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Walton County fishing and hunting report for Feb. 23

Lots of trout biting in the bay Bay: Good amount trout biting along with some redfish and sheepshead. Fresh: Crappie through the roof on the Choctawhatchee River. Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is free. Come on by! Click here for fishing forecast Hunting: Deer hunting a bit on the dowsing with this warmer weather. Zone D – Northwest Florida – Public lands Deer: Muzzleloading Gun Season: Feb. 21–27 – Antlered deer only by muzzleloader,...

Walton County fishing and hunting report for Feb. 16

Lots of catfish and crappie in the river, sheepshead in the bay Bay: Good amount sheepshead being caught with clams, oysters and shrimp. Fresh: Good bit of crappie and lots of catfish being caught in the Choctawhatchee River. Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is free. Come on by! Click here for fishing forecast Hunting: Deer are in full rut and it keeps improving. Primitive weapon season coming up. Zone D – Northwest Florida –...

Sheepshead are here and biting!

Inshore fishing with Dave I was able to get on a decent sheepshead bite using oysters for bait at the Hwy 79 bridge in Panama City. The sheepshead should be showing up in droves from now until mid-March. The best method I have found for devestating the sheephead (8 fish+ per hour) is to get a bag of oysters, bring a hammer, bring a brick and smash each oyster to smitherienes. Throw the shell, and meat overboard pulverized. Then shuck one and eat it. Throw the...

Walton County fishing and hunting report for Feb. 9

Lots of sheepshead being caught in the bay Bay: Good amount sheepshead being caught with clams, oysters and shrimp. Fresh: Lots of crappie along with a few shellcracker, bluegill on the Choctawhatchee River. Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is free. Come on by! Click here for best times Hunting: Deer are in rut! Folks are coming in and buying estrous scent. We’ve got some strong stuff! General gun season open through Feb. 20. Don’t...

Walton County fishing and hunting report for Feb. 2

Lots of sheepshead being caught in the bay Bay: Good amount sheepshead being caught with clams, oysters and shrimp. A few redfish being caught. Fresh: Lots of crappie along with some shellcracker, bluegill and a few bass on the Choctawhatchee River. Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is free. Come on by! Click here for best times Hunting: Signs of deer rut, it’s about to get good. Folks are coming in and buying estrous scent....

Walton County fishing and hunting report for Jan. 26

Some speckled trout and sheepshead being caught, lots of crappie being caught on the river Bay: Hit and miss on catching trout. Some sheepshead being caught. Fresh: Lots of crappie on the Choctawhatchee River. Danny Copeland wants to remind folks that the resident shoreline license is free. Come on by! Click here for best times Hunting: Signs of deer rut, it’s about to get good. Folks are coming in and buying estrous scent. General gun season open through Feb. 20....

Gulf grouper sport season closes Feb. 1

Closure through March 31 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission advises anglers that the recreational harvest of all shallow-water groupers (gag, black, red, yellowfin, scamp, yellowmouth, rock hind and red hind) is prohibited from Feb. 1 through March 31 in all Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters off Florida, except in all waters of Monroe County. Closing the recreational harvest of all Gulf shallow-water grouper species for two months during the spawning season is designed to reduce overfishing...