If you’re like many anglers in our community, then you’ve wondered when is the best time of day to pier fish on the panhandle. And You’re in luck!
With decades of experience fishing all kinds of spots from still water to rivers and sea shores has helped me find the right time of day to get the best catch. I said you’re in luck because it generally applies no matter where you’re fishing.
This article covers a few things so you can get to where you’re going more quickly:
2- Finding The Best Piers
4-Surf Fishing On The Panhandle
best time of day to fish
Getting straight to the point, the best times are generally dawn and dusk, which is not very surprising. Nevertheless, we tapped our community of anglers to see whether this was just a general rule of thumb.
513 anglers responded! And with that, this general rule of the best time of day seems to be approved by our community. However..
When it comes to saltwater fishing, our community also seems to think that late morning is a great time to fish the sea. Check out our in-depth survey here for more fascinating details about the results and how we went about collecting them for absolute transparency.
finding the best piers
You can always use an app like fishangler.com to find the best spots or some of the fishing forums out there. Also a targeted search on Trip Advisor for the list of fishing piers has some pretty good commenters to help you find some of the hidden gems. Anglers do love to share great finds which is why it makes for such a great community.
Basic fishing gear
Fishing the panhandle is acknowledged as one of the great angling experiences with a number of pier options to choose from of varying foot traffic so depending on your desire to be around more people or less. However not all of them have a local fishing shop for last minute items so I’ve put together a basic fishing gear list before you head out to your favorite spot or venture to discover a new one. This list has saved me a few times when I was just trying to get out the door as quickly as possible.
Surf fishing on the panhandle
Given the Panhandle’s reputation for great fishing spots, you may want to try your hand at surf fishing from the coastline instead of the pier. It’s a fun yet worthy challenge with many miles of coastline to choose from. And with generally milder winters, you can surf fish all year round.
Redfish, whiting, flounder, pompano are among the varieties you’ll find depending on the season and temperature. So if you want to take on the coast I’ve put together a list of the best surf fishing reels to help you get started here.
Best Knots (Refresher)
Even with decades of experience, my hands just seem to forget a knot from time to time. Since time of day is of the essence, you’ll want that refresher for when your hands have a skipped a few weekends and can’t seem to find that sequence. Here is a refresher article with videos of my top 7 knots.
Wrap up
I hope you enjoyed this short read on the best time of day to pier fish on the panhandle, if this helped please be sure to check out our fishing gear guide for reviews on the best reels, rods and lures for all kinds of fish along with pro-tips.
