Fishing Reports by Capt. Larry Pentel

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - My last day in South Walton and I didn't get to run my trip. The weather, while calm; was rather wet today and I ddn' want to risk running my party into one of the predicted scattered to numerous thunderstorms. Oh well, at least there's a few fish more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - What a weather day! Tropical storm Arlene is blowin' and crashin' outside with a 3 ft storm surge and 16' seas. I 've spent most of the day on the beach watching the Gulf trying to over run the shore. Love to watch a storm as long as it stays below more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Memorial day ! My flag is in the front yard and it's about to blow off to Alabama. The weather man had called for rain with winds at 5-10 and seas at 1-3. Reality is winds at 20-30 and seas at 5-7 building rapidly. I imagine it'll look like hurricane more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Summer is finally here. The cool wet weather pattern we had this spring is a memory and I'm back to putting on the suncreen everyday. Calm in the morning, a seabreeze in the afternoon and a cooler of fish by the middle of the day, lifes good. The c more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It's been a while since I sat down and typed but I plead busy, lots of fishin' and even a little sleep deprivation. Snapper season opened with the usual expectations and they were met very easily. The fish are here, they're hungry and lots of good more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It's officially spring. The cobia are here along with thousands of kids on spring break. A good time of year to be on the water 'cause you sure don't want to be on the roads. The first cobia was caught last Sunday with several others seen and a cou more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Here it is the last day of February already. The first cobia will be caught in the next few weeks and another season is about upon us. I've been able to run several trips the past week as the Gulf has started being a little gentler between cold fro more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Only one month 'till Cobia season!!!! In the spring a young (?) mans fancy turns to thoughts of throwing an eel in front of 100# fish! Barring any major changes in the weather pattern we are looking to have a good season. No dredging projects on more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - The middle of January and it's been in the 70's for over a week. Boy I love living in Florida!! The warm weather had a fairly constant SE breeze blowin' for a while that kept just a little too much surf up for me to want to launch. That changed the e more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Greetings from the recently frozen South !! Not much fishing untill this week. We actually had some sleet and a few snow flakes Christams eve! It snowed almost all day in New Orleans on Christmas Day ! Not real conducive to putting a boat in the wat more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin