Fishing Reports by Capt. Blake Nelson

June Report: Destin Inshore Fishing - The fishing this June has been great. We've been able to get out early on the flats and catch some really nice 3-5 lb trout. After we get some specks in the boat we have been targeting redfish around docks and in some backcountry marsh in less than more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Specks and Reds - The fishing has been getting just as hot as the temperatures here in Destin. We have been able to get some nice reds and specks on each trip this month. The specks do not seem to be as plentiful as they were this time last year but we are netting m more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Reds - Went out early looking for trout on the flats and couldn't get anything to bite so we changed gears and headed for big reds around the east pass. Our first four drops produced hookups but each one broke off. The next three bites we were able to put more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Trout and Reds - Friday 5/15 We caught some nice trout on the grass beds, two that were just over 23 and one 18. Caught them on menhaden under a popping cork. For the rest of the day we targeted reds and ended up catching a dozen, 2 underslot, 2 overslot, and more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Fun Little Reds - Took a couple trips last week and found evertyhing small. Caught 30+ little reds both trips, which was fun for the kids on board. We caught one nice 20 trout on the first trip of the week on a skitterwalk topwater. Fished in the Grass Flats more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Choctawhatchee Bay - Been braving the rainy weather to take a few trips out this week. The story has been the same for every trip, weed through the little reds and specks and catch a nice keeper every once in a while... and have your rain coat close by for the scattered more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

White Trout - Tried to locate the reds that we caught earlier this week at the Destin Bridge and they were nowhere to be found so we traded the anchor for the trolling motor and went looking for white trout. It wasn't long before we began to catch one after anoth more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Reds still at the Destin Bridge - Went out on Monday with my brother to locate some fish for a few trips later this week. Though most anglers are starting to turn to sheepshead around this time we decided to start at the Destin Bridge for big reds with the finger mullet we had just more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Winter Night Fishing - Took a night trip out last week before it got unbearably cold. Left around 8 oclock and went out to the Destin Bridge. Didn't get any action around the bridge so we ventured out around the jetties where it was nonstop reds for 3 hours. We had mult more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Too many over the slot - Had a quick 4 hr trip on Thursday. Fished the bridges and the jetties and caught a mess of oversized reds and one just barely in the slot. Fun day for the 6 year old on board, he reeled in the big fish of the day, a 32 red at Midbay Bridge. more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin