Typically the hotter months - June, July, August.įall: Fishing in the fall is the best time of the year. Those days are my favorite.Īlso - Tarpon. We have also had many days where mahi will just swim up to the boat while we're bottom fishing! We always have a light rod ready for this. This can be time consuming and expensive with the fuel, but the initial run of a wahoo can spool some of these reels in a matter of seconds, and the acrobatics of a mahi jumping after its hooked is absolutely insane. Most often we catch them trolling since we can cover more ground. Most of them are targeted offshore, but there are many that often wander much closer in to shore. Normally, I'll try and let people warm up with a few bonita to use for bait for these species as we head into deeper water, or catch some other fin bait like ruby reds, sand perch, or cigar minnows to live line down for another bigger species!įrom May until early November, there are also dolphin (mahi) and wahoo along the Emerald Coast. Kings, gags, red grouper, scamp, amberjack, almaco, red snapper, vermillion snapper, triggerfish, and the other reef fish are normally around most of the summer. Summer: As the water heats up (and Destin gets more crowded), seasons open up for Red Snapper, gag grouper, and other delicious sandwich species. How many fish and what we can keep is always an issue as regulations determine the seasons - but keep in mind that fishing is fun and if you only wanted meat - it'd be a lot cheaper and a whole lot less fun to go to Publix! We recommend and do a lot of catch and release trips for snapper, grouper, and amberjack in the spring - a lot of the bigger and badder fish are in close to the beach. We have had days where we caught 13 different species all on the same lure! We've even caught lionfish! This normally involves fishing over various spots in the gulf - natural bottoms, wrecks, etc. The fun part about bottom fishing is you often never know what you hooked. You'll see what I mean.īottom fishing this type of year produces a lot of vermillion (mingo) snapper, triggerfish, amberjack, black snapper, and other reef fish. This is often what I will go do if somehow we have the day off or just want to have fun. To cast a jig into a school of breaking bonita and hook one on a 2500-3000 size spinning reel is one of the most fun things you can do. The bonita (false albacore) is a type of tuna that is very strong and very fun to catch. ![]() I used to thing of kingfish differently until Kayla showed me the Alabama secret of cooking!Īnother thing we like to do a lot is to sight cast light tackle into breaking schools of bonita. King fishing is extremely exciting on light gear and one of my favorite fish to catch - and eat. These fish normally hang out most of the summer and into the beginning of fall. We typically start our days around this time by trolling anywhere between 20 and 200ft of water before heading farther out to bottom fish. For this, most of the cobia are caught sight fishing with light tackle from the boat in 10-60ft of water.Īs the water heats up (somewhere around a min of 68 degrees), king mackerel will begin showing up in numbers. Once the first cobia is caught, the Cobia World Championships tournament begins and many tower boats will be out looking for a chance to land a big one. Right around this time, the cobia can begin to arrive as they migrate past to spawn. Some of my favorite surf fishing occurs in March and April when we can catch numerous and big pompano while sitting on the sand and waiting for the rods to bend over! Spring: For us, the spring normally starts with nicer weather, and the pompano arrive on the beach. ![]() ![]() Here's a rundown of a typical season for us: We launch from just minutes from any neighborhood on 30A - and we do so to avoid the stoplights, traffic, and hassle of Highway 98 during the summer season! If you've ever been to 30A in the summer, you know what I mean! I would take the bay boat ride over the traffic every time - and often we can catch inshore species on the way out and on the way back in! We are located in Santa Rosa Beach and live in Grayton Beach on 30A. And we're strategically located just outside of all the chaos! If you've ever been to the Destin Harbor it can be pretty overwhelming. We fish with relatively light tackle - rods and reels big enough to land the fish but light enough that you'll get to know it on the way up. The fishery is constantly changing based on weather and the time of the year. Destin is home to some of the best fishing in the world - that's part of the reason we chose to live here.
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