Florida Fishing Report for Panama City & Destin

Panama City/N.W. Florida Fishing has been tough and this will be a short report. Lot of rain and wind. Fortunataly for me I have more fishing spots than Aunt Jemimah has grits so we managed to do O.K. Although we've had to work hard for them we have managed some good trout and reds this week along with all of the usual suspects, blues, spanish, ladyfish and blue runners. More and more flounder are showing up and some good grouper are being caught in the bay. The brightest spot is there seems to be a lot of pompano along the beach and nobody fishing for them. We did catch a few very nice bonnet head sharks this week which are great to eat and have wonderful filets. It's been to rough off-shore for a lot of boats to get out so not much to report there. As soon as things turn I will up date the report. All I can say about this report is if you want a sugar coated version of whats happening down here, my report is not the one to read. I will always tell it exactly like it is. The best artificial bait right now is silver tiny torpedoes early in the morning for 5 pound spanish and Exude twitch baits for reds and trout. We carry both in the store. Good luck and good fishing, remember--only keep what you need and put the rest back for another day. JP