Destin Fishing Reports

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I love Fall. The temperatures cool in the early AM, warm in the middle of the day. The beaches are almost empty, no traffic jams and I've put my sunscreen up for the year. Oh yeah, the fish seem to bite pretty good too. I've been real fortunate to more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - And now for the good part of tropical storms- GROUPERS !! Hurricane Lili may have have cost me some fishing days but the quality of the bite since she left has been phenomenal. A lot of the Red Snappers we had before seem to have been moved out but more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - This weeks high winds and seas are brought to you courtesy of...... Hurricane Lili ! I think someone entered us in the storm of the week club- looks like the next 4 days or so aren't going to be fishable. Not that we don't like what storms can do f more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - What should be the nicest, calmest and least crowded time of the year for fishing has all but been shut down the past couple of weeks. Hanna, Issadore and now Lily have kept the Dead Fish on her trailer for a while and for what looks like possibly an more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - The Snappers sure have stuck around inshore this year. I've run everyday the past 6 days and even on the 4 hr. trips we've had a limit of Red Regulars. Some days my folks had plenty of other species to go along with and a couple of days I was proud t more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Where'd everybody go? It's that time of year again when the beaches and waters empty of vacationers. Never mind that the weather is usually the calmest of the year or the fishin' is great. I came in to Grayton today at noon after a 4 hr and there w more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - The Tarpon are about gone from Indian Pass and I'm back to beach launching off Grayton. I ran my 1st trip from S. Walton in 7 weeks yesterday and was amazed at how good bottom fishing was. Usually the dog days of August make for some tough fishin more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I know it's been 6 weeks since I've written a report but I've been at Indian Pass the whole time running Tarpon and Shark trips. While it's a fantastic place to fish it's hard to buy a loaf of bread for 20 miles let alone find a computer!! The Tarp more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I'm off to Indian Pass for 2 months of glory fish fishin' so no reports from Grayton for a while. I don't have a computer over there so be patient if there is a lull between updates. I went out in style on my last trip from Grayton. A 4 hr. with a more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Lots more fish stories and the best thing is- they're all true! Todays folks stepped on the boat at Seaside and the first words out of my charters mouth was we want snappers. OK, not a problem. At the end of our 4 hours we had a limit of reds in more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin