Escambia Bay Fishing Reports (February 2026)

Tim King
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 1 week ago

Been kind of slow lately I'll send you a few trips we had

Tim King Pensacola, Florida Reported: 1 week ago

Been kind of slow lately I'll send you a few trips we had

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Matthew Miller
Pensacola Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 weeks ago

This is from dec but they are just starting to show back up with the blackfin tuna in close. 8 over 100# were caught on the piers (Pcola & Navarre ) And 3 by boat, Hooked ours around 7am , fought for a hr 15 min , at the end...

Matthew Miller Pensacola Beach, Florida Reported: 3 weeks ago

This is from dec but they are just starting to show back up with the blackfin tuna in close.
8 over 100# were caught on the piers (Pcola & Navarre )
And 3 by boat,
Hooked ours around 7am , fought for a hr 15 min , at the end the angler just felt " dead weight " , we thought maybe it got 🦈 sharked, but it actually had a heart attack and was dead as a door nail!!!!
150# on a certified ifga scale, hooked it in 35ft , landed in 40ft. Crazy stuff!

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James Callahan
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Inshore: Flounder are being found around inlets, sandy cuts, docks, bridge pilings, and along channel edges. Mud minnows or finger mullet on a jighead or Carolina rig are producing best. Work the bait slowly along the bottom with short hops and pauses. Sheepshead and black drum are holding tight to...

James Callahan Pensacola, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Inshore: Flounder are being found around inlets, sandy cuts, docks, bridge pilings, and along channel edges. Mud minnows or finger mullet on a jighead or Carolina rig are producing best. Work the bait slowly along the bottom with short hops and pauses. Sheepshead and black drum are holding tight to structure, especially piers, bridges, rock jetties, and barnacle-covered docks. Offshore: Snapper and grouper (season-dependent) are stacked on structure such as natural bottom, ledges, and wrecks. Live pinfish, vermilion, squid strips, and cut bait are all effective—be mindful of current and use enough weight to stay on bottom. Pelagics like mahi, wahoo, and tuna (season-dependent) are showing along rips, temperature breaks, weed lines, and color changes. Rigged ballyhoo and skirted trolling lures are working well; if fish are up, topwater action can be hot. Troll the edges and circle back to thoroughly work any floating debris.

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Matthew Miller
Pensacola Beach, Florida
Reported: 2 months ago

Bottom fishing has been hot for Nov & Dec . We have a good consistent black fin run every fall to spring or so here in the panhandle. For the last 5 or 6 years, anyway. This year, some 100-150# yellowfins came in with the blackfins, 2 were landed on...

Matthew Miller Pensacola Beach, Florida Reported: 2 months ago

Bottom fishing has been hot for Nov & Dec .
We have a good consistent black fin run every fall to spring or so here in the panhandle. For the last 5 or 6 years, anyway.
This year, some 100-150# yellowfins came in with the blackfins, 2 were landed on Pensacola pier. About 10 or so were hooked on the pier, fought for 3 to 5 hours on spinning gear, and lost at the pier.

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Tom Cruise
Navarre, Florida
Reported: 2 months ago

We've been catching sandbar sharks in the 5-6ft range 80-120lbs

Tom Cruise Navarre, Florida Reported: 2 months ago

We've been catching sandbar sharks in the 5-6ft range 80-120lbs

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Craig Mick
Pensacola, Florida
Reported: 6 months ago

We had a good run on back snapper along with the red snapper. Out of Pensacola pass lots of large vermillion snapper. Good catches of Amber jacks for a fun fight and release.

Craig Mick Pensacola, Florida Reported: 6 months ago

We had a good run on back snapper along with the red snapper. Out of Pensacola pass lots of large vermillion snapper. Good catches of Amber jacks for a fun fight and release.