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Destin Fishing Report by Destin Inshore Guides

2/28/2018

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This fishing report is from the results of Destin fishing charters with Destin Inshore Guides the last week of February. 

Here at Destin Inshore Guides we finished off February with a bang.  All week we battled with mother nature dealing with high winds forcing us to stay in the back bay.  With non-consistent weather all winter and the water still being dirty from all the rain created some of the toughest fishing conditions.  This didn't stop us from getting on the water and putting in 110% effort. 

What a variety of fish we were able to capture this week.  Out of three trips we were able to capture almost every species in our bay.  On the first trip we had some experienced anglers on board and spent the morning throwing artificial lures.  We managed to catch half a dozen trout, a lady fish, and several under slot redfish.  The next two trips we used all live bait and what a variety of fish that resulted in.  This time of the year all the fin baits are too small to catch in a cast net so we mainly use live shrimp.  On these trips we caught bluefish, black drum, redfish, trout, and sheepshead.  Under the conditions we had to work with the results were well worth the effort. 

In the next few weeks fishing is going to improve every day.  The water temperature has reached the magic number earlier this year then it has in the past several years.  This makes everything happen, bait fish show up and behind the bait fish come all the predator fish.  The spanish mackerel and king mackerel should make their appearance any day now.  Along with the sheepshead bite firing up as they begin to spawn.  As always, you can't catch them sitting on the couch so get out there and see what happens. 
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    Captain Josh Calhoon

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    Great news! The rental ban has been lifted and summer is here.  Fishing has been great over the past couple weeks and we are booking up fast.  Make sure to call asap to get on the books. Check out below what we have been catching.

    Here lately on our inshore bay fishing charters we have been catching a variety of species.  The redfish continue to be a target as these fish are a year around fishery for the Destin, Florida area.  We are catching there around structure as well as on grass flats.  The Spanish mackerel and bluefish bite has been red hot trolling artificial lures, casting jigs, and using live baits when we are able to find good sized ones.  With the fin baits starting to show up on the grass flats, the grass flats fishing is starting to happen with speckled trout, redfish, spanish mackerel, and bluefish mixed. 

    On our inshore gulf fishing charters the bite has been good as well.  While trolling we have been targeting king mackerel, spanish mackerel, and amberjacks.   Amberjacks are still in season untile June 1st.  While bottom fishing we are targeting a mix bag of  snappers including white snapper, mingo snapper, and mangrove snappers along with triggerfish and redsnappers. 

    Red snappers and trigger fish are out of season but still make for great time to perform "CPR" (Catch, Photograph, and Release)

    Summer break 2020 is here and we are happy to be fishing every day again.  Give us a call to get out fishing while visiting  Destin, Fl. this year.

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