The Bay County Parks and Recreation Department employees put in long hours repairing our pier and deserve a huge THANK-YOU! Your hard work did not go unnoticed. We appreciate each of you. The new rails look great.
Daily activity:
Thursday 15th. water temp 81.9 NNE 5-7mph in the early a.m. / 83.3 SSW 8-10mph in the p.m. Power for the pier was repaired, and the entire pier was reopened this a.m. The water was very dark tannin colored bay water. There were a few Spanish Mackerel and a couple of 2-3-pound Bonita in the morning. The afternoon saw a few more Spanish and lots of trash fish. Tiny Alewives were thick all around the pier. (3) Facebook
Friday: water temp 82.0 NNE 5-7mph in the a.m. / The water was dirty. early a.m. / 82.9 WSW 7-9mph in the p.m. Gale warning tonight through Sunday morning. There was a Bonita bite this morning as well as a few Spanish Mackerel. A young angler hooked a King Mackerel, but it was lost to the pilings. Dar Win B. decked a King. Then, just before sunset, Hayden V. decked a “schoolie” King. There were Red and Black Drum running in the shallow water with several keepers caught. Yellowtail Jack and small Alewives were thick.
Saturday: water temp 81.0 N 20-28mph in the a.m. / 79.5 NNE 12-22mph in the p.m. The water was still a little silty. The Bonita were in and biting again this morning. Brenda put several on the deck along with several other anglers. There were a few Spanish Mackerel and a small King Mackerel about 8 pounds caught. There were Cigar Minnows and Alewives available for live bait.
Sunday: water temp 77.73 NE 8-15mph in the a.m. / 78.3 ENE 12-22mph in the p.m. The water was almost clean. Small Bonita were hungry along with Spanish Mackerel, The Spanish ranged from barely legal to the 3.6 pounder Brenda caught. Brenda and Danny also put nice King Mackerel on the deck. Brenda’s fish
Monday: water temp 77.7 NE 9-17mph in the a.m. / 78.8 NE 8-14mph in the p.m. The water was almost clean. There were a few Bonita, Spanish Mackerel and Ladyfish in the morning. There were two King Mackerel bites but no fish landed. James decked a true “Axe Handle” Spanish on a bubble rig with a Clark Spoon that weighed 5.13 pounds. The afternoon saw more Ladyfish and a few Spanish.
Tuesday: water temp 77.2 NNE 5-7 in the a.m. / 77.7 ENE 7-11mph in the p.m. The water was clean. There were small Bonita and Spanish Mackerel caught this morning. The afternoon was slow with only a few Spanish and a couple of small Bonita. Shallow water produced a nice Red Drum, a few small Pompano and a few Whiting.
Wednesday 21st. water temp 76.1 NNE 5-7mph in the a.m./ 76.1 ENE 6-11mph in the p.m. The water was clean. Shallow water produced several small Whiting. One nice sizes Flounder was caught but had to be returned due to season closure. The Spanish Mackerel and Bonita bite was very slow this morning. The afternoon saw the Spanish bite pick up with good numbers decked. There were a few larger ones in the mix. A few Ladyfish were caught as well.
Pictures for the bulletin board: Kim with Coastal Tackle has created an e-mail for anglers to submit pictures of their pier catches. She will then print them and display them on the bulletin board at the entrance to the pier. You can submit your favorite picture here: pierfishingpics2kim@gmail.com
Red Tide status: In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was not observed.
Tides for the upcoming week:
Full Moon Sunday Oct. 25, 3036 - New Moon Monday Nov. 09, 2026
Sunrise: 6:49am Sunset: 6:04pm
Thursday 22nd 2:04am Low 1.0 8:19am High 1.2
3:11pm Low 0.8 9:35pm High 1.2
Friday 3:47am Low 0.8 10:09am High 1.1
2:24pm Low 1.0 9:18pm High 1.3
Saturday 4:58am Low 0.6 8:53pm High 1.5
Sunday 6:05am Low 0.3 9:02pm High 1.7
Monday 7:15am Low 0.1 9:35pm High 1.9
Tuesday 8:33am Low 0.0 10:20pm High 2.0
Wednesday 28th. 9:52am Low -0.2 11:14pm High 2.1
Sunrise: 6:53am Sunset: 5:58pm CST
The Marine forecast for the next several days is:
THURSDAY NIGHT
North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. Protected waters a light chop.
FRIDAY
Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds. Protected waters a moderate chop.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 5 seconds. Protected waters rough.
SATURDAY
Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds. Protected waters rough.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
Northeast winds 25 to 30 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. Protected waters very rough.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Northeast winds 25 to 30 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Protected waters very rough.
MONDAY
Northeast winds 25 to 30 knots, diminishing to 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Protected waters very rough.
MONDAY NIGHT
Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Protected waters rough.
(local forecast).
THURSDAY (80/57 rain 02% wind NNW 06mph
FRIDAY (80/56 rain 04% wind NE 09mph
SATURDAY (78/59 rain 01% wind NE 14mph
SUNDAY (77/59 rain 03% wind NE 16mph
MONDAY (78/58 rain 04% wind NE 14mph
TUESDAY (78/59 rain 04% wind NE 10mph
WEDNESDAY(78/59 rain 04% wind NE 08mph
PIER MANAGEMENT CONTACT INFORMATION:
Bay County Parks and Recreation – 5304 Majetti Tower Road Panama City, FL 32404
850-248-8730
Vince Martin – Bay Co. Parks Division Manager - vmartin@baycountyfl.gov - 850-896-6580
Timothy Pentice- Bay Co. Asst. Div. Mgr. – tprentice@baycountyfl.gov – 448-217-4219
Tight lines and screaming drags,
Sam
SLP053@BELLSOUTH.NET
770-265-2879
