Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore

Capt. Larry Pentel
July 24, 2005
Destin - Saltwater Fishing Report

Hoo Boy! what a july--the storms seem like they just keep coming!

After cleaning up and rebuilding from Dennis I finally got to start running trips at Indian Pass this past Monday. Ran a 1/2 day shark trip with a father son crew. Caught a bunch of sharks, saw a few Tarpon and even had one eat a bait ( pulled off right away). Woke up Tuesday AM to start getting serious with Tarpon to find a 4 foot swell from Emily that quickly went to 6 ft. It ran till thursday AM and scattered the fish all over.

The triple tails have been thick and have provided a great diversion while waiting for the Tarpon to gang back up. I ran a half day trip today just for 'tails and we had one pushing 20# and another right at 10#. Just one angler and he had shots at 8. ( we killed the 10# for dinner-released the big one). Thursday we went 5 for 14 on 'tails after giving up on Tarpons. Love that sight fishin'.

There was a Tarpon caught late yesterday evening by another boat( first one since the storm) and I spoke with Capt Earl Middleton around noon who said he found a big school of fish busting and feeding about 10 miles from where I was triple tail fishing early in the morning that went on for 2-3 hours, HOPEFULLY this is a sign that things are coming back to normal. I've got trips the next 6 days and most of 'em are for Tarpon. It would be great to be back puttin' 'em in the air. They showed real thick right before Dennis. If it stays hot dry and calm we should be launching 'em daily

Capt Larry Pentel

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