Daily activity:
Thursday: water temp 63.9 ENE 4-6mph in the a.m. / 65.3 SE 9-13mph in the p.m. The water was clean. Steve got a nice Black Drum. A few Whiting were caught.
Friday: water temp 63.9 E 7-12mph in the a.m. / 64.9 ESE 15-17mph in the p.m. The water was clean. Jose got two Spanish Mackerel on a big Sabiki rig. Black Drum were thick I didn’t get any afternoon report but there had been around 10 caught in the morning. Mike H., Wesley C., Terry H., Travis S., Rob D., and Steve W. were some of the anglers who decked at least one Drum. Brenda managed to get a few Whiting and Spanish Mackerel in the afternoon.
Saturday: water temp 64.0 SE 12-15mph in the a.m. / 64.8 SE 8-11mph in the p.m. The water was clean. There was one under size Flounder and a Pompano caught.
Sunday: water temp 63.1 N 11-20mph in the a.m. / 63.3 N 7-12mph. The water was clean. Catches were limited to a few Spanish Mackerel and Flounder.
Monday: water temp 60.4 NNE 8-13mph in the a.m. / 59.7E NE 10-20 by noon then 61.9 N 5-8mph in the p.m. The water was clean. Jack got the only fish I heard about- a Black Drum.
Tuesday: water temp 60.1 NNE 4-7mph in the a.m. / 59.4 NE 6-10 by 10:30 / 615 W 6-9 in the p.m. The water was clean. There were schools of Spanish Mackerel moving through, Sheepshead on the pilings and a few Red Drum prowling.
Wednesday: water temp 60.4 NNW 9-13mph in the a.m. / 60.4 WNW 9-14mph in the p.m.
Red Tide status: Over the past week, the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was observed in 20 samples from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were observed in four samples from Northwest Florida. In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to high concentrations in Bay County, background to very low concentrations in Gulf County, and background concentrations in Franklin County.
Tides Link
https://tides4fishing.com/us/florida-west-coast/panama-cityngin g
New Moon Sunday Jan. 18, 2026 - Full Moon Sunday Feb. 01, 2026
Tides for the upcoming week:
Sunrise: 6:39am Sunset: 5:05pm
Friday 6:27am Low -0.8 7:52pm High 1.2
Saturday 7:04am Low -0.8 8:36pm High 1.2
Sunday 7:36am Low -0.8 9:17pm High 1.2
Monday 8:00am Low -0.7 9:56pm High 1.1
Tuesday 8:13am Low -0.6 10:34pm High 1.0
Wednesday 21st. 8:19am Low -0.5 11:11pm High 0.8
Sunrise: 6:37am Sunset: 5:10pm CST
The Marine forecast for the next several days is:
FRIDAY
Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south in the afternoon. Seas around 3 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northwest 2 feet at 4 seconds and west 2 feet at 8 seconds, becoming southeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 4 seconds.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 3 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 6 seconds, becoming southwest 3 feet at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight.
SATURDAY
West winds around 15 knots, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: West 3 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers.
SATURDAY NIGHT
North winds 15 to 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of showers.
SUNDAY
Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming north 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet, subsiding to 3 to 4 feet after midnight.
MONDAY
North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
MONDAY NIGHT
North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
(local forecast).
FRIDAY (61/55 rain 12% wind SSE-10-15 in am / SSW 10-15 in pm)
SATURDAY (62/38 rain 24% wind N-5-10 in am / N 10-20 in pm)
SUNDAY (49/37 rain 44% wind NNW-10-20 in am / NNW 5-10 in pm)
MONDAY (56/38 rain 01% wind NW-5-10 in am / N 5-10 in pm)
TUESDAY (53/42 rain 04% wind NNE-10-15 in am / ENE 5-10 in pm)
WEDNESDAY(59/48 rain 03% wind E-5-10 in am / E 5-10 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
