Daily activity:
Thursday 26th.: water temp 60.8 S 12-17mph in the a.m. / 62.1 SSE 9-14mph in the p.m. The water was silty and rough. A few Bluefish were caught. Correction on yesterday’s report of a Black Drum: The visiting angler who caught the fish was from Illinois He was told it was a Black Drum but instead it was a nice Sheepshead. Steve caught the fish using a piece of dead Shrimp on the bottom with the rod stuck in the rail. The fish bent the rod over after swallowing the bait. Steve had to hand line the fish over the rail. He was told it was a Drum, so he threw it back. Just proves you never know what you’ll catch pier fishing.
Friday: water temp 91.9 S 5-10mph in the a.m. / 61.5 SE 2-5mph in the p.m. then N just before sunset. The water was a little silty. There were a few Bluefish and some under sized Flounder caught.
Saturday: water temp 61.7 NNE 5-8mph in the a.m. / 62.1 NE 6-12mph in the p.m. The water was silty. There were lots of Squid after sunset. A few Bluefish and a couple of small Flounder were caught.
Sunday: water temp 61.5 NNE 4-5mph in the a.m. / 63.0 W 6-8mph wind. Steve M. got a Pompano. Steve H. got a 13-inch Flounder. There were a few Bluefish caught. Squid started biting about 4:30 but turned on after dark. Buckets full were caught.
Monday: water temp 62.2 E 8-13mph in the a.m. / 65.0 SSE 8-11 in the p.m. The water was clean. The morning was slow with only a few Bluefish and a couple of small Flounder. The afternoon started slowly, but Jack got four Bull Reds in a row, about 4:30. Squid came in late afternoon, but the bite was good. Brenda got almost 100 by 7:00pm. Check out these that Brenda, George, Ivan and Dave got.
Tuesday: water temp 63.9 E 7-14mph in the a.m. / 65.7 SSE 5-8mph in the p.m. The water was clean outside of the sand bar but silty from there to the beach. There were a couple of Bluefish and a Pompano caught. Lots of Squid hit the buckets. Jack and his buddy Dan worked on the Red Drum. Jack got two big Bulls and Dan caught one. The most unusual catch of the day was Kim getting a Seahorse on her Squid jig.
Wednesday 04th.: water temp 64.2 ESE 9-14mph in the a.m. / 65.1 WSW 4-7mph in the p.m. The water was clean at the end but silty from the sand bar to the beach. Squid bit all day. There were a few Bluefish caught in the morning. Kim and Robert caught a Spanish Mackerel each. Rob D. and I got one Sheepshead each. Jack got one and I got two Pompano in the late afternoon. Another Pompano was hooked but the hook pulled at the net. Brenda L. finished the day with a nice sunset Pompano.
Red Tide status: In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrations in two samples from Bay County.
Tides Link
https://tides4fishing.com/us/florida-west-coast/panama-cityngin g
Full Moon Tuesday Mar. 03, 2026 - Full Moon Wednesday Mar. 18, 2026
Tides for the upcoming week:
Sunrise: 6:03am Sunset: 5:44pm
6:38pm Low 0.0 5:06am High 0.3
Friday 3:52am Low 0.3 1:36am High 0.3
8:14pm Low -0.1 11:23am High 0.8
Saturday 10:58pm Low -0.1 11:30pm High 0.9
Sunday 1:01pm High 1.0 Daylight Savings Time begins
Monday 1:05am Low -0.2 1:41pm High 1.1
Tuesday 2:29am Low -0.3 2:31pm High 1.1
Wednesday 11th. 3:29am Low -0.4 3:31pm High 1.24
Sunrise: 6:56am Sunset: 6:48pm CST
The Marine forecast for the next several days is:
FRIDAY
Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. Protected waters a moderate chop. Patchy fog in the morning.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 7 seconds. Protected waters a moderate chop.
SATURDAY
Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. Protected waters a moderate chop.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Protected waters a light chop.
SUNDAY
Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Protected waters a light chop.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Protected waters smooth.
MONDAY
Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Protected waters a light chop.
MONDAY NIGHT
Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Protected waters a light chop.
(local forecast).
FRIDAY (76/64 rain 19% wind SE-10-20 in am / SE 5-10 in pm)
SATURDAY (75/64 rain 15% wind SSE-10-15 in am / LIGHT & VARIABLE in pm)
SUNDAY (75/65 rain 24% wind S-5-10 in am / LIGHT & VARIABLE in pm)
MONDAY (75/65 rain 22% wind S-5-10 in am / LIGHT & VARIABLE in pm)
TUESDAY (77/66 rain 20% wind SSE-10-15 in am / SSE-5-10 in pm)
WEDNESDAY(77/65 rain 44% wind SSE-10-20 in am / SSW 10-15 in pm)
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
