow flats with light tackle as well as fishing for Tarpon and other critters along the beaches in the summer. I really love fishing, guiding and enjoying the beauty and solitude of a day on the water, which is why I obtained my Captain's license and began running charters.
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