Fishing Reports by Capt. Larry Pentel

Runnin' Hard ! - Whew ! I guess the word got out that the fishin's great and the oil is no where near here. I have been steady runnin' and with Snappers fixin' to open it's 2 trips a day as long as this great weather holds. Rather than write a long dissertation I'll more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Summer's Here ! - Just like throwing a light switch it turned summer here at the beach 3 days ago. Calm clear water, big schools of bait on the bar at daylight and high temps in the mid 80's. The forecast calls for it to stay like this for a while. Be great if it woul more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Lots of Fish- Few Folks - I have been able to run the past 5 days in varying conditions, from downright perfect to sloppy. Today passed the sloppy mark and made it to rough so I have an unexpected day off. After a banner spring run the cobias slowed way down for a few da more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Waiting and Watching - The big news item and the topic of everyone's conversation is , of course, the oil spill in the Gulf from the BP rig that sank. My phone is steady ringing with folks from points North wanting to know what's happening here at the beach. The bottom li more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Fishin's Fantastic ! - Somebody needs to get up with the Chamber of Commerce and see if we can get a patent on the last 10 days. If not I sure hope we at least get summer re-runs ! The cobia run continues on with lots of fish around, the spanish are here in good numbers, t more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Full On Fishing !! - Hoo Boy !! The cobia run is on full swing. We never know what kind of season we are going to have in advance but so far this one has been great ! I'm 'bout beat and wore down from riding the tower all day today so I'll just let the pictures show how more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Cobias Are Here !! - Been a lot happening on the fishing scene since my last report. Grouper season re-opened on April 1st and (drum roll please), the Cobia Are Here ! I had still been running offshore to the Jacks prior to grouper opening and had not been able to loo more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Pretty Days, Big Fish - The weather finally got somewhat nice and I think half the country came to 30-A. It has been a busy spring break with lots of folks here on vacation from the (still snowing ) North. We had 4 pretty days this past week and I ran charters each day, more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Spring Is Here! - Okay- It's official, Spring has finally arrived. There are Spring Break kids all up and down 30-A and some of 'em are even swimming in the ( 60 degree) Gulf ! While it's rough again now, we actually had 4 beautiful, sunny, calm days in row ! I got more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Democracy in Fish Reports - For those that are new to my ramblings on this space, I've been doin' it for awhile. When I started writing fishin' reports over 10 years ago they all just kinda got lumped into being posted under the location of destin. While I will run out from b more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin