The water has been beautiful with our normal colors. The temperature has been hovering 62-64 degrees given the cool nights we have had. Sheepshead have been thick but refused to bight most of the week. A few Red Drum and a Black Drum hit the deck. Today a few Pompano made their way to the shallows to anglers delight. Squid have been plentiful in spite of a few small Spanish Mackerel being around.
Good catches of Squid were reported most evenings this week. There were even some caught during the daylight hours. However, a few jigs were lost to marauding Spanish. Brenda sent us a picture of a couple of the big ones she caught and she was not the only angler to catch them. She also sent a youtube link for a short video.
Red and Black Drum were present again this week. Steve L. got this 34 inch Red and Logan decked this over-slot “Bull”. Both fish were released healthy. Yesterday another school of “Big Uglys” came through. Only one made its way onto the deck. It was caught by Sean on a Cobia jig. It tipped the scales at 32 pounds.

Sheepshead have been thick and large. Many of the ones hanging near and under the pier looked to be over 10 pounds. We tried all the go to baits with almose zero success. Three were hooked and two landed yesterday. Paul B. caught his 6 pound 2 ounce fish on a Ghost Shrimp and Geo got his 8 pound 13 ounce fish on a Fiddler Crab.

Water temperature: 62-64
NOAA bouy on City Pier not reporting
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New Moon Saturday Mar. 13, 2021 Full Moon Sunday Mar. 28, 2021
Tides for the week:
Sunrise: 5:56am Sunset: 5:49pm
Thursday 11th. 6:17am Low -0.3 9:15pm High 1.0
Friday 6:37am Low -0.1 10:11pm High 0.9
Saturday 6:08am Low 0.1 12:07pm High 0.3
3:27pm Low 0.3
Sunday 6:45am Low 0.2 12:09am High 0.7 Daylight Savings Time
6:02pm Low 0.2 1:02pm High 0.5
Monday 6:18am Low 0.3 1:10am High 0.6
7:25pm Low 0.2 12:57pm High 0.6
Tuesday 5:15am Low 0.4 2:20am High 0.4
8:47pm Low 0.1 12:29pm High 0.8
Wednesday 17th. 10:08pm Low 0.0 12:30pm High 0.9
Sunrise:6:49am Sunset: 6:53pm CDST
The Marine forecast for the next several days is:
THURSDAY
Northwest winds 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet.
Dominant period 4 seconds. Protected waters a light chop.
THURSDAY NIGHT
North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet.
Dominant period 4 seconds. Protected waters a light chop.
FRIDAY
East winds 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Dominant
period 3 seconds. Protected waters a light chop.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to
16 knots early in the morning. Seas 1 foot building to 2 to
3 feet. Dominant period 3 seconds after midnight. Protected
waters a light chop. Slight chance of showers in the
evening, then chance of showers after midnight.
SATURDAY
Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Protected waters choppy. Chance of showers in the morning,
then slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Northeast winds 20 knots. Seas 3 to
5 feet with occasional seas up to 6 feet. Protected waters
choppy.
SUNDAY
Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet with
occasional seas up to 6 feet. Protected waters choppy.
SUNDAY NIGHT
East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet with
occasional seas up to 6 feet. Protected waters choppy.
MONDAY
East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet with
occasional seas up to 6 feet. Protected waters a moderate chop.
local forecast)
THURSDAY (70/55 rain 06% wind SSE-13)
FRIDAY (72/57 rain 09% wind SSE-09)
SATURDAY (73/58 rain 07% wind SSE-10)
SUNDAY (73/64 rain 13% wind SE-12)
MONDAY (74/64 rain 35% wind S-15)
TUESDAY (70/59 rain 55% wind WSW-09)
WEDNESDAY(72/60 rain 57% wind ESE-09)
PIER MANAGEMENT CONTACT INFORMATION:
Bay County Parks and Recreation – 5304 Majetti Tower Road Panama City, FL 32404
850-248-8730
Travis Barbee – Bay County Parks Division Manager – tbarbee@baycountyfl.gov – 850-381-8155
Tabitha Kimball – Bay County Beach Operations Manager - tkimball@baycountyfl.gov - 850-896-6078
Tight lines and screaming drags,
Sam