Fishing Reports by Capt. Larry Pentel

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

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Fishing remains exeptionally good with a different species stealing the show each day. There have been lots of pelagics all the way from far offshore to right on the beach to make life really interesting. Dennis Barret and the Sea Wolf crew from De more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - The weather this past week would make any chamber of commerce proud. The gulf has been slick untill after lunch the past several days and the temps have been in the high 90's. It's great to live here when you can't complain. The snappers seem to ha more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - The weather has settled into what can only be described as perfect. Light offshores in the AM and a seabreeze in the PM to keep the temperature feeling just right. And the water is as clear as the air, just has a bit of blue/green tint to it. We were more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It's almost June and we've got a bona-fide cold front blowin' through. It was 53 degrees this AM when I launched the boat and supposed to be even cooler tonight! Where is all this global warming at? The temperature doesn' really matter that much but more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - After having the wind blow almost all of last week this week has been a welcome change. The weather has gotten HOT and so has the fishing. The snappers are moving into the beach and seem to be in good numbers on every rock and wreck I check. Quite a more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It's been a couple of weeks since I sat down and typed but I've been fishin' hard everyday and not much free time. Today I ran a 6 hour split trip. We bottom fished for a couple of hours with a good catch of snappers and one grouper. My folks had l more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin