Fishing Reports by Capt. Blake Nelson

Destin Inshore Fishing - Fishing is finally in full swing...baitfish are thick, mullet are jumping, and the redfish and trout are feeding! Nearly every trout that we have caught in the past week has been in the 3-5 lb range, only a handful are less than 3 lbs, and even thos more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Bay Fishing - I finally got the new boat in last week and it has been a great experience breaking her in! We have stuck to the shallow flats for the majority of the time but we're also fishing around a few docks and deeper (4-5 ft) areas. The live bait of choice more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Inshore Fishing - We have finally started to experience some true spring weather this past week. And with the rising water temps, baitfish are starting to show up in our fishing holes. We're fishing the back bays in a few deep cuts but we're also catching some good re more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Redfish and Speckled Trout - The water temps are consistently in the upper 50s now and we even found a couple spots where it has been in the low 60s. We were able to fish the entire trip yesterday with artificial lures, primarily gulp baits but also a few mirrolure swimbaits. more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Inshore Fishing - We are beginning to venture out from our deep water holes where we have been catching black drum, sheepshead, and big redfish and are starting to target slot reds and big speckled trout on the shallow water grass beds in Destin. We have been seeing more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Flounder and Redfish - The flounder bite has continued to stay strong for the past week. We have caught the majority of them on artificial lures but for the last couple trips we have used live bait. We've also been catching some redfish around the Destin East Pass using more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Flounder Fishing - With the calm weather recently we've been able to make a couple flounder trips about a mile out from the beach and the bite has been great. We were able to get 40 flounder, a bull red and a 13 lb gag grouper a few days ago. We were using light tack more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Redfish and Speckled Trout - We've still been fishing primarily shallow water for the past couple of weeks but some deeper water around the bridges is starting to produce some nice fish as well. We caught these four redfish in deep water. The youngest one on board hooked u more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

The Destin Inshore Bite is still real strong! - We have been getting some beautiful days to fish recently and the fish have been cooperating. We are getting most of the trout in a little deeper water, around 4-5 feet and the reds in real close to the bank in less than 2 feet. With the cold weath more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin

Destin Flats Fishing - The flats in Destin are still holding a lot of fish. We have been able to find plenty of trout in less than 3 feet and reds in about 1 to 2 feet of water. And with the cold weather we have been getting they are starting to bunch up in tighter schoo more...
Capt. Blake Nelson - Destin