Fresh Panama City Beach Fishing Reports

Fall fishing at its best. The bottom fishing trips in the fall are very productive with lots of action! Even though the larger species are closed for harvest, we still have a blast catching and releasing them. There is plenty of other species available for harvest that make excellent table fare.

We've got two more weekends with the last including Thanksgiving day! Inquire or book fall fishing is the best!!!

The redfish bite has been incredible and we have put some monsters in the boat using light tackle. The head shaking and brute strength of these fish will challenge any angler. Lets go fishing.

The fall fishing pattern is in full effect and the bote has been on in Panana City Beach, Fl. Lets go fishing. J

This was a 4 hour PM trip. We got out there quick on smooth waters and got baits in the water 45 min in. Hook after hook went down and came back up empty until I realized how fast we were getting picked. I told em "the second that line stops, close the bell and pull up." Sure enough, first try and a big one was on. Unfortunately, the fight ended in heartbreak when it popped the line. As I was tying a rig back on, another line got grabbed and another big fight was on. Conny fought hard to pull this beast up and only needed a little bit of hand lining toward the end. It was a big 24" Red Grouper and once he was on the deck I realized he brought our tackle back to us. Conny didn't let her nephew hear the end of that one. Something along the lines of, "you hook em and I'll catch em for ya". We took some pics, got both our hooks out and released him. We'll be back when season comes back around. We hit a couple more spots and brought in size Scamp Grouper and big Spanish Mackerel. It was a good day to go out.

As we move into the fall fishing season we find there is less fishing pressure than the summer months. This allows the captain a wide variety of areas to fish and explore. Fridays Saturdays and Sundays in September October and November are going to be open for Red Snapper aboard state licensed boats. This adds one more type of fish we are able to fish for aboard the Black Magic. We fish for several different varieties of snappers including Lane Snapper Black Snapper White Snapper and Vermillion Snapper or as we call them Beeliners. All are excellent eating fish and Captain Blacks favorite happens to be Vermillion Snapper. Our vessels have air conditioning and restrooms on board for your comfort and we would love to have you fish with us soon.