Better Weather
Capt. Larry Pentel
April 30, 2009
Destin - Saltwater Fishing Report
While we still are no where near Chamber of Commerce weather the patterns are making changes for the better. There have been a couple stretches of nice days where we have been able to get off the beach and harass all those finny critters.
The cobia have shown real well a couple of the bad rough days this past week but I didn't want to beat my folks up so missed out on what may have been the only 2 "banner:" days of the run, Still plenty of time left for 'em to show when it's pretty!
Even if you don't see a Cobia the Jacks are great sight fishing excitement !
Most of my trips have been bottom fishing. We are still throwing back lots of Red Snappers, keeping the Vermillions. Been fortunate enough that the Vermillions have moved in strong and we run out of nails before we run out of fish to hang when we target 'em.
The fish always bite for pretty gals !
It's hard to get most folks to keep fishin' a 2 hook rig once they see a grouper bite. I try to always have at least one 2 hook going but my anglers can be hard to convince, This fellow stayed with it and came up with a great Grouper and a Red Snapper on the same drop!
That's the way ! A pair at a lick !
All the fish that are supposed to moving in have started the trip to the beach. We have had a couple of great mixed bag boards including the first beach mahi of the year. We saw another this day that wouldn't eat as well.
A great variety
Been lots of good mixed catches. These fellows wanted to try for a little of everything on a 4 hour. We succeeded in all the categories except a cobia.
Grouper, King, Black Snapper etc
The past 2 days the Grouper have turned on like they may never get the chance to eat again. The new limits (2 gags per person) had us throw back 2 fish in the 15# range after we had these in the box!
Also had a 25#+ red Grouper that a Bull Shark ate right under the boat. Gotta pay the landlord!
Kinda sloppy this morning but the forecast is for calmer conditions for the next week. I sure would be happy to see 2 weeks straight of nice conditions. As rough as it's been this spring we sure deserve a long calm spell!
See you on the beach !
Capt Larry Pentel
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