Right now, mid-August, the Gulf off Mexico Beach is running in the low-to-mid 80s at the surface. That's a few degrees too hot for a truly locked-in king mackerel bite. But every north wind, every cool morning, every ...
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Discovery's Shark Week returns in late July, and every year it does the same thing to Gulf Coast vacations: it cranks the fascination dial to eleven. Kids start asking questions. Dads start Googling. Somebody in the g...
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Tropical Storm Bertha just formed in the Gulf, and if you've got a charter or a beach week booked from Mexico Beach through Destin, you're probably staring at the radar wondering if your trip is toast. Here's the trut...
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The flags aren't flying red yet, but the phone at the Mexico Beach dock is already lighting up. A Tropical Storm Watch went up this morning for the Florida Panhandle from the Ochlockonee River west to the Alabama line...
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Everybody's heard of Seaside. Everybody's fighting for a beach umbrella in Rosemary. Meanwhile, an easy drive east — past Panama City Beach, out to Mexico Beach — the water is just as emerald, the sand just as sugar w...
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Circle it on the calendar in permanent marker. September 1 through October 1, 2026 — that's the 31-day federal window NOAA Fisheries has set for recreational gag grouper in the Gulf of Mexico. For Mexico Beach, Panama...
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Captain's Report — Mid-June 2026, Mexico Beach, FL
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You booked the condo. The kids are asking about the beach. Now what? Panama City Beach packs 27 miles of sugar-white sand, a state park most people drive past, and a bay system worth exploring — if you know where to p...
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Up in Jamaica Bay, the docks are buzzing. Striped bass are stacked on the marsh edges and bridge pilings around the Rockaways, and every report from Long Island to Maine is leading with the same fish. Meanwhile, 1,300...
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NOAA Fisheries just dropped the date Panhandle anglers have been waiting on all summer. Recreational gag grouper opens in federal Gulf waters on September 1, 2026, and closes at the end of the day on October 1. That's...
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