Panama City Beach Fishing Reports (January 2026)

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Eric Washington with Too Hot 2 Handle Charters
Panama City, Florida
Reported: 22 minutes ago

Water is cold. No pelagic species to target, but the Vermillion snapper are biting if you are looking for table fare. Larger species are also biting for catch and release.

Eric Washington with Too Hot 2 Handle Charters Panama City, Florida Reported: 22 minutes ago

Water is cold. No pelagic species to target, but the Vermillion snapper are biting if you are looking for table fare. Larger species are also biting for catch and release.

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Justin Redmon
Chipley, Florida
Reported: 1 week ago

Offshore Fishing's been pretty good!

Justin Redmon Chipley, Florida Reported: 1 week ago

Offshore Fishing's been pretty good!

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Eric Wilkas
Panama City Beach, Florida
Reported: 1 week ago

Fishing here at the last of the year has been on fire . Limits of Vermilion snapper each trip . The bay fishing here in Panama City Beach has been excellent! The cold weather has pushed the Trout and reds in the canals and backs of the creeks !

Eric Wilkas Panama City Beach, Florida Reported: 1 week ago

Fishing here at the last of the year has been on fire . Limits of Vermilion snapper each trip .
The bay fishing here in Panama City Beach has been excellent! The cold weather has pushed the Trout and reds in the canals and backs of the creeks !

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Stephen Hess
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Reported: 2 weeks ago

Down to our last weekend of Red Snapper and Triggerfish goes out end of the year but they are still on a hot bite along with Red Grouper. Lots of undersized fish, but lots of them are cooperative for some fun catch and release trips!

Stephen Hess Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Reported: 2 weeks ago

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Christopher Cromer
Panama City, Florida
Reported: 3 weeks ago

Bottom fishing is hot right now

Christopher Cromer Panama City, Florida Reported: 3 weeks ago

Bottom fishing is hot right now

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Joshua Riley with Knot Josh'N charters
Callaway, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Fall redfishing is on fire Also, this is the last month for red snapper on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday until next June.

Joshua Riley with Knot Josh'N charters Callaway, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Fall redfishing is on fire
Also, this is the last month for red snapper on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday until next June.

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Hunter Novak
Panama City, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Nice 4 hour we had

Hunter Novak Panama City, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Nice 4 hour we had

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Nathan Stow
Panama City, Florida
Reported: 3 months ago

Blue water is in close right now. Bite seems to be better in the afternoon right now than in the morning, but we've been catching them. Bottom fishing has been great and so has blue water trolling. A lot of shark activity so we're having to get them to the...

Nathan Stow Panama City, Florida Reported: 3 months ago

Gag Grouper Fishing in Panama City, Florida

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Chad P. | January 2, 2026

Trip: Waterfowl Hunts
★★★★★
Great duck hunt. Got the bird I was after. Definitely will go again.
James H. | December 30, 2025

Trip: Self Guided Duck Hunts
★★★★★
Max and Jeff were very friendly and helpful. They both did their best to give us the most fishing time as possible.
Patrick B. | December 23, 2025

Trip: 4-Hour Offshore Fishing
★★★★★
Had a Great time with Keith. Super knowledgeable and took care of us.
Taylor S. | December 17, 2025

Trip: Waterfowl Hunts
★★★★★
Captain Eric was awesome, great trip, I would highly recommend him !!!
Jacob D. | November 26, 2025

Trip: 4 Hour Trip - 32' Scarab
★★★★★
We had the best time fishing on Captain Chris’s boat. He made our experience special and put us on top of the fish. The boat and equipment was first class and Captain Chris was such a pleasure to be with.
Gene W. | November 21, 2025

Trip: PCB Fishing Adventure
★★★★★
Great trip today with Jimmy. Perfect weather and company. Even caught a few fish. Will definitely go fishing with him again!
Peter P. | November 17, 2025

Trip: Early PCBeach Trip
★★★★★
Excellent day of fishing! Justin is a great guide, very good with kids. Would definitely book with him again.
Clay O. | October 23, 2025

Trip: Inshore Excursion PCB
★★★★★
It was the first-time ever inland fishing had a blast!!! Capt. Max did a great job..
Rob F. | October 20, 2025

Trip: 4-Hour Inshore
★★★★★
I want to be honest in this review. we had booked a trip with Mike, and was informed a day before the trip that it would not be with Mike, but it would be with another captain. the trip was fine. it wasnt great. it wasnt bad. we had nearly a half hour boat ride to get to the spot he wanted to fish and a half hour boat ride to get back. so right there we lost 25% of our time to fish, only leaving 3 hours. we did not fish any other spots. stayed in one place. we caught about a half a dozen fish that we could keep and clean. there were 6 of us total. 3 dads and 3 boys. the price before any type of tip was $875. Naturally we left a tip bringing the total to $1000. it was a fine trip, but unfortunately, i have to say it was not worth $1000 to fish for three hours off of the Jetty's at shell island. We had a decent time, but it was a little under-whelming.
Ryan G. | October 20, 2025

Trip: 4 Hour Trip – Inshore

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