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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...

A closer look at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park

The crown jewel of the Florida Panhandle offers miles of beautiful beaches Topsail Hill State Preserve must be seen to be appreciated. It is one of the most diverse natural eco-systems in the state, featuring wet prairies, scrub, pine flatwoods, marshes and cypress domes. The park has more than three miles of pristine beaches and five dune lakes which encompass more than 170 acres on more than 1,637 acres of park. Now known as the “Crown jewel of the Panhandle,”...

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...

Walton County fishing and hunting report for Jan. 19

Some speckled trout and sheepshead being caught Bay: Hit and miss on catching trout.  Sheepshead being caught. Fresh: Mostly crappie along 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: Early signs of deer rut, but nothing much. It’s almost time. Folks are coming in and buying estrous scent. General gun season open through Feb. 20. Don’t forget you need a $5 deer license!...

Fishing on Grayton Beach casts a vibrant history

Old friends reminisce about the early days of Grayton Beach fishing Editors note: This story was originally written in February 2009. Gene Wesley passed on Jan. 13, 2011, and Van Ness Butler, Jr. on February 14, 2014. Both men were great outdoors men. Locals in Walton County have enjoyed fishing from Grayton Beach for generations. With a panoramic view of the Gulf, gentle breezes, it doesn’t get any better. Two long-time friends Van Ness Butler, Jr. and Gene Wesley remember...