Fishing Reports by Capt. Larry Pentel

Opening day trout bite competes with Amberjacks - Trout season opened in Northwest Florida to a beautiful spring day. I took a couple out at Indian Pass to see if the fish were in a cooperative mode after all the recent rains. The tide was pouring in and the fish just happened to be in the first spo more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - We have been fortunate to have had some very pretty days for February. I have had folks wanting to take advantage of the opourtunity so we have been blasting offshore. The amberjacks are in thier usual wrecks for mid winter and are more than willing more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It's still winter even in Florida which means the weather is unpredictable. I got to run offshore with some locals Sunday and we found the Amberjacks more than willing to play. We caught a pile, most of 'em legal size and threw back all but our limit more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Today was a beautiful day in the middle of January. I got to take advantage of it by running a couple of regulars from New Orleans. They flew in this morning , got on the boat at 10 AM and by 3PM We were making fish pictures on the beach. It was sli more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Mother Nature isn't sure if it's winter or Spring. Record cold for a few days and then back to the 70's and sunshine. In between the wind blows a bunch- At least it keeps life interesting! I have not been running many trips lately as the bad weathe more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - December 10th and it feels like Sep.- I think it'll make 80 degrees today! I love Florida! I just came back from Indian Pass working on the fish camp over there. I got to fsh a few days but most of the past week I wore my painting hat instead of th more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Bait on the Beach-Fish in the Box Sunday after Thanksgiving and the weatherman is calling for 20 to 25 out of the East with big seas and lots of rain. I guess I'll pull the Christmas decorations out---- The past week had the weather go from grea more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Back in Seagrove! Had a great stay at Indian Pass with the fish all cooperating and showing up right on schedule in the usual places. The trout bite started out pretty good and just got better everyday. My first rip was an all day mostly dedicate more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Yesterday was the last day of Red Snapper season for the year and only the second calm day since my last report. In the past 17 days I have only been able to run 5 trips. I had to cancel the other 12 days due to high winds and/or rough seas. The weat more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - In the 10 days since my last report I have run a trip everyday. Some days were a lot calmer than others but it was fishable! The red tide has moved over from Panama city and now extends all the way to Pensacola. Not one solid Gulf full of bloom but more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin