Destin Fishing Reports

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Back to Grayton! Ran my first trip off the beach today after 7 weeks of chasing Tarpon at Indian Pass. My Mom, daughter and new son in law anglers were first timers and the fist couple of big grouper bites caught 'em by surprise but they came through more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - A day off! Not planned but my folks had to cancel at the last minute so I'm putting it to good use getting all these chores done. Been fishing out of Indian Pass for 11 days now and the Tarpon are starting to get right. The season started out kinda more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Our string of beautiful weather days finally came to an end with tropical storm Albertro. Nothing really happened here except the surf came up for three days making it to rough to fish. It never even rained!!! I had said the day before it got rough t more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Today was my first day off(the water) in 2 weeks- can't really call it a day off 'cause there are all these land based things I had to do! The weather has been fantastic, the gulf calm and clear and the June grass has even dissapeared (for now). Th more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Warm days, clear water and lots of fish- It must be summer! While the cobia season may have been a let down everything else is coming in right on schedule. The snappers have started moving further inshore and the kings are showing up thick as fleas more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I'm typing at the confuser this AM so you know the weather must be at least iffy. A front coming through today, a small craft advisory and thunder storms out in the Gulf off Pensacola already and heading this way. Luckily my folks were very underst more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - After a slow start the cobia run is in full swing. I ran my first trip for 'em on Monday ( the 3rd)and am happy to report we saw 4, captured 1 and let another (that was a little too short) continue his travels on to La. We ran three more trips f more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It must be spring! The roads are packed with cars full of kids and there are bikinis on the beach!! The fish have noticed and are starting the yearly move inshore- it must be that first bikini in the water that makes 'em start in---. I ran trips 3 more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I know it's been a while since I wrote a report but it's that time of year when a good captain does boat work instead of fishinin'. A good rule of thumb is that every hour spent fishing requires 20 to 30 minutes of time spent working on eqiupment. Du more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - A New Year!! I rang in the begining of another year of chasing finny critters over at Indian Pass. I can gladly report that the redfish are there and hungry. I had several days of great weather conditions and low tides letting my anglers and I toss more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin