Fishing Reports by Capt. Larry Pentel

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It's that time of year of again. More fish than folks who want to chase 'em and the pretty days are never on the weekends. I cancelled todays trip with a forecast of 20 knot winds from the SE and rain by lunch, looks like Monday will be the next nice more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Too rough to fish so I guess I'll try to make my old English teacher proud by trying to spell. The weather has been going from one extreme to the other. The weather service has a small craft advisory out for today and tommorrow with winds at 30 knots more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Winter has arrived! It's blowin' 25 knots from the NE and 47 degrees outside. I slept in till almost 7 AM and am scared to see what the Gulf looks like a mile out- The fish knew this was coming as they have bit real well the past week. I fished her more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Snapper season has ended for '03 and we went out with great limit of fine fish on the last day. If 2004 is near as good as this past year it will be a fine one. Still lots of fish to catch without having to harrass the snappers. This morning I ran more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Definately Fall. The wind has been blowin' keeping us fishin' close to the beach most days. No problem tho, the baits been thick and lots of predator fish in close too. This morning started out slick with acres of bait on the surface just past the more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Fall has arrived this morning. The cold front that came in yesterday actually has it cool this morning. The hard North wind has me glad to have a day off. Holding the boat up into the wind is a tough job when it's blowin' 25 knots. Just means the fal more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - The weather has been wonderful the past few days with the forecast sounding like a chamber of commerce ad for the next week. It's a shame it took till fall to get to summer. Fishing has been great. We have still been limiting out on Snappers on eve more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Back to beach launch fishing from Grayton and I've been pleasantly surprised. Usually August has the inshore fishing being a bit slow (dog days) but not this year. I've got to run 5 trips in the 10 days I've been back and we've limited out with sna more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - I got back to Walton Co. yesterday evening after being at the Pass for 7 weeks. I had forgotten what traffic (and traffic lights) were. A trip to Destin today brought me rioght back to reality. This years Tarpon season never really came togethe more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - August has brought a lot more Tarpon to the Pass. Everyday for the past week the fish have gotten a little bit thicker with yesterday having a great show. I took my folks out and ran a 1/2 day shark trip with the bite being real hot first thing beh more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin