Summer Charter Fishing Report
Destin summer fishing
The summer charter fishing begins with the opening of Red Snapper and Gag Grouper season. The Red Snapper season always opens June 1st and runs til mid to end of July. Gag Grouper remains open until mid Nov. Red Snapper limit is 2 per person and range from 3 lbs to 30 lbs. Everyone wants to go fish for Red Snapper and this is our busiest time of the year, so if you want to catch Red Snapper you better call now.
Inshore Fishing
Big schools of bait move in and the inshore fishing for King Mackerel heats up, along with Tarpon fishing. The King Mackerel run from 7 to 50 lbs. and they are a blast to catch on light tackle. Yes we catch Tarpon here, not on flats like in the Keys but along our second sandbar. I have caught several Tarpon on my big charter boat, we sight fish for schools of them, and cast to them. Average Tarpon I have released here is 100 lbs with some as big as 200 lbs. Now that is a fight on 30 lb tackle, not to mention all the jumps you get.
Offshore waters are warming up so here come the Wahoo, Bull Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi). Most gulf charter boats troll lures for Wahoo when heading out and again heading home.
Offshore Trolling
The offshore waters of Destin Fl offer a variety of Marlin, Blue Marlin, White Marlin, Sailfish and Swordfish. We look for weed lines that will hold bait and troll down them often catching Bull Dolphin and Wahoo. The Marlin will cruise up and down weed lines too looking for bait and then it is Hook Up time, Marlin on.
Like I said earlier summer time is busy and there’s a lot fishing going on, so call us now and we will hook you up with some great fishing!
