A Little Surf- A Lot Of Fish!
Capt. Larry Pentel
September 5, 2008
Destin - Saltwater Fishing Report
Lots of fish, weather and hype by the weather channel since my last report. Here's the Readers Digest version --
The surf finally came up Sunday evening (late) from Fay and it rained Monday- long after TWC circus had left town. Things lay down and got pretty by the end of the week and all the fish were right where we had left 'em . Thursday my folks had a limit of Kings and Snappers with a couple grouper thrown in for good measure. Fri we had 5 mackerel (and our snapps) and on Sat. the kings had all but gone- we did have one at around 17# in the morning - along with our snappers and a grouper- pictured below
One of the Gals caught the grouper and showed up the boys!
I ran another trip in the afternoon with some folks that were supposed to fish later in the week. I usually only run one trip a day but with the forecast of Gustav I wanted to take 'em while it was slick. The pic below shows the fine rack they got. Once again the guy got shown up by his wife (who caught the biggest Snapper) and his Son, who got the grouper! By the end of the trip the wife and son were fishing one rod and double teaming the fish! They had it figured out
Be careful taking the family- they may out fish you!!
Sunday I canceled 'cause of the forecast, once again the surf didn't come up till evening-By Monday the Surf was huge as Gustav headed to La., pushing snappers and groupers inshore as he went. Yesterday (Thursday) was the first day calm enough to want go. I only had 2 anglers, the rest of the party didn't come since the forecast was for "rain all week". My 2 guys fished under bright sunshine and wore out themselves and the fish. All that surf had moved fish right up to our doorstep!
Great Fishing after a storm! We broke off another dozen grouper. The folks that listened to the weather channel missed out big.
Todays folks caught a fine grade of Snappers and we even had to throw a 10 pounder back 'cause we had all ready kept our limit. The 4 Gag Grouper had 'em smiling pretty good for a half day trip--
Easy Snapper Fishin' after Gustav-
The fishing should just get better the next couple days as the fish calm down from the storm. Now if we could just get the TV folks to calm down ! My party for next Sat (8 days away) is worried that the forecast has Ike coming near here and will mess us up. As far along as the weather guys have come they still don't have a clue within 1000 miles where a storm will be in 8 days! I wish they wouldn't try to play scare tactics for ratings so much. A hurricane is a serious thing but usually doesn't effect the entire Gulf Coast!!
Back at 'em again tomorrow
Captain Larry Pentel
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