Port St. Joe Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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Fishing reports straight from our guides in Port St. Joe

Bruce Williams
Apalachicola, Florida
Reported: 2 days ago

Preciate it. Got one trip this year off captain experiences. Not a lot. Merry Christmas Fall bite is good and will continue thru the new year.

Bruce Williams Apalachicola, Florida Reported: 2 days ago

Preciate it. Got one trip this year off captain experiences. Not a lot. Merry Christmas

Fall bite is good and will continue thru the new year.

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Christopher Cromer
Panama City, Florida
Reported: 4 days ago

Bottom fishing is hot right now

Christopher Cromer Panama City, Florida Reported: 4 days ago

Bottom fishing is hot right now

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Joshua Riley with Knot Josh'N charters
Callaway, Florida
Reported: 2 weeks 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: 2 weeks 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: 2 weeks ago

Nice 4 hour we had

Hunter Novak Panama City, Florida Reported: 2 weeks ago

Nice 4 hour we had

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Nathan Stow
Panama City, Florida
Reported: 2 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: 2 months ago

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Eric Wilkas
Panama City Beach, Florida
Reported: 4 months ago

Mutton Snapper 14 lbs this week. We are catching Vermillion snapper limits too. Each trip we are catch some beautiful Mangrove snappers too. Sept 1-14 Gag Grouper, Red Grouper, AmberJack, Red Snapper, Trigger Fish and many others will be in Season. These days are filling up fast.

Eric Wilkas Panama City Beach, Florida Reported: 4 months ago

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TJ Saunders
Apalachicola, Florida
Reported: 8 months ago

TJ Saunders Apalachicola, Florida Reported: 8 months ago

Exciting time here along the forgotten coast. There's chrome in the water. In the last week, things have really turned around. Our weather patterns have gotten their act together, the water has warmed up and the early season tarpon are showing up. We are getting them dialed in and launching silver king rockets every chance we can. Fishing tarpon around the correct tide allows for some fun days fishing redfish then changing gears and chasing tarpon.

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Eric Wilkas
Panama City Beach, Florida
Reported: 8 months ago

Eric Wilkas Panama City Beach, Florida Reported: 8 months ago

Trout bite has been good; they are moving out of the creeks out to the flats for spawning. The reds are in the pass and up shallow if you like to sight fish. Sheepshead are just starting to show up; the bite is still slow for them but should start getting excellent any day. Offshore Vermillion snapper has been excellent! We've been catching some triggers and a red grouper. The Amberjack is always a great way to finish up a trip of catching and releasing them

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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
★★★★★
Brock was awesome…we had a great day on the water, caught lots of fish (multiple varieties) and highly recommended Brock!
Michael S. | November 7, 2025

Trip: 4 Hour Trip – Inshore Fishing
★★★★★
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
★★★★★
We had a wonderful time! Brock is an amazing Captain!!
Christina C. | October 16, 2025

Trip: 3 Hour Quick Tripletail Or Redfish
★★★★★
Had a great trip! Everyone caught fish. Captain Corey and Dillon were awesome! Great job!
Daryl D. | October 16, 2025

Trip: 6 Hour Offshore Trip
★★★★★
We actually went out with Chandler. He was awesome! He made sure we found the fish. We never sat at a spot too long without a bite. He was very patient with our children as well. We will definitely be back!
Ashlie A. | October 13, 2025

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