Regional Fishing Reports for:
Panhandle and Big Bend (Suwannee to Pensacola)

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - OFFSHORE Batten down the hatches! I finally get a chance to go cobia fishing and it blows 30 knots. I spent most of last week bottom fishing offshore. There are still quite a few snappers around but it is still slow going untill you get past 100 more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - OFFSHORE The cobia are here!!! Not just the first fish but fish everyday since Thursday. Panama City Pier caught one on Thursday. Capt. Cathi Wagner caught the 1st fish out of Destin (for the 2nd year in a row) on Friday. She hooked a fish twice o more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - WEATHER The past week has brought wonderful spring temperatures and only one day of rain.It stayed breezy all last week though with winds out of the east at around 15knt.s keeping it quite bumpy offshore. INSHORE And the fish of the week was more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - OFFSHORE With lots of boat and fish camp projects going I didn't make it out into the gulf this week. We had three days of beautiful weather and several boats went out. The reports I got back made me glad I got things done on the hill. It seems th more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - OFFSHORE The first 10 days of February could not have been better weather for fishing. I was lucky enough to spend 9 of them in the Gulf driving the DEAD FISH from wrecks to reefs. We had lots of action and I've gots lots to report. There ar more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Panhandle Region: Winter came to visit Northwest Florida this week with freezing temperatures, high winds and 10 foot seas offshore. While the weather has slowed down fishing considerably it hasn't stopped completely and for those in the know it e more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin